How to Create a Carousel Post on LinkedIn

A LinkedIn carousel is a swipeable, multi-page post that readers scroll through frame by frame — like a slideshow in the feed. LinkedIn creates it from an uploaded document (PDF), so each page of your PDF becomes one slide of the carousel. They're great for tips, mini-guides, and storytelling because they hold attention longer than a single image.

A square 1080 × 1080 pixels works best — it takes up the most space in the feed on both desktop and mobile. You can also use a portrait 1080 × 1350 ratio for even more vertical real estate. Set this page size before you start designing so nothing gets cropped.

LinkedIn turns documents into carousels, and PDF is the cleanest document format to upload. Exporting your slides as a single multi-page PDF keeps every frame in order, preserves your fonts and layout, and lets LinkedIn render the swipe experience automatically — no third-party carousel tool required.

LinkedIn supports documents up to 300 pages (and 100 MB), but for engagement most high-performing carousels stay between 6 and 12 slides. Enough room to tell a complete story, short enough that readers swipe all the way to your call to action.

You can edit the post text after publishing, but you cannot swap out the document itself. To change the slides, delete the post and upload a corrected PDF. Because of this, it's worth proofreading your PDF carefully before you hit publish.

They often do. Because carousels require swiping, they keep readers on your post longer — a signal LinkedIn's algorithm rewards with wider reach. A strong hook on the first slide and a clear call to action on the last slide are the two biggest levers for turning that attention into profile visits, comments, and leads.