How Many Invites Can You Send Per Week on LinkedIn?
If you’re a Salesperson or Recruiter using LinkedIn for prospecting, you know it’s a goldmine for connecting with stakeholders and winning new business.
But while LinkedIn gives you a weekly allowance of connection requests, unused invitations don’t roll over to the following week - they simply vanish.
As a result, you lose potential revenue every time you fail to maximize your weekly connection request limit.
At Botdog, this is one of the most common painpoints we hear from salespeople:
> “How many connection requests can I send each week?”
> “I don’t have time to send hundreds of invitations every week.”
> “I’m worried about hitting LinkedIn’s limits and getting my account restricted.”
And their confusion is understandable.
LinkedIn doesn’t advertise their connection request limits, they vary from person to person. Plus, the rules have changed significantly over the past few years.
In this blog post, we’ll clarify exactly how many connection requests you can send on LinkedIn in 2025, why maximizing your weekly limit matters, and how to do it efficiently and strategically without risking your account.
Why maximize your weekly LinkedIn connection requests?
Before diving into the numbers, let’s talk about why you should care about hitting your connection request limit every week.
- Save yourself some InMails. Connecting with a prospect first means you can message them without eating into your InMail allowance.
- Boost your visibility. When you connect with someone new on LinkedIn, the algorithm shows them your content prominently for around two weeks.
- Go from cold to warm. Popping up in your prospect’s notifications and joining their network before cold-calling or emailing them could make the interaction much warmer.
- Grow your network. This is the most obvious yet underrated benefit. In a world driven by numbers, your connection and follower counts mean something to your prospects. Bigger network = bigger reach = bigger opportunities.
Remember, there’s no magical bank where unused connection requests accumulate. If you don’t use your full allocation each week, those potential connections are gone forever.
What are LinkedIn’s connection request limits?
So, how many invitations can you actually send? The answer depends on your account type.
> Free accounts can send approximately 50 connection requests per week.
> Premium accounts (including Sales Navigator) can send approximately 150-200 connection requests per week.
LinkedIn hasn’t released any clear communication about their limits, and this is probably a deliberate move. Keeping things vague gives them the freedom to test new limits or adjust individual limits based on account age and usage.
Another limit to be aware of is . LinkedIn recently added a restriction of 5 requests per month for free accounts, while premium accounts can send unlimited personalized invitations.
Interestingly, though, our data shows that invitations without personalized notes often have a higher acceptance rate, so don’t worry too much about this limit for now.
What happens when you reach your invitation limit?
If you see a message saying:
“You’ve reached your weekly invitation limit.”
Don’t panic! This is simply LinkedIn’s way of telling you you’ve maxed out your weekly allowance. It’s not a warning or restriction that could lead to an account ban; it’s just a notification.
Your limit will reset exactly one week after sending your first invitation of the previous cycle.
Can you bypass the LinkedIn connection request limit in 2025?
Unfortunately, the days of bypassing LinkedIn’s limits are over.
Until August 2022, it was possible to exceed your weekly limits by uploading contacts via CSV files or using email address connections, amongst other “hacks”.
Since then, LinkedIn has closed these loopholes. Even withdrawing pending invitations doesn’t reset your counter or free up slots for new requests.
That said, there’s still a smart way to maximize your invitations…
Botdog’s Strategy: auto-withdraw and re-engage.
While you can’t cheat your way past LinkedIn’s weekly limits, you can make your strategy more effective by withdrawing invitations after sending them.
Our data shows that 99% of accepted invitations are accepted within the first 30 days. After that, your pending invitation is essentially dead weight.
Plus, to keep your account healthy, having a high acceptance ratio and fewer than 500 pending requests at any time is always a good idea.
So, take a minute to check the number of pending requests you’ve accumulated (by heading to My Network > Show All (next to “Invitations”) > Sent) and consider removing some of them.
If you haven’t got time to do this, don’t worry!
Manually tracking and withdrawing hundreds of pending invitations is incredibly time-consuming. That’s where Botdog’s Auto-Withdraw feature comes in.
By automatically withdrawing connection requests after 14, 30, or 60 days (it’s your choice), you can re-send invitations to the same prospects three weeks later. Maybe they were on vacation during your first attempt or missed your request among dozens of others.
This will help you:
- Keep your account clean and maintain optimal health.
- Re-engage with prospects who might’ve missed your first invite.
- Stay front-of-mind by popping back up in their notifications.
- Gain more accurate metrics on which prospects are genuinely interested.
How to efficiently maximize your weekly invitations.
Back in the day, sending 150-200 connection requests every week was a tedious, manual process. You’d have to spend hours scrolling through search results, opening profiles, and sending invitations one by one.
In 2025, there’s a much smarter (and faster) approach. With Botdog’s Search Export feature, you can:
- Define your target audience with LinkedIn’s search filters and export your results.
- Use Automated Sequences to maximize your connection requests every week.
- Automatically send post-connection messages that mimic natural human behavior.
This means that you could create a search of 1,000+ prospects and be all set for the next month or two! No more worrying about missed weeks or lack of time.
Key takeaways.
- Know your limits: ~50 weekly invitations for free accounts, ~150-200 for premium accounts.
- Use it or lose it: Unused invitations don't roll over—they disappear after 7 days.
- Keep it clean: Maintain fewer than 500 pending requests and withdraw those older than 30 days.
- Automate smartly: Use tools like Botdog to maximize your connection requests and automatically manage post-connection messaging and request withdrawals.
Ready to maximize your LinkedIn connection requests?
Tired of letting valuable connection opportunities slip away week after week?
Botdog helps sales professionals maximize their LinkedIn connection requests, nurture those relationships at scale, and convert connections into conversations that lead to closed deals.
Ready to see how it works? Try our 7-day free trial and discover why sales teams trust Botdog to power their LinkedIn prospecting.
