Is your LinkedIn normal for a founder?
Paste your LinkedIn URL. We measure your followers, your typical post and how often you post, then show where you stand against 4,485 founders and CEOs of funded startups at your company size.
- 01We read your profile and last 30 posts, live.
- 02We find your typical post, the same way the study measured every founder.
- 03You get your percentile on four numbers, next to the median founder like you.
- 04Then three changes, each backed by what worked across 180,011 founder posts.
What the data says
- Across the Megaphone study of 180,011 posts by 4,485 founders and CEOs of funded startups (snapshot 2026-10-06), the median founder has 4,853 followers; the 25th percentile is 2,465 and the 75th is 9,210.
- A typical post for the median founder gets 39 reactions, comments and reposts. The top 10% get 127 or more.
- The median founder posts 0.325 times a week, about once every three weeks. The top 10% post 1.658 times a week or more.
- Founders at companies of 1 to 10 people (1,076 in the study): median 2,958 followers, 23 engagements on a typical post, 0.28 posts a week.
- Founders at companies of 11 to 50 people (1,182 in the study): median 5,061 followers, 33 engagements on a typical post, 0.385 posts a week.
- Founders at companies of 51 to 200 people (1,119 in the study): median 5,424 followers, 47 engagements on a typical post, 0.327 posts a week.
- Founders at companies of 201 to 1,000 people (676 in the study): median 6,665 followers, 67 engagements on a typical post, 0.308 posts a week.
- Founders at companies of 1,000+ people (305 in the study): median 7,697 followers, 90 engagements on a typical post, 0.331 posts a week.
Founder LinkedIn Benchmark: questions founders ask
How many LinkedIn followers does a typical founder have?
4,853 at the median, across 4,485 founders and CEOs of funded startups. The middle half sits between 2,465 and 9,210.
How often do founders post on LinkedIn?
The median funded founder posts 0.325 times a week. Only the top 10% post 1.658 times a week or more.
What counts as a typical post?
The median of reactions, comments and reposts on your own posts that are at least 14 days old, the same definition the study used for every founder.
Where does the benchmark come from?
The Megaphone study of 180,011 posts by 4,485 founders and CEOs of funded startups (snapshot 2026-10-06). The cut points are refreshed monthly from the same founder set.
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