The LinkedIn analytics tool that tells you what to write next
LinkedIn shows you a number. LinkGenie shows you the pattern — which formats travel, which hours earn reach, and which posts turn impressions into followers.
Free to start · Connects via LinkedIn's official API
Impressions
48,210
+18% vs. last 30 days
Engagement rate
6.4%
+1.1 pts
New followers
512
+37%
Posts published
13
3 per week
Engagement by day published
Top posts
| Post | Format | Impressions | Eng. rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The hiring advice nobody gives junior devs | Text + carousel | 12,840 | 9.1% |
| We cut our onboarding from 6 weeks to 9 days | Text only | 8,306 | 7.4% |
| Three dashboards I check every Monday | Text + image | 5,192 | 5.2% |
What you get
Per-post performance history
Impressions, reactions, comments, shares and engagement rate for every post you publish — retained for your plan's history window, not just LinkedIn's short rolling one.
Format comparison
Carousels vs. text-only vs. image posts, ranked by how they actually performed on your account rather than on someone else's benchmark deck.
Timing breakdown
Performance grouped by day and hour, so your posting schedule comes from your own audience instead of a generic best-time chart.
Follower growth attribution
See which posts converted reach into followers, so you write more of the ones that build an audience instead of the ones that merely travel.
Why LinkedIn's own analytics aren't enough
Native LinkedIn analytics are built to answer one question: how did this post do? That is the least useful question you can ask, because a single number has nothing to compare itself to.
The questions that change what you publish are comparative. Do carousels beat text-only posts for your audience? Does Tuesday morning really outperform Thursday afternoon on your account? Which three posts this quarter brought in most of your new followers? Answering those means keeping history and putting posts side by side — which is exactly what LinkedIn's short rolling window prevents.
Once you can see the pattern, the writing gets easier. You stop guessing at formats and start repeating the ones that already worked — and the LinkedIn ghostwriter drafts more of them for you.
Make the numbers mean something
- Best time to post on LinkedIn — the baseline windows to test your own data against.
- How the LinkedIn algorithm actually works — why early engagement drives everything downstream.
- How many LinkedIn followers do you need — what follower growth is actually worth.
LinkedIn analytics FAQs
What does a LinkedIn analytics tool show that LinkedIn doesn't?+
LinkedIn's native analytics show each post in isolation and only keep a short rolling window of data. A dedicated tool keeps the performance history your plan retains, puts posts side by side, and answers comparative questions: which format performs best, which posting time earns the most impressions, whether this month beat last month.
Which LinkedIn metrics actually matter?+
Impressions tell you how far a post travelled. Engagement rate tells you whether the people who saw it cared. Comments and saves matter more than likes because they weigh heaviest in LinkedIn's ranking. Follower growth per post tells you whether reach is turning into an audience.
Is my LinkedIn data safe?+
LinkGenie connects through LinkedIn's official API. We read the performance data for your own posts to display it back to you — we never post without your action and never scrape other people's profiles.
Can I see my best posting times?+
Yes. Once you have enough posts tracked, the dashboard groups performance by day and hour so you can see your own peak windows instead of relying on generic benchmarks. Our guide to the best time to post on LinkedIn is a good starting baseline while data accumulates.
Is the analytics tool free?+
You can start free and see your post analytics. Higher-volume plans and longer history are on paid tiers — see the pricing page for current limits.
Stop guessing which posts worked
Connect your LinkedIn account and see your last 30 days ranked by what actually earned reach.
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