How is the LinkedIn headline score calculated?

Your headline is analyzed by an AI model trained to spot LinkedIn-specific signals: buzzword usage, audience specificity, metric presence, structural clarity, and length optimization. The score starts at 50 and adjusts up or down based on what it finds. Positive signals like specific numbers or audience names increase the score, while buzzwords and vague titles decrease it.

Is this LinkedIn headline roaster free with no login?

Completely free and no account required. Paste your headline, hit Roast My Headline, and you will have results in seconds. The tool works on any device without signup.

What buzzwords hurt my LinkedIn headline score?

Overused terms like guru, ninja, visionary, passionate about, rockstar, disruptor, and thought leader trigger score penalties. These words are so common on LinkedIn that they signal nothing to a reader and waste your limited character space. The roaster detects these automatically and flags them in your results.

What does a high-scoring LinkedIn headline look like?

The best LinkedIn headlines name a specific audience, describe a clear outcome, and include a number or proof point. For example: I help B2B SaaS founders generate 3x pipeline with LinkedIn content. 200+ clients. ex-Salesforce. Specific, credible, and scannable. This type of headline scores 80 or above consistently.

How long should my LinkedIn headline be?

LinkedIn gives you 220 characters. Anything under 60 is too short and leaves credibility on the table. Anything over 220 gets truncated in most views. The sweet spot is 100 to 180 characters with clear sections separated by pipes or dots.

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Your LinkedIn headline is the first thing anyone sees, on your profile, in search results, in every comment you leave. Most people blow it with vague titles and buzzword soup. Paste yours below and find out exactly what is wrong and how to fix it.

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Why your headline matters more than you think

LinkedIn's algorithm surfaces your headline in search results, suggested connections, and every single notification. It is your one-line pitch to thousands of people who will never visit your profile, unless the headline hooks them first.

Most LinkedIn headlines fall into two traps: either they are a plain job title ("Marketing Manager at Acme") which tells readers nothing about what you can do for them, or they are a string of buzzwords ("Passionate Visionary | Thought Leader | Disrupting the Future") which means even less.

The best headlines name who you help, what outcome you deliver, and include a proof point. This tool scores you on exactly those signals, and uses AI to write the specific rewrites you need.