Create and host LinkedIn Live: Access criteria

Last updated: 5 months ago

All members can join LinkedIn Lives as viewers. Eligible members and Pages can create and broadcast a LinkedIn Live.

There are no applications to request LinkedIn Live access. Eligibility to create and broadcast a LinkedIn Live is based on a set of criteria.

  • If you trigger a review of your profile or Page and fulfill the criteria, you can instantly create LinkedIn Lives.

  • If you do not meet one or more criteria, you will not have access to create or broadcast LinkedIn Lives.

The criteria to create and host LinkedIn Lives are:

  • Audience base
    Members and Pages with more than 150 followers and/or connections are eligible to be evaluated for LinkedIn Live access.
  • A history of abiding by our Professional Community Policies
    We want to ensure our members have a safe, trusted, and professional experience on LinkedIn, as defined by our Professional Community Policies. Only members, Pages, and their admins that have a good standing record will be considered for Live Video access.
  • Geography
    LinkedIn Live is not available at this time for members and Pages based in mainland China.
  • The account or page must have been created at least 30 days ago.

Once you meet all of our criteria, there are three ways to trigger a review of your profile or Page and get access instantly:

  • Create an event on LinkedIn: If your profile or Page is eligible, you will see the option to select LinkedIn Live in the Event format dropdown. If you don’t fulfill the criteria, you will not see LinkedIn Live in the dropdown or the event format dropdown will be missing.

    • To trigger a review of any Pages you admin, change the organizer in the Organizer dropdown menu, or the event format dropdown will be missing.
  • Create an event via a preferred third-party broadcast tool: You'll be notified immediately, if your profile or Page has access to LinkedIn Live or not.

  • Turn on creator mode: During this process, you will see if LinkedIn Live is available to you under creator tools. Creator Mode is not available for pages.

Important to know

You cannot stream directly from LinkedIn. A streaming tool is needed to broadcast LinkedIn Lives (Video).

If you have any other questions related to LinkedIn Live, please contact us.

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