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url: "https://taplio.com/glossary/post-engagement"
title: "What Is Post Engagement on LinkedIn? Definition and Examples"
description: "Post engagement covers every interaction with your LinkedIn post: reactions, comments, shares and clicks. Here is what counts and why it drives reach."
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All glossary termsLinkedIn glossary

# Engagement Rate

Definition

Engagement rate is the percentage of people who interacted with your post (reactions, comments, shares, clicks) out of everyone who saw it.

Engagement rate is the share of people who interacted with your LinkedIn post out of everyone who saw it. It answers a simple question: did your content make people react, or did they scroll past?

## How to calculate it

The standard formula is: (reactions + comments + shares + clicks) divided by impressions, multiplied by 100.

You can compute yours in seconds with our free [engagement rate calculator](https://www.taplio.com/engagement-rate-calculator).

## What is a good engagement rate on LinkedIn?

Most personal profiles land between 2% and 5%. Above 5% is strong, and above 8% usually means the post hit a nerve. Company pages typically sit lower than personal profiles.

For detailed numbers by follower size and post format, see our [LinkedIn engagement rate benchmarks](https://www.taplio.com/blog/linkedin-engagement-rate), refreshed every month in the [Taplio LinkedIn Benchmark](https://taplio.com/linkedin-benchmark).

## Why it matters more than impressions

Impressions tell you how far LinkedIn distributed your post. Engagement rate tells you whether the people who saw it cared. The LinkedIn algorithm uses early engagement as its main signal to decide whether to keep distributing a post, so a high rate compounds into more reach.

## Keep learning

[Impressions

What counts as an impression, and how many is good for your audience size.](https://taplio.com/glossary/impressions)[Reach (members reached)

The number of unique people who saw your post at least once.](https://taplio.com/glossary/reach)[Post engagement

Every interaction on a post: reactions, comments, shares and clicks.](https://taplio.com/glossary/post-engagement)

## Track these metrics on your own LinkedIn

Taplio tracks your impressions, engagement rate and follower growth for every post you publish, and helps you write the next one.

[Try Taplio for free](https://app.taplio.com)