How to see who viewed your LinkedIn profile, and what to say to them
Open your profile from Me, then Analytics & tools, then Profile viewers: a basic account shows your five most recent viewers and Premium shows them all, per HubSpot's guide. Then which viewers are worth a message, and first lines that never mention the view.
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Someone who just looked at your profile is thinking about you, at least for a minute. For a job seeker that is a good feeling. For anyone who sells, it can be the start of a conversation, if you pick the right viewers and say the right thing.
This guide covers both halves: how to see the list on desktop and in the app and what Premium changes, then which viewers are worth a message and what to write so it never reads as "I saw you looked".
The short answer
On desktop, click Me in the top bar, then Analytics & tools on your profile, then Profile viewers. In the app, tap your photo, then Analytics & tools, then Profile viewers. A basic account shows the five most recent viewers from the past 90 days, and Premium shows all of them, for 90 days or a full year depending on the plan, as HubSpot's guide to profile viewers describes it.
For selling, a viewer is worth a message when they fit your buyer and have a second reason to hear from you. The first line is about their work, never about the view.
How to see who viewed your LinkedIn profile
- On desktop: click Me, with your photo, in the top bar, and open your profile. Click Analytics & tools, just above your header image, then Profile viewers.
- In the app: tap your photo in the top left corner. In the pane that opens, choose Analytics & tools, then Profile viewers.
- To see names: on a basic account, MakeUseOf's guide says your own profile viewing option has to show your name and headline. HubSpot's guide adds that a basic account browsing in private mode sees no viewer data at all.
Steps as HubSpot's guide "Can you see who viewed your LinkedIn profile?" gives them (updated October 2023), and the name rule as MakeUseOf's guide gives it (updated February 2021). Menu names on your screen may differ.
Is a profile view a buying signal?
Sometimes. On its own a view is a weak signal, because people open profiles for many reasons. It is worth acting on when the viewer fits your buyer and the view has a likely reason you can see.
Worth a message when
- They hold a role you sell to, at a company that fits.
- They looked after you posted about the problem you solve, or after you wrote to someone at their company.
- Their company shows a second signal this month: a raise, a hiring push, a new leader.
Not a lead when
- They are recruiters, job seekers or students.
- They sell what you sell, or run an agency selling to your buyers.
- They are already a customer, or already talking to you.
Which viewers to message
- Check them against your buyer. Role, seniority, company size and market, the same check you would give any lead.
- Look for a second reason. A post they wrote, a raise at their company, a hiring push, a new role. A view plus one of those is a far better reason to write than a view alone.
- Write while it is fresh. A view from this week means more than one from last month.
- Leave the rest alone. Someone outside your buyer who viewed your profile is still outside your buyer.
How FOUND runs that first check, on the headline and then the full profile, is in LinkedIn lead scoring.
What to say to someone who viewed your profile
Never open with the view. "I saw you looked at my profile" tells them they were watched, and gives them nothing to answer. Start from their work instead: the topic they post about, their company's moment, or their new role.
| Start with | Instead of |
|---|---|
| "You've been writing about pipeline reviews, and one point in your last post stuck with me." | "I saw you viewed my profile." |
| "Northwind just raised its Series A, so the sales team is about to grow." | "Thanks for checking me out." |
| "You recently stepped into the VP of Sales role at Northwind." | "Noticed you stopped by." |
Then one idea, and stop. The line each kind of signal leads to, and the rule behind all of them, are in what never goes in the first line.
Doing it every day without checking
The hard part is doing this every day. On a Premium or Sales Navigator account, FOUND reads who viewed your profile once a day, on its own row on the agent's Sources tab, and treats each viewer like anyone else a signal finds.
- Checked against your buyer. The ones who fit become leads, each with the reason it is there.
- Written from their work. The agent builds each message from the profile, the signal and your positioning, in your tone. On a Premium account the invitation carries a short personal note written from what the person did.
- Sent at a human pace. From your own account, up to 25 invitations a day, Monday to Friday, with review mode there if you want to approve each one.
Profile viewers sit beside the seven families of signal, all in how signals work. How fast the invitations go out is in LinkedIn connection limits, and if you are weighing up Sales Navigator for this, see Sales Navigator alternatives for warm leads. Other tools that notice who is paying attention on LinkedIn are compared in social selling tools for LinkedIn.
Where the LinkedIn facts come from
The steps and the Premium table follow HubSpot's guide "Can you see who viewed your LinkedIn profile?" (updated October 2023). The name rule, and what others see when you view them, follow MakeUseOf's guide "How to see who has viewed your LinkedIn profile" (updated February 2021). We read both on 18 Oct 2026. LinkedIn changes its menus and plans from time to time, so check your own screen.
What FOUND does with profile viewers comes from our own product and its help pages.
Questions
Can people see that I viewed their profile?
It depends on your profile viewing setting. With your name and headline showing, you can appear in their list of viewers; in private mode you show as anonymous, as the guides from HubSpot and MakeUseOf describe it.
How far back can I see who viewed my LinkedIn profile?
On a basic account, the five most recent viewers from the past 90 days. Premium Career shows every viewer from the past 90 days, and Premium Business a full year, per HubSpot's guide (updated October 2023).
Should I message everyone who viewed my profile?
No. Message the ones who fit your buyer and have a second reason to hear from you, such as a post on the problem you solve, a raise or a hiring push. Someone outside your buyer is not a lead because they looked.
Does FOUND read who viewed my profile?
Yes, on a Premium or Sales Navigator account: once a day, on its own row on the Sources tab, with each viewer checked against your buyer like anyone a signal finds.