Discover your LinkedIn Start Date and LinkedIn User ID

Did you know that LinkedIn actually assigns a serial number to its users? It’s sequential so you can tell what “order’ people joined LinkedIn.

I actually joined LinkedIn a long, long time ago. Investigation shows that my LinkedIn user ID number is 125,841.

I actually met someone with an ID in the 10,000′s last month. WOW!

LinkedIn also shows you when you joined, down to the date. In my particular case, that would be January 14, 2004.

So, you are probably asking one or two questions:

1. How do I see WHEN I joined LinkedIn?

You are one click away from finding out. Simply click on the LinkedIn Accounts and Settings text link. It is at the top of every LinkedIn screen. It is shown below in the top red square.

Upon clicking, you will be at the LinkedIn Accounts & Settings Screen itself. Your join date is shown in the second red square below. This screen shows January 14, 2004.

: Finding your LinkedIn “Join Date”

2. “How do I find out what my LinkedIn user ID number is”?

It’s actually very easy. The left navigation panel appears on all LinkedIn screens. Just move your mouse over the “View My Profile” text link in the left navigation panel and then look down in the lower corner of your browser bar. There is a long, ugly string that is actually a URL. It contains your LinkedIn user ID number. For example, mine says 125,841.

Finding your LinkedIn ID Number

This is what the URL string in the browser bar above looks like up close:

In a future post, I will show you a KILLER application for this information. It is one that will help you grow your network tremendously, all on its own!

That said, please look up yourjoin date and ID number and post it below as a comment. We would like to chart the growth of LinkedIn with REAL data points. For example, Lori Ruff, an executive here at Integrated Alliances, joined LinkedIn on July 14, 2005 and her user ID is 3,173,651.

What are your date and number?

Tagged as: date, LinkedIn, user

http://www.theCopywritingPro.com Thomas

Dang it, Mike! You edged me out by a few days…

My Join date is January 17, 2004 and my ID number is 132,259.
http://www.theCopywritingPro.com Thomas

Dang it, Mike! You edged me out by a few days…

My Join date is January 17, 2004 and my ID number is 132,259.
steffenson

User since December 13, 2004

ID number: 1588211
steffenson

User since December 13, 2004

ID number: 1588211
https://www.SEOPPCPlus.com debbieca

User since May 1, 2006

ID number: 5727380
https://www.SEOPPCPlus.com debbieca

User since May 1, 2006

ID number: 5727380
erikahansonbrown

My membership commenced December 3, 2003.

My subscriber # is 75,642.

I’m pretty close to Jon Nordmark — the only local name I knew when I joined.

At the time I joined, I had to REALLY WORK to get people to “accept” me — they were very suspicicious of this new thing that they didn’t understand at all. It really became not worth it. IT has amused me greatly to see how many of those same people are now inviting me……and I don’t think that they even remember that I had invited them YEARS ago.
erikahansonbrown

My membership commenced December 3, 2003.

My subscriber # is 75,642.

I’m pretty close to Jon Nordmark — the only local name I knew when I joined.

At the time I joined, I had to REALLY WORK to get people to “accept” me — they were very suspicicious of this new thing that they didn’t understand at all. It really became not worth it. IT has amused me greatly to see how many of those same people are now inviting me……and I don’t think that they even remember that I had invited them YEARS ago.
farinco

January 29, 2004; 175,770
farinco

January 29, 2004; 175,770
Jerry

1,277,576 joined on October 13, 2004
Jerry

1,277,576 joined on October 13, 2004
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jhoward5186

Dr. James M. Howard
ID 48783376
Startup June 29, 2009
Happy Networking !!
jhoward5186

Dr. James M. Howard
ID 48783376
Startup June 29, 2009
Happy Networking !!
http://www.VASTPowerSystems.com Gary Ginter

Feb. 10, 2004 as number 216,920.
http://www.VASTPowerSystems.com Gary Ginter

Feb. 10, 2004 as number 216,920.
Gary

I was among the first 15,000
Gary

I was among the first 15,000
Christine

Join date Jan 6, 2009

I am impressed that I have been using the internet for close to 20 years but am relatively a newbie here…

ID # 38028425 I had to go back and forth as my number is just a little long… ;^)
Christine

Join date Jan 6, 2009

I am impressed that I have been using the internet for close to 20 years but am relatively a newbie here…

ID # 38028425 I had to go back and forth as my number is just a little long… ;^)
http://www.Conversify.net Monique Elwell

Mike, you just taught me how to do this! You’re awesome.
I am #3,760. I never new I joined so early. (Kind of never thought about it.) Now I have to run around and tell my super groovy early adapter friends what number they are and tell them to post it here!
Best!
http://www.Conversify.net Monique Elwell

Mike, you just taught me how to do this! You’re awesome.
I am #3,760. I never new I joined so early. (Kind of never thought about it.) Now I have to run around and tell my super groovy early adapter friends what number they are and tell them to post it here!
Best!
http://www.basearchgroup.com Brian Anderson

Love Ya Mike, its been a while since we spoke, keep up the great work.
User since June 23, 2004
Account
76,2009 is the number does not make since would it be 762,009 ?
http://www.basearchgroup.com Brian Anderson

Love Ya Mike, its been a while since we spoke, keep up the great work.
User since June 23, 2004
Account
76,2009 is the number does not make since would it be 762,009 ?
http://www.sakaiproject.org Michael Korcuska

September 11, 2003
24233

FWIW, the founders appear to start at 1210, so I’m actually user number 23,023.
http://www.sakaiproject.org Michael Korcuska

September 11, 2003
24233

FWIW, the founders appear to start at 1210, so I’m actually user number 23,023.
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http://twitter.com/TheCVClinic Tom Hackforth

February 6th 2004
203035

http://www.rocktheworldbook.com/ LoriRuff

Tom! You’ve been on LinkedIn longer than Mike O’Neil! Congrats Have you had successes in that time that keep you going back?

http://www.rocktheworldbook.com/ LoriRuff

Tom! You've been on LinkedIn longer than Mike O'Neil! Congrats Have you had successes in that time that keep you going back?
Meezlife

I joined on June 9, 2009 and my ID is 47,692,408
http://twitter.com/R_McKinnon Rob McKinnon

April 21st 2008
ID:24096443

http://www.rocktheworldbook.com/ LoriRuff

Congrats Rob! You came in as the economy was really turning down. I’d love to know how you’ve been making use of the tool for your professional success.

http://twitter.com/majidhashemi Maj Hashemi

Dang.. they updated their interface, I can’t seen to find what my number is. I know the date, May 2007

http://www.integratedalliances.com loriruff

They did but the id number is still the same in your profile url. “View” your LinkedIn profile, the look for the number following “ID=”.

For example, my LinkedIn public url is http://www.linkedin.com/in/loriruff. However, when I click “View” my profile, the url in the address bar is http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3173651&trk=tab_pro. That means my serial user id number is 3,173,651. Therefore, I’m user number 3 million, 173 thousand, 651.

Does that help?

John

November 8, 2004
1,418,737
clyde leverett

December 5, 2006, 8648958
Grosjean Olivier

Member since: November 4, 2003
# 39035
http://TriggerEventSelling.com Craig Elias

User 3,956 | May 13, 2003

11,500+ first degree connections
Rob Conaway

Member since: April 6, 2004, member # 445634…has it really been that long?
James Parker

Joined 20th March 2009. ID 42945690
Dr. John Stolk

Nice! No clue how long it was, thanks!ID number 994464 member since August 20, 2004 Dr. John Stolkwww.ec-guild.org
http://twitter.com/rickduggan Rick Duggan

User since August 7, 2003.

ID number: 14793
Evan Schwartz

Wow! Didn’t realize till now I’ve been on LinkedIn for eight years(!)
I joined Feb 23, 2004 and my ID is 264,261 – I probably missed the first 1/4 million by a couple of days at most

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