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LinkedIn SSI Scorer — Free Assessment

Answer 16 honest questions about your LinkedIn activity. Get an estimated Social Selling Index score across all 4 pillars plus the highest-leverage actions to improve it.

Note: this is an estimate. LinkedIn doesn't expose real SSI to third-party tools. For the official score, sign in at linkedin.com/sales/ssi.

1. How complete is your profile (photo, banner, headline, about, experience, skills)?

professional brand

2. Does your headline explain who you help and what outcome you produce?

professional brand

3. How many recommendations do you have on your profile?

professional brand

4. How often do you publish a post (your own content, not shares)?

professional brand

5. Do you use LinkedIn's advanced search (or Sales Navigator filters) to find prospects?

right people

6. How many saved leads or 'lists' do you maintain?

right people

7. When you view a prospect's profile, do they often view yours back?

right people

8. Do you have alerts set for ICP signals (job changes, new posts, company news)?

right people

9. How often do you leave a thoughtful comment on someone else's post?

with insights

10. When you publish, what's your typical engagement on your own posts?

with insights

11. Do you share other people's content with your own added perspective?

with insights

12. Do you participate in LinkedIn DMs (1:1 conversations, not just inbound)?

with insights

13. How many connections do you have on LinkedIn?

Build relationships

14. What's your typical connection-request acceptance rate?

Build relationships

15. Do you connect with VPs, Directors, and C-suite (not just peers)?

Build relationships

16. Do you maintain follow-ups with key connections (check-ins, congratulations on job changes, etc.)?

Build relationships

What is the LinkedIn Social Selling Index, exactly?

LinkedIn's SSI is a proprietary score from 0 to 100, updated daily, that measures how effectively you use LinkedIn for sales and professional networking. It's calculated across 4 pillars, each worth 25 points.

Pillar · 25 pts

Establish your professional brand

How complete and credible your profile is — photo, headline, about, experience, and recommendations.

Pillar · 25 pts

Find the right people

How effectively you search for and connect with the right prospects, including use of advanced filters and saved leads.

Pillar · 25 pts

Engage with insights

How regularly you create and engage with relevant content — posts, comments, and sharing insights.

Pillar · 25 pts

Build relationships

How well you grow and maintain a network of decision-makers, with strong acceptance and reply rates.

Frequently asked questions

What is the LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI)?+
The Social Selling Index (SSI) is LinkedIn's proprietary score from 0 to 100 measuring how effectively you use LinkedIn for sales and professional networking. It's calculated across 4 pillars (25 points each): establishing your professional brand, finding the right people, engaging with insights, and building relationships. LinkedIn publishes the official score at linkedin.com/sales/ssi (requires login).
Is this the official LinkedIn SSI score?+
No. LinkedIn doesn't expose your real SSI to third-party tools. This is a self-assessment that estimates your score based on 16 questions about your actual LinkedIn behavior. The estimate is usually within 5-10 points of your real SSI. For the official number, sign in to linkedin.com/sales/ssi.
What is a good SSI score?+
LinkedIn considers 75+ to be elite. The average B2B salesperson sits at 30-40. Strong active LinkedIn users land in the 50-70 range. Anything below 25 means you're effectively invisible on LinkedIn from a social-selling perspective.
Does SSI actually matter?+
Honest answer: the score itself is gameable and LinkedIn has quietly de-emphasized it over the past two years. But the behaviors SSI measures (good profile, targeted search, engaging with content, building network) are exactly what social selling actually is. Treat SSI as a checklist of behaviors, not a leaderboard score.
How long does it take to improve your SSI?+
Profile and brand fixes (better headline, fresh recommendations, completed About section) can lift your score by 5-10 points within 1-2 weeks. The other pillars are behavior-driven — engaging with content, expanding your network, building relationships — and typically show up in 4-8 weeks of consistent activity.
Why doesn't LinkedIn show my SSI score anymore?+
LinkedIn still publishes SSI at linkedin.com/sales/ssi but has stopped promoting it. The URL still works if you sign in. They've shifted focus toward Sales Navigator's pipeline-oriented metrics (warm leads, account intent signals) instead of the SSI score, which most users found motivating but not directly tied to outcomes.

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