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LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented social networking service used globally. The platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, as it allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post their job listings.It was launched on May 5, 2003, by Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly, receiving financing from numerous venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, in the years following its inception. Users can invite other people to become connections on the platform, regardless of whether the invitees are already members of LinkedIn. As the platform grew, its use expanded beyond recruiting into a primary channel for professional visibility and authority-building among entrepreneurs and business leaders. LinkedIn can also be used to organize offline events, create and join groups, write articles, and post photos and videos.

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Founded by: Reid Hoffman
Konstantin Guericke
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Country: United States
Main Wikidata property: LinkedIn personal profile ID
LinkedIn company or organization ID
Author: Reid Hoffman
Language: English
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Opened: May 5, 2003 applies to part: official website
Social media followers: 384,000(February 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UCKz7zeOOpvAy5qs7sCy7QhA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-02-01
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1,779,803(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 13058772
216,000(April 29, 2024) youtube channel id: UCKz7zeOOpvAy5qs7sCy7QhA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-04-29
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204,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCKz7zeOOpvAy5qs7sCy7QhA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
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1,702,873(May 10, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 13058772
194,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UCKz7zeOOpvAy5qs7sCy7QhA
122,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCKz7zeOOpvAy5qs7sCy7QhA
Native label: LinkedIn
Alexa rank: 44(January 21, 2022)
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1.alexa.com/siteinfo/linkedin.com
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1.alexa.com/siteinfo/linkedin.com
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29(November 20, 2017)
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1.alexa.com/siteinfo/linkedin.com
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Visitors per year: 220M
Similarweb ranking: 21(July 2022)
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1.similarweb.com/top-websites/Retrieved 2022-08-26
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Search formatter URL: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=$1
Operator: LinkedIn Corporation
LinkedIn Ireland applies to jurisdiction: European Economic Area
Headquarters: Sunnyvale
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1.careers.linkedin.com/Locations/SunnyvaleHQRetrieved 2025-01-11
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Significant event: lawsuit(2025)
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1.Stated in Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI modelsreuters.com/legal/microsofts-linkedin-sued-disclosing-customer-information-train-ai-models-2025-01-22/Retrieved 2025-01-25
2.“LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI”bbc.com/news/articles/cdxevpzy3ykoRetrieved 2025-01-25
3.“Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued Over Using DMs to Train AI”pcmag.com/news/microsoft-owned-linkedin-sued-over-using-messages-to-train-aiRetrieved 2025-01-25
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