LinkedIn: 50 million professionals worldwide

Jeff Weiner pictureAs of early this morning, LinkedIn has 50 million users worldwide and we’re growing that figure at roughly one new member per second.  When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it took 477 days — almost a year and four months — to reach our first million members. This last million took only 12 days.

Where are these 50 million users? LinkedIn has been global since inception — about half of our total membership is international.  There are now 11 million users in Europe alone. India is currently our fastest-growing country with almost 3 million users, while the Netherlands has the highest rate of adoption per capita outside the U.S., at 30%.

While 50 million is an important milestone, we’re even more excited about how our members are using the site.  Around the globe, people turn to LinkedIn to create and manage their professional identities online. They reconnect with former colleagues and develop new relationships, enabling them to create and collaborate with a network of trusted individuals. Every day professionals use LinkedIn to define themselves —and their businesses — to the world.

We’re proud to have reached this latest milestone, and we very much appreciate our members’ use of LinkedIn.  However, in the context of our mission – to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful – we’re just getting started.

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  1. Congratulations!!!!

    With any doubt this is my favourite network.

  2. Hey LinkedIn,
    good to know that your’re growing. Good luck and all the best.

  3. [...] morning, LinkedIn reached the milestone of 50 million members. CEO Jeff Weiner says that about 50% of the users are from the U.S. and the other half from the [...]

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  8. Great site and there is lots and lots of ways to connect! Thanks Linkedin!

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  10. Well done!!! Upwards and onwards!!!

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  12. Jeff, congrats to everyone at LinkedIn! Good job! I personally love your site and use it often.

    Question: where do I find the latest stats on LinkedIn engagement?

    Thanks!
    E

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  16. Congrats to the LinkedIn Team! I have little doubt in my mind that before long we will be celebrating 100,000,000,000 LinkedIn Professionals! Keep up the great work!

  17. Congrats to the LinkedIn Team! I have little doubt in my mind that before long we will be celebrating 100,000,000 LinkedIn Professionals! Keep up the great work!

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  21. Please post the comment with: 100,000,000, not 100,000,000,000. The first was was written before coffee. :)

  22. Thanks for the info Jeff. Do you any usage data for Canadians?

    Jean-Sebastien

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  26. Congratulations! A huge achievement and a very worthwhile site!

  27. [...] Announced earlier today on LinkedIn’s corporate blog by CEO Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn has surpassed 50 million business users worldwide.  LinkedIn’s growth seems to be accelerating by adding roughly 5 million new users in the last 2 months, and the last 1 million users joining in the last 12 days. [...]

  28. [...] are these 50 million connections? According Jeff Weiner on the LinkedIn blog, LinkedIn has been global since inception — about half of our total membership is international. [...]

  29. [...] As of early this morning, LinkedIn has 50 million users worldwide and we’re growing that figure at roughly one new member per second.  When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it took 477 days — almost a year and four months — to reach our first million members. This last million took only 12 days. read more [...]

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  43. Congratulations, but about profiles per capita I have the following calculation:

    Denmark has 435,628 profiles, population 5,519,441 giving a ratio of 7.89 %.

    Netherlands has 1,278,927 profiles, population 16,500,156 giving a ratio of 7.75 %.

    USA has 23,089,079 profiles, population 307,698,000 giving a ratio of 7.50 %.

    Profiles are from LinkedIn people search 2009-10-14 20:50 UTC.

    Population from wikipedia 2009 estimate.

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  56. How many in the UK, Jeff? Any specific trends you are seeing with the downturn etc?

  57. [...] an important milestone, we’re even more excited about how our members are using the site,” says LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. “Around the globe, people turn to LinkedIn to create and manage [...]

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  66. Jeff,
    This is a fantastic achievement! It was only 40 M when I joined. This site has been of tremendous value to me!
    Thank you!

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  71. Congratulations!
    Keep up the good work

  72. Congratulations!

  73. Congrats!

    Have been a member since 2003 and have been always charmed by it !

    Way to go !!!

    Shaju

  74. [...] Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn, informs that the company is currently growing at roughly one new member per second. “When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it took 477 days — almost a year and four months — to reach our first million members. This last million took only 12 days,” Weiner has said. [...]

  75. [...] sólo el tráfico esta creciendo, el registro de usuarios también va en aumento. Según LinkedIn, la comunidad ya supera los 50 millones de usuarios. Dieciséis meses le tomó a LinkedIn alcanzar el primer millón de usuarios y en tan sólo 12 [...]

  76. Congratulations. LinkedIn rocks. Wishing you and the LinkedIn Team all the very best for the future. Also, please do stay committed to the free services as well and its users. Not all of us need the premium services.

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  85. congratulations

  86. Congratulations on this milestone.

    In how many currencies do you accept payment?

    What are you plans for supporting more locales. The “Language” selector lists only four languages. Also, there is more to locale than just language.

    I see that many labels are changed when a different language is selected. How about changing dates and times into something more palatable for the viewer?

    “October 1998 – December 2006 (8 years 3 months)”

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  88. Wow Jeff! That’s fantastic news. What an incredible growth rate. LinkedIn has been an amazing platform and resource for many of my clients to uncover job leads, interviews, and cultivate their networks. Thank you!

  89. [...] Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, posted  in the LinkedIn Blog that as of October 14th, LinkedIn has 50 million users worldwide and they are growing that figure at roughly one new member per second.  When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it took 477 days — almost a year and four months — to reach it’s first million members. This last million took only 12 days! You should read the full post here. [...]

  90. Great! congratulation. How many people does your original plan want to have?

  91. [...] not just traffic that’s growing, users are increasing too. In a blog entry today, LinkedIn reports that it now has over 50 million users [...]

  92. [...] http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/10/14/linkedin-50-million-professionals-worldwide/ [...]

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  94. You have proven to me how sucessful social networking is becoming the number 1 way to promote yourself and your company.
    Many years of sucess to you!!
    Jim Enix
    President / CEO
    RealtyBidNow.com

  95. as i cant find anywhere on your site to post this…or a linked in entry on jeff weiner, your CEO! i thought i would use this blog post…a question…why when i was in spain last week could i not access the linked in web site over a two day period…when i could access most other web sites?

  96. Really interested in seeing how we can do more with LinkedIn in the public relations business. Communications and a common frame of reference is at the heart of the health care debate, for instance. How can we create context that isn’t tainted by the back and forth of left and right? Is LinkedIn a place for real professionals to meet and create solutions? My post today at http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2009/10/23/using-linkedin-as-a-pr-tool/

  97. [...] millions de profils sont maintenant inscrit sur LinkedIn (Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn octobre 2009) = 5 millions de plus qu’en août [...]

  98. Fantastic Job Well done!

    Greetings from Germany
    Trevor

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  103. Congrats to Jeff, Reid and to LinkedIn! This has been an exciting run. I’ve been an avid user and promoter of Linkedin to the staffing industry and recruiting community since I joined as one of the fist 1 million users. It’s great to see the new functionality and the growth. Keep it up.

    Craig Silverman
    Albin Engineering Services

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  125. LinkedIn is a great tool to make good professional social networking, getting social help for our business etc etc. However for small businesses, we still want to see some more ways to define our business pages clearly on LinkedIn.

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  131. I have been a member of Linkedin since 2004 and continue to use it as my primary business network. I have seen the growth on a number of levels. So congratulations and cheers to continued success for the future.

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