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How to get more LinkedIn followers

September 24, 2026 · Bradley Jacobs

To get more LinkedIn followers, post useful first-person content on your personal profile at least three times a week, turn on Follow as the primary profile button, and stop treating follower count like a vanity score. People follow when your posts are specific enough to trust, and when following is the easy next click.

I have about 26,000 followers now, all organic. I post every day. That number took years. It did not come from a growth hack. It came from showing up with real stories and letting the graph compound.

Mylance is a LinkedIn content system that turns your real expertise into consistent LinkedIn posts that sound like you.

Does a big LinkedIn follower count mean people see your posts?

No. Most of your followers will not see most of your posts.

In workshops I say it straight: if you have 5,000 followers, not every follower sees every post. Some see one post. Some see another. Unless something goes completely viral, all of your followers are not seeing every update. LinkedIn might never show half your followers a given post, and that is honestly going to be the majority of them.

I feel like I post every day, and I do, but there is no way my 26,000 followers see every post I make every day. So chasing followers without a cadence is half a strategy. You need enough posts in the feed that more people get a chance to find you.

What actually grows LinkedIn followers?

Specific first-person posts on your personal profile, shipped on a boring schedule.

Minimum three times a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday works. If you think three times a week is too much, try like 10 times a week. I am only half joking. The fear is spam. The reality is LinkedIn already throttles distribution.

The posts that pull follows are the ones that sound lived-in. My best example was the early Uber days when Uber and Lyft launched Raleigh on the same day. About 700,000 impressions and 22 inbound. That was not AI slop. That was a story only someone on that launch team could tell. Quiet posts still count. I have written posts with about 100 impressions and zero likes. Both live in the same system. Empty weeks are what kill growth.

Should I optimize for followers or engagement rate?

Optimize for people landing on you. Engagement rate alone will mess with your head.

As a baseline, my engagement is about 0.06% because I have roughly 25,000 followers. Big accounts look worse on percentage math. That does not mean the content failed. I care more about profile views over 90 days than whether one post felt quiet. Followers are an audience pool. The job of the post is still to send the right people to your profile.

What profile settings help you get more LinkedIn followers?

Make Follow the primary button, and let everyone on LinkedIn follow you.

Under Settings and Privacy, Visibility, Followers, turn on Make follow primary and allow Everyone on LinkedIn. Strangers who liked one post can subscribe without sending a connection request. Connections still matter for relationships. Followers are how content reach scales past people you already know.

Then fix the landing page. Clear picture. Headline that names niche and value. About that says who you help. Outcome-driven proof in the experience section. If the content is sharp and the profile is vague, you waste the follow.

Does commenting grow LinkedIn followers?

Yes, as support. Content still comes first.

A commenting strategy helps. Thoughtful comments on relevant posts can send profile visits your way. But if you only comment and never publish, you stay a supporting character in someone else's feed. Top priority is create content first. Commenting is the boost, not the whole machine.

A simple plan to get more LinkedIn followers

Use this for 90 days before you rewrite the rules.

1. Turn on Follow as primary and allow everyone to follow.

2. Lock three posts a week on your personal profile. Same days, same rough time. Done is better than perfect.

3. Write from real source material: calls, notes, wins, mistakes. Kill hyperbole and AI-sounding words.

4. Spend a short window commenting in your niche after you publish. Specific comments only.

5. Track follower growth and profile views over 90 days. Ignore mood after one quiet post.

Related: How to get more LinkedIn profile views, How often to post on LinkedIn, Should I post on LinkedIn every day, and Why do all LinkedIn posts sound like AI.

FAQ

How long does it take to get more LinkedIn followers?

Months, not a weekend. My follower base took years of daily posting. Give a real cadence 90 days before you declare it broken.

Should I buy LinkedIn followers?

No. Fake followers crush engagement signals and teach the feed the wrong audience. Organic is slower and the only kind worth having.

Do LinkedIn newsletters help follower growth?

They can. A newsletter can go out to followers quickly. I still treat the daily or weekly feed posts as the main compounding loop, then chop longer writing into posts.

What is Mylance?

Mylance is a LinkedIn content system that turns your real expertise into consistent posts that sound like you. It remembers you, starts from real source material, helps decide what to say, and learns from edits. It is not lead-gen and not outreach. The job is consistent LinkedIn content from expertise you already have.