How many LinkedIn users are there in The United Kingdom. How much do they share?
How does this relate to the working population?
How many people change jobs, how many new accounts are created on a day?
What are the biggest companies in The United Kingdom on LinkedIn?
A lot of interesting stats en facts about the LinkedIn usage in The United Kingdom.
LinkedIn usage data and statistics for The United Kingdom - August 2019
Facts about The United Kingdom:
Number of habitants: 66,959,016 people
(according to World of Meters)
Capital: London
Working population: 33,870,286 people.
In The United Kingdom there are 25,606,939 registered LinkedIn accounts. That means that 75.6% of the working population has a LinkedIn account.
The United Kingdom ranks number 3 in the relative usage over 44 European countries.
Over the past year, the number of LinkedIn users in The United Kingdom has grown with 8.3%.
LinkedIn member accounts in The United Kingdom
Absolute number of users
This graph shows the absolute number of registered members on LinkedIn for The United Kingdom.
Users VS Working population
This graph shows how much percent of the working population for The United Kingdom has a LinkedIn profile.
People have a LinkedIn profile in The United Kingdom.
of the working population has a LinkedIn profile in The United Kingdom.
Economic graph
The United Kingdom has a working population of 33,870,286 people. 75.6% of them have a profile on LinkedIn.
3.% of the people works in Construction. 2.9% works in Retail and 2.7% has a job in Information Technology and Services.
Construction |
775,461 |
Retail |
742,207 |
Information Technology and Services |
693,043 |
The most occurring functions in The United Kingdom are:
Function Group |
Number |
% of members |
Operations | 2,367,970 | 9.2% |
Business Development | 1,910,977 | 7.5% |
Sales | 1,218,849 | 4.8% |
Growth numbers for The United Kingdom
The LinkedIn population of The United Kingdom has grown over the past year with 8.3%.
Looking over the past three months there has been a growth of 3.3%.
Over the past year, there were 162,988 new members each month.
Meaning 37,613 per week, 5,359 per day, 223 per hour.
If The United Kingdom continues to grow at this speed, they will have 27,562,795 members by August 2020.
The United Kingdom ranks number 32 in Europe for growth.
Active posting on LinkedIn
In The United Kingdom there are on average 1,199 updates posted per hour, 28,765 per day, 201,909 per week and 874,940 per month.
That means that 3.3% of the LinkedIn users in The United Kingdom actually posted an update on LinkedIn in August.
The United Kingdom ranks number 9 in Europe for active posting.
Active posting over time
Biggest Employers on LinkedIn
2
HSBC
37,405 Employees on LinkedIn
1
NHS
165,918 Employees on LinkedIn
3
BT
33,533 Employees on LinkedIn
Company Pages
In The United Kingdom there are 961,804 registered Company Pages.
In August 2018 there were 4,457,512 registered Company Pages.
Number of registered Company Pages
Industry | Percentage |
Information Technology and Services | 3.5% |
Marketing and Advertising | 3.1% |
Financial Services | 1.9% |
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