How to Write Your Best Social Media Bio [+28 Free Templates]

Your social media bio is one of your first opportunities to make an impression on your audience. A good bio can make the difference between whether or not a user chooses to follow you.

And although followers shouldn’t be the only metric you care about, more followers can lead to more reach and collaboration opportunities. Your followers may even turn into a community of like-minded people.

To help you and your brand put your best foot forward, we’ve rounded up 28 social media bio examples and templates for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.

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This bio generator is a web tool that takes a bit of information and transforms it into the perfect one-liner for your social media profiles. It uses the latest ChatGPT technology. But, like all good robots, it still needs a little human intervention to really knock it out of the park. So make sure to fill out all the inputs with as much detail as possible to get the best results. Like the list of ideas below, it’s a great tool to get inspiration for your final draft.

Why a good social media bio matters

When a user discovers your account, your social media bio is usually the first place they look (after admiring your catchy username, of course). That’s why it’s so important to have a fully completed and engaging profile.

Even if you only run dark social media posts (ads) and don’t publish any organic content, you should still fill out your social media bios. A good bio is like a storefront — it can help inspire trust in potential customers unfamiliar with your brand.

Lastly, social media bios are SEO-optimized (for most social media platforms). That means the keywords you add to your bio can help your account get discovered through in-app searches and general web search engines.

Whether you’re a creator or a company, here is the key info you should aim to include in all of your social media bios (adapted based on character space):

• Who you are
• What you do/provide/sell
• Where your business operates
• Your category (for business) or interests (for personal brands)
• How someone can get in touch with you
• Your website
• Call to action

Instagram bios

Character limit: 150 characters

Whether you’re a company or a personal brand, your Instagram bio should compel profile visitors to take action— which might mean clicking on your link in bio, browsing your products, visiting your physical location, or simply following your account.

For personal brands, I love seeing how creative influencers and content creators get with their Instagram bios. Companies and organizations usually need to fit a few more things into their Instagram bios, such as branded hashtags, store hours or locations, and other brand accounts. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get creative!

Whether you’re looking to polish up the bio for your personal account or a business account, these templates and examples can help get you inspired.

Bonus: Check out our link in bio guide to find out how to build a converting link page for Instagram and TikTok with Hootsuite.

Personal brands

Template 1: What are you known for?

[Who you are/what you’re known for]

[Something unique about you]

[Affiliated accounts/businesses]

Example: @classycleanchic

Template 2: The emoji list

[Your interests/content themes]

💼 [Affiliated account/job title + company]

📍 [Location]

💌 [Contact info]

Example: @steffy

Template 3: Symbols + bio link CTA

✈ [Reason to follow]

⬖ [Your interests/content themes]

✉︎ [Contact info]

↓ [CTA] ↓

[link]

Example: @tosomeplacenew

Companies and organizations

Template 1: Brand mission

[Brand mission statement]

Example: @bookingcom

Example: @lululemon

Template 2: UGC hashtags

[Brand mission]

[Branded/UGC hashtags]

[Contact info]

Example: @passionpassport

Template 3: All your brand accounts

[Brand statement + UGC hashtag]

[Emoji + affiliated accounts]

[Emoji + affiliated accounts]

[Emoji + affiliated accounts]

[CTA]

[link]

Example: @revolve

Still looking for inspiration? Here are 10 more Instagram bio ideas and tricks to stand out.

Twitter bios

Character limit: 160 characters

Given Twitter is more of a conversational platform, your Twitter bio is a great spot to inject a bit of your brand’s tone of voice or show off your personality.

Think of it like a cold opening to a TV show: you want your bio to grab attention so people stick around for the rest of the show.

Some main features you should include in your Twitter bio are:

• Your name
• Location/where you do business
• Brand mission/tagline
• Other associated accounts
• Branded hashtags
• Website (if different from your main bio link)

With that in mind, here are some templates and examples to get you started.

Personal brands

Template 1: The pipe/emoji separators

[Current job title/company] | [Previous companies/notable roles] | [Notable achievements such as bylines/speaking gigs] | [CTA or associated hashtags]

Example: @ChiThukral

Example: @pattimmons_

Template 2: The paragraph breaks

[What you do/what you’re known for]

[What you’re working on]

[CTA + website link]

Example: @TomFrankly

Template 3: Full sentences

[What you’re known for]. [What you do]. [Other interesting roles/businesses]. [Witty ending/CTA].

Example: @thecultureofme

Example: @SaverioBianchi

Companies and organizations

Template 1: Tagline + brand hashtag

[Brand tagline]. [Branded hashtag(s)].

Example: @Anthropologie

Example: @Avalanche

Template 2: Customer support

[Brand mission/tagline]

Need support? Go to [support account/website].

Example: @intercom

Template 3: The accounts list

[Brand mission/tagline].

[Emoji: Affiliated account]

[Emoji: Affiliated account]

Example: @NHL

Looking for more ideas? Here are 30 more Twitter bio examples.

TikTok bios

Character limit: 80 characters

Ready to get ruthless? That’s what you’ll have to do with your TikTok bio, which allows half the characters of most other platforms. That’s why there are so many Linktree copycats popping up, as they enable TikTok creators to extend their bios (and monetize their audiences).

Given the highly creative nature of the platform, TikTok bios can go many different ways. While TikTok bios aren’t as formulaic as Instagram ones, there are still some common things to include

• The main topics/themes of your content
• Call to action
• Location
• Contact info (since there are no contact buttons like on Instagram)
• Website (available for business accounts once you reach 1,000 followers)

Personal brands

Template 1: Short and sweet

[Who you are]

[Content themes]

[Contact info]

Example: @lothwe

Template 2: The CTA

[One liner that sums up your TikTok]

👇 [CTA] 👇

Example: @victoriagarrick

Template 3: Personality spotlight

[What you’re known for/went viral for]

[Why users should follow you]

Example: @jera.bean

Companies and organizations

Template 1: The CTA

[What you do/provide/sell]

[CTA] ⬇️

Example: @the.leap

Template 2: We’re cool, kids

[Witty description related to your brand/product]

Example: @ryanair

Need more inspiration? Check out our GIANT list of TikTok bio ideas.

Facebook bios

Character limit: 255 characters (About), 50,000 characters (Additional Info)

For Facebook Pages, the bio is found in the About section on your home tab (also in its own separate tab). Facebook gives you a few fields to fill out, including website & contact info, links to other social media accounts, and an additional description box.

As Facebook is often the first place a customer goes for information about your business, completing all of the details is important.

While most of the fields will be straightforward to fill out, here are some ideas to get started with the About and Additional Info sections.

Template 1: Short and sweet

About: [Short one-liner, such as your brand tagline]

Example: @nike

Template 2: History, community policy and additional links

About: [Company mission/tagline]

Additional info: [Company mission + history]. [Facebook community guidelines]. [Page disclaimers].

Website: [link]

Other social media accounts: [Username(s)]

Email: [Contact info]

Example: @NGM

Template 3: Why follow us?

About: [Brand tagline]

Additional info: [Why users should follow your Page]. [What content to expect]. [How followers will benefit from your content].

[Facebook community policy + disclaimers].

Social media community guidelines: [link to full terms]

Example: @travelandleisure

LinkedIn bios

On most other social media platforms, the bio sections are the same for personal brands and company profiles. On LinkedIn, though, this differs.

For personal accounts, your bio is the Summary section of your profile. For companies and organizations, the bio is the About section on the company page. We’ll share tips for both below.

Personal brands

Character limit: 2,600 characters

Your summary section is one of the first sections that people will read, and a good one can make the difference between skipping your profile or reading through the rest of it.

Whether you’re looking to attract recruiters, followers, or business partners, here are my best tips:

• Write it in the first person (use “I”)
• Make it engaging with a conversational tone! This is one place in which you can be a little more informal
• Tease your most impressive highlights, such as in-demand skills, previous companies worked for, and quantifiable accomplishments

Template 1: The skills checklist

Hi there, I’m [current job title] and [one-liner with what’s most likely to interest my profile viewers, aka recruiters].

In my [#] of years working in [industry/role], I’ve become an expert in [area 1, area 2, area 3].

My proudest accomplishments are [example 1], [example 2], and [example 3].

Skills & qualifications:

✓ [skill 1]

✓ [skill 1]

✓ [skill 1]

[contact info]

Example: Laura Wong

Template 2: The sales pitch

Hi, I’m [name].

I’m a [job title]. I do [what do you for work/your business].

Don’t take my word for it – [social proof], [business accomplishments].

Learn more at [website].

👉 [services I offer + how to contact me]

[links to other social media accounts]

Example: Vanessa Lau

Companies and organizations

Character limit: 2,000 characters

Although you have 2,000 characters to fill your company’s “description” section, I would strongly suggest not using the full space. LinkedIn company pages offer a lot of different fields to fill in, so it’s not necessary to fit everything about your business within the bio.

Similar to personal accounts, I think the best way to use your bio is to highlight your business’ strongest selling points. Just keep in mind that visitors to your company page are more likely to be interested in working with you than buying from you.

You still need to cover the basics (like where your company is based and what you do/sell/provide), but also include employer brand aspects like perks, company values, and how compensation is determined.

One thing to note: links won’t work in your description, so leave the URLs out. You can add your website URL in a dedicated field.

Template 1: Company overview + culture

[What your company does]. [An overview of your products]. [The pain points that you solve for your customers].

[Company history/background].

[Company culture + what it’s like to work there].

[Company core values and how they are applied].

[CTA + website link]

Example: Hotjar

Template 2: Get me to the jobs

[Company mission]. [What it’s like to work at your company]. [Company values].

See all our career opportunities here: [link]

Example: Google

Pinterest bios

Character limit: 160 characters

Your Pinterest bio introduces yourself and your business to your audience. Pinterest is highly visual, so your bio should be short and to the point, letting your actual content speak for itself.

While hashtags are useful in other social media bios, Pinterest doesn’t work that way. Instead of focusing on hashtags, Pinterest uses keywords in your bio, post descriptions, and board descriptions to help relevant users discover you.

With this in mind, make sure your bio contains relevant descriptions of yourself or your brand, and choose your words strategically (without sounding like an SEO robot).

Personal brands

Template 1: The basics

[What you’re known for + your content themes]. Check out [main social channel/external website link].

Example: @tiffy4u

Template 2: For creative & service-based entrepreneurs

[What you do] + [Where you’re based] | [What services you provide]

Example: @evarendlphotography

Companies and organizations

Template 1: What you pin

[Description of what your business does/sells/provides]. Pinning [content type(s)].

Example: @flytographer

Template 2: UGC callout

We’re sharing [type of content] and [type of content] that you can only discover through [company name]. Share yours using [branded hashtag].

Example: @airbnb

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