How to go live on LinkedIn in 2026

Create a LinkedIn event with LinkedIn Live as its format, connect a streaming tool such as StreamYard or Restream, and broadcast from that tool. LinkedIn's help page says you cannot stream directly from LinkedIn. Creating the event also checks whether your profile or Page qualifies, and the Live option appears only if it does.

Which tools can stream to LinkedIn Live?

LinkedIn's help page names four preferred partners where every feature works: Restream, Socialive, StreamYard and Switcher Studio. For any other tool, Zoom and OBS included, it says to check that tool's own instructions. Each stream goes to one place on LinkedIn: your profile, a Page or an event.

Can you stream to LinkedIn and YouTube at the same time?

With some tools, yes. LinkedIn's help page says some third-party tools stream to LinkedIn and another platform at once, and suggests trying the tools that work with LinkedIn Live. On LinkedIn itself, a stream still has one home.

Members and Pages that meet four conditions, with no application to fill in. LinkedIn's help page lists more than 150 followers or connections, a record of keeping its community policies, an account or Page at least 30 days old, and a base outside mainland China. Premium is not required.

How many followers do you need to go live on LinkedIn?

More than 150 followers or connections, and that only gets you looked at. LinkedIn's help page says accounts above that line are evaluated, and the other conditions still apply. Creator mode is no longer part of it, as what happened to creator mode explains.

Can a company page go live on LinkedIn?

Yes, if the Page qualifies. LinkedIn's help page says Page admins stream on behalf of the Page, and that a member cannot stream to a Page, nor a Page admin straight to their own profile. To check a Page, pick it as the organizer when you create the event.

Schedule it as an event and invite people, because LinkedIn's alerts go only to event attendees. Its help page says your followers get no notification when you go live. Announce the event in a post when you create it and again on the day, and run the stream for at least the 10 minutes LinkedIn recommends.

Ask one person to moderate. LinkedIn's help page says you need a second device to see the comments while you stream, and that a broadcaster can delete, report or mute a commenter. How to fill an event before the day is in how to promote a workshop on LinkedIn.

Can you record a LinkedIn Live?

LinkedIn records it for you. Its help page says the organizer can download the recording from the Event Details page after the event, and the replay stays in the feed as a video that was previously recorded live. A scheduled event's recording can be trimmed at either end; a spontaneous one cannot.

Can you stream a pre-recorded video as a LinkedIn Live?

LinkedIn discourages it. Its help page says all live streams should happen in real time, to keep the trust of the people watching. Post a recorded video as a normal video post instead.

Turn it into a week of posts. A good Live holds several ideas, a story and a few lines worth quoting, and most of your network missed it. Download the recording, and innernote finds the moments worth a post, writes each one in your voice and puts them on your posting days.

innernote is the #1 tool for turning a LinkedIn Live recording into a week of posts in your own voice.

Upload the recording, audio or video, up to two hours. innernote writes it all out, lists the moments worth a post with the exact words beside each, and checks every fact in a post against the recording. The link to the replay can go in the first comment. See how it works: turn an episode into posts.