{"id":14741,"date":"2025-07-30T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/linkedins-adding-connection-based-leaderboards-for-its-in-app-games\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:56:00","slug":"linkedins-adding-connection-based-leaderboards-for-its-in-app-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/linkedins-adding-connection-based-leaderboards-for-its-in-app-games\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                LinkedIn\u2019s Adding Connection-Based Leaderboards for its In-App Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/linkedins-adding-connection-based-leaderboards-for-its-in-app-games\/#LinkedIns_Adding_Connection-Based_Leaderboards_for_its_In-App_Games\" >LinkedIn\u2019s Adding Connection-Based Leaderboards for its In-App Games<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LinkedIns_Adding_Connection-Based_Leaderboards_for_its_In-App_Games\"><\/span>\n                LinkedIn\u2019s Adding Connection-Based Leaderboards for its In-App Games<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span>LinkedIn\u2019s adding a new competitive element to its in-app gaming feature, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/lakshmansom_coming-next-in-linkedin-games-leaderboards-activity-7355963121519259649-ONeR\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAABHhvpABNi7GbPz6-AWk67_ahE0Wq8Lw7ZY\" style=\"color:blue\">group leaderboards<\/a> set to show how you rank on each game in comparison to your LinkedIn connections.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LinkedIn games leaderboards\" data-imagemodel=\"183518\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/rc2npKnb79jQfXRllxNuXPog-ZVXjseSnoYESaQkpEw\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9saW5rZWRpbl9nYW1lc19sZWFkZXJib2FyZHMucG5n.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span>As you can see in this example, LinkedIn is currently alerting games players about the coming leaderboard display, coming next month, which will add another, more personally relevant perspective to its gaming experience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>The new leaderboard will show daily rankings based for each game that you and your connections (who\u2019ve opted in) have played, so you can compete on performance, and discuss gaming strategies. Anybody who plays a game in the app will be shown this pop-up alert in the app over the next week. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>To be clear, LinkedIn has offered different versions of its gaming leaderboards since it first launched its in-app gaming options in May last year, displaying<\/span><span><span><span><span> comparative performance between members from different companies, schools, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>This one is more specifically aligned to your connections, which could be a more valuable and engaging showcase.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>If your connections are playing any of the games, that is.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>On that front, LinkedIn says that its in-app games have been relatively popular, with \u201cmillions\u201d of LinkedIn members now playing its games every day, and 84% of those who do play returning to try again.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>I mean, \u201cmillions\u201d is clearly a lot, but with <\/span><span><span>a billion total members, and around 400 million active users, it might be only a small percentage of the platform\u2019s total audience that are actually playing these games.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>But clearly, LinkedIn believes that it\u2019s worth the investment, with the platform continuing to add new games, and new features like this to enhance its gaming engagement. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>So there\u2019s something there, and if it helps LinkedIn continue to post \u201crecord levels\u201d of in-app engagement, it\u2019s likely worth the platform continuing to support the option. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>It still feels a little out of place for my liking, but sparking competition and engagement among colleagues, and former colleagues, could be another means to connect and expand its broader networking opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span>LinkedIn says that it\u2019s launching its updated leaderboards next month. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/linkedin-adds-connection-based-leaderboards-for-games\/756250\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn\u2019s Adding Connection-Based Leaderboards for its In-App Games LinkedIn\u2019s adding a new competitive element to its in-app gaming feature, with group leaderboards set to show how you rank on each game in comparison to your LinkedIn connections. As you can see in this example, LinkedIn is currently alerting games players about the coming leaderboard display,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/6Ni0Olh1Hm3k7zhsi4kqSP6DqxmMY8KQh8_dvYrVL64\/g:ce\/rs:fit:770:435\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9saW5rZWRpbl9nYW1lc19sZWFkZXJib2FyZHMucG5n.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1552],"class_list":["post-14741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-linkedin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}