How to create a poll on LinkedIn

LinkedIn's desktop steps, from your homepage:

1. Click Start a post at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2. Click the More icon, then the Create a poll icon.
3. Type your question and fill in the options. Click +Add option for a third or fourth.
4. Choose the Poll duration from the dropdown. The default is one week.
5. Click Done. Use the Edit icon if you need to change anything before posting.
6. Click the dropdown next to your name to choose who can see the poll.
7. Optional: add context in the What do you want to talk about? field.
8. Click Post.

• In the app: tap Post, tap the More icon, then Poll. Fill in the question, options and duration, tap Done, then Post.
• Page and group admins can also create a poll from the Page's or group's homepage. For Pages, LinkedIn's FAQ says super admins can create polls.

Sources: LinkedIn Help: Create LinkedIn Polls, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls FAQ, checked 15 October 2026

From LinkedIn's help centre:

Sources: LinkedIn Help: Create LinkedIn Polls, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls FAQ, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Schedule a LinkedIn Page post, checked 15 October 2026

Votes aren't anonymous to the author. LinkedIn says the poll author can see who voted and how, and for a poll posted by a Page, the Page's admins can see it. Voters see the percentage results once they vote, and anyone who can see the post sees the percentages after the poll closes. In a LinkedIn Group, only the poll author sees individual votes.

• Your connections are notified when you create a poll.
• You're notified about votes. To turn that off, use the Responses to your posts, comments and polls notification setting.
• Voting doesn't put the poll in the voter's Activity section.
• LinkedIn bans polls that ask for sensitive data, such as health, religion, political views, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, union membership or precise location.

Sources: LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls FAQ, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls, checked 15 October 2026

A poll is a quick question, so the work is in making it easy to answer and worth discussing. A simple routine:

1. Ask one thing your customers have a real opinion on, such as how they prefer to book, pay or hear from you.
2. Make the options clear and separate, so nobody fits two of them.
3. Use the post text to say why you're asking and invite people to explain their vote in the comments.
4. Pick the shortest duration that suits your audience; one week is LinkedIn's default.
5. Reply to the comments while the poll is open.
6. When it closes, share what you learned in a follow-up post.

The common snags, with LinkedIn's rules behind them:

• Posting as a Page: LinkedIn's FAQ says super admins of Pages can create polls, so ask a super admin if the option is missing.
• Scheduling a Page poll: LinkedIn doesn't allow it. Post the poll live at the time you want.
• A typo after posting: polls can't be edited. Delete the poll and post a new one, which starts the votes again.
• An option won't fit: options are capped at 30 characters, so shorten the wording and put detail in the post text.
• The poll closed too soon: closed polls can't be reopened. Choose a longer duration next time.

Sources: LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Polls FAQ, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Schedule a LinkedIn Page post, checked 15 October 2026

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