Compress Video for LinkedIn (5 GB Limit)

LinkedIn caps uploads at Video post 5 GB. VidSmaller compresses any video down to 500 MB so it fits on the first attempt — H.264 MP4 out, no watermark, nothing to install, no account needed to try it. Cloud encoding keeps running if the tab closes. The no-account trial accepts videos up to 3 minutes and 200 MB; paid plans accept files up to 1.5 GB.

LinkedIn allows up to 5 GB, but video posts stop at 15 minutes. For ordinary H.264 footage the time limit usually arrives before the file-size ceiling.

LinkedIn file size limits, and what they really mean

Keep the video at 15 minutes or less and use a bitrate suited to its resolution. The 500 MB preset is a transfer-friendly starting point, not a LinkedIn rule.

Plan / upload methodMaximum file size
Video post5 GB

LinkedIn accepts videos up to 5 GB and 15 minutes. The duration limit often arrives before the file-size limit for normal H.264 uploads.

Limits verified 2026-10-30. Sources: LinkedIn Help — Share videos on LinkedIn

What 500 MB actually buys you

Every other page tells you the limit and stops there. The limit is the easy half. Here is the half that decides whether your video is watchable: at a 500 MB target, this is exactly how much bitrate is left for each duration, and the largest resolution that bitrate can carry without falling apart.

Video lengthBitrate left for videoResolution it carriesVerdict
30s136,886 kbps4KLooks fine
1 min68,379 kbps4KLooks fine
5 min13,573 kbps1440pLooks fine
10 min6,723 kbps1080pLooks fine
15 min4,439 kbps1080pLooks fine

Method: the bitrate column is arithmetic — 500 MB spread across the duration, minus 128 kbps for stereo audio and 2% for container overhead. It is a hard ceiling, not an estimate. The resolution and verdict columns are a recommendation, derived from published H.264 bitrate ladders and pulled down about a third, because re-encoding footage that has already been compressed once survives lower bitrates than encoding a clean master does. Deliberately conservative — we would rather under-promise than tell you a video will look fine when it will not.

500 MB across lengths and resolutions

The left column is what you have to spend at each length; the cells are what each resolution needs. Green means you clear it comfortably, amber means it is watchable but soft, and grey means pick a smaller frame. Reading down a column shows how long a clip can get before that resolution stops being worthwhile on LinkedIn.

you haveneeded for comfortable quality1080p720p480p360p30s136,8864,0002,2001,0006001 min68,3794,0002,2001,0006005 min13,5734,0002,2001,00060010 min6,7234,0002,2001,00060015 min4,4394,0002,2001,000600

Source: Computed, not measured — no encoder was run to produce this figure · Method: 500 MB spread over the duration, minus 128 kbps audio and 2% container overhead. Thresholds come from published H.264 bitrate ladders, reduced by about a third for re-encoded source.

How to compress a video for LinkedIn

  1. Drop your video in

    MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM and 33 formats in all. Nothing to install — your browser uploads over a one-time link and the file never touches a third party.

  2. The target is already 500 MB

    We pre-set it below the hard ceiling on purpose. A target-size encode usually lands within a couple of percent of the number you gave it, but we have measured footage that overshoots by up to a tenth — and landing over a hard limit means the upload fails. Change it if you want a different number.

  3. Download and upload

    Encoding runs on our servers, so you can close the tab. The result comes back with no watermark on any plan, in an MP4 that LinkedIn will accept.

LinkedIn compression FAQs

What are LinkedIn’s video upload limits?

LinkedIn documents videos up to 5 GB and 15 minutes. A small file can still fail because it exceeds the duration limit.

Why compress a LinkedIn video already under 5 GB?

Reducing unnecessary bitrate shortens upload time and makes retries less painful. LinkedIn processes the video after upload.

Which output works best for LinkedIn?

H.264 video in MP4 is broadly compatible. Preserve enough bitrate for text and screen recordings.

OTHER LIMITS
Same tool, a different upload ceiling