Article updated: May 09, 2022

Add a LinkedIn stream

You can create streams to monitor specific activity on your connected LinkedIn Pages or profiles. Streams help you keep track of engagement with your own posts. Learn more about Streams.

Some of these tasks can be completed in both the web version of Hootsuite and the Hootsuite mobile app. These tasks are indicated by Web and Mobile tabs.

Add a stream to a new board

When you select New board, you have three options for creating boards for LinkedIn:

Monitor my own content - Create streams specific to your own social accounts.
Discover new content - Create streams for following trends and competitors.
Follow personalized feeds - Get straight into building custom streams based on any theme or activity.

The options for creating a new board

To browse all available streams, select Follow personalized feeds, select a LinkedIn account, and then select one of the available streams for that account.

The stream options available for LinkedIn

Add a stream to an existing board

Add a stream to an existing board at any time (boards have a limit of 10 streams).

Go to Streams.
Create or select the board that will host the stream.
Select Add stream.
Select LinkedIn from the list on the left.
Select a profile from the drop-down.
Select the streams to add.

iOS devices

Go to Streams.
Select Edit in the top right.
Select Add stream at the bottom of the tab you want to add it to.
Select LinkedIn at the top.
Select the profile or Page that will own the stream.
Select a stream type, and then select Save in the top right.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select the stream drop-down at the top, and then select Manage boards & streams.
Select More next to the tab name you want to add the stream to, and then select Add stream.
Select a LinkedIn account, and then select a stream.

Create a comment stream

If a particular LinkedIn post is getting a lot of comments, you can create a separate comment stream for that post. This lets you manage its engagement without disrupting the rest of your monitoring in the stream.

Select More options below the post, and then select Create comment stream.

Available stream types and stream content

The types of streams available for LinkedIn, and what you can do with them, depend on the functionality made available by LinkedIn to third parties like Hootsuite.

Notes:

LinkedIn stories and polls are not supported, so they won’t appear in streams.
LinkedIn sponsored posts, ads, and dark posts don't appear in streams.
Your username displays as Private LinkedIn Profile in streams if ‘Profile visibility off LinkedIn’ is disabled in your LinkedIn account settings.

Tip: Select the timestamp on any post in a stream to open it in LinkedIn and view it there.

LinkedIn stream types and what you can do with each
Stream type	Stream content	Engagement options	Available in mobile app?
LinkedIn Page
Company Updates	The Page’s own posts. Limit 3,000 posts.	View like and comment counts. Like posts. Comment and view comments. Create comment stream. Sponsor posts.	Yes
Scheduled	Your scheduled posts, listed chronologically, with the next post to publish at the top. Limit 100 posts.	Edit scheduled posts. Delete scheduled posts.	No
LinkedIn profile
My Updates	Your own posts.	View like and comment counts. Like posts. Comment and view comments. Create comment stream.	Yes
Scheduled	Your scheduled posts, listed chronologically, with the next post to publish at the top. Limit 100 posts.	Edit scheduled posts. Delete scheduled posts.	No

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