Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men

Sat, 22 Nov 2025

Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men

Do your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?

If not, it could be because you’re not a man.