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"Here's How" and "Here's What": LinkedIn's Most Common AI Handoff

"Here's How" and "Here's What": LinkedIn's Most Common AI Handoff

"Here's How" and "Here's What": LinkedIn's Most Common AI Handoff

Naïlé Titah

Naïlé Titah

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After the em dash, this is the line that most often marks a LinkedIn post as AI:

"Here's how I did it:" "Here's what nobody tells you:" "Here's the breakdown:"

It is easy to misread it as a hook. It is not. It is a handoff: the line that ends your setup and walks the reader into the detail, the steps, the list, the breakdown. It is the hinge of every how-to and "save this" post on LinkedIn. And it is everywhere now, for one reason: it is the seam of the explaining-teacher voice that AI slips into by default.

Here is the data on the single most common structural tell in the feed.



It tracks AI almost perfectly

How often LinkedIn posts used a "Here's what / Here's how" handoff, year by year:

Year

Posts using a "Here's..." line

2021

1.8%

2022

2.5%

2023

5.9%

2024

13.1%

2025

16.3%

2026 (so far)

14.3%

ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022. The handoff sat under 3% before that, then grew roughly nine times in three years to more than one post in seven. People did not suddenly start teaching more. Their AI did. Ask any model for an "actionable" post and it returns a setup, a "Here's how:", and a tidy list, because that explaining structure is its safest default, and this line is the joint in the middle of it.

Line chart: share of LinkedIn posts using a Here's how line by year

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CEO @ MagicPost

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It does not actually help your post

The assumption is that a confident "Here's how:" lifts a post. It does not. In our 2026 data, posts using the handoff pulled about the same median likes as posts without it. The reach comes from the breakdown being genuinely useful, never from the line announcing it. So the handoff gives you no edge, and now carries a cost: a reader who sees it on every one of your posts starts reading you as a template.

The catch: the best creators lean on it

This is the part that makes it tricky. The handoff is not a beginner's habit. Of the 100 biggest creators we profiled, 98% use it, and the heaviest users are huge accounts:

Creator

Share of posts using a "Here's..." line

Pierre Herubel (171k followers)

60%

Chris Donnelly (1.2M)

40%

Matt Gray (912k)

40%

Ruben Hassid (831k)

40%

Shulin Lee (267k)

33%

And it works for them. Chris Donnelly handed off to a list with "Here's the breakdown:" on a post that pulled more than 23,000 likes. In expert hands it is a clean, honest way to move a reader from setup into payoff. The model learned the move from people like him, then started using it on nearly every post it writes. Same story as the rest of the AI house style: the tell is not the line, it is using the exact same handoff every single time.

Bar chart: share of each top creator's posts using a Here's how line

So should you stop using it?

Not entirely. One clean "Here's how:" in front of a genuinely useful breakdown is still good writing. The tell is reaching for the identical handoff in every post, the way the model does. There is almost always a sharper way into the detail:

  1. Let a colon do it. Your setup line plus a colon already promises the list. "Here's how:" usually adds nothing the colon does not.

  2. Name the payoff. Instead of "Here's what I learned," say what it is: "The one change that actually moved revenue:".

  3. Number it and go. Drop straight into "1." The list itself tells the reader a breakdown is coming.

  4. Cut the handoff. Often you can delete "Here's how it works" and start with the first step. Readers do not need the warning.

Each gets you into the detail without the line everyone now recognizes.

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Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Tudo o que você precisa para crescer no LinkedIn.

Escreva com a sua voz, programe com antecedência, acompanhe o que funciona e mantenha sua rede aquecida.

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Crie sua primeira postagem no LinkedIn em menos de 5 minutos

Com o MagicPost, você economiza até 4 horas por semana, começando com sua primeira postagem. Passe menos tempo escrevendo e mais tempo expandindo seu negócio.

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Why it matters beyond looking AI

It is not only how readers judge you. In May 2026 LinkedIn began demoting content that reads as "generic or repetitive," holding it back from the wider feed. A post built on the same setup-plus-"Here's how:"-plus-list shape as a million others is squarely the profile it now suppresses. So a stale handoff can cost twice: readers discount the post, and the algorithm limits it. (Full detail in Does LinkedIn penalize AI content?.)

The verdict

"Here's how" is not a crime. It is the honest seam of a good how-to post, and the best creators use it constantly. But AI uses it on every post, so it now reads as a tell, and on its own it buys you no extra reach. Used once, in front of a real breakdown, it is fine. Used as your only way into the detail, it is the second-clearest way to get mistaken for a bot. Vary the handoff and the problem disappears. (It is one of eleven such patterns; see the full breakdown.)

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Tudo o que você precisa para crescer no LinkedIn.

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Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Tudo o que você precisa para crescer no LinkedIn.

Escreva com a sua voz, programe com antecedência, acompanhe o que funciona e mantenha sua rede aquecida.

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Crie sua primeira postagem no LinkedIn em menos de 5 minutos

Com o MagicPost, você economiza até 4 horas por semana, começando com sua primeira postagem. Passe menos tempo escrevendo e mais tempo expandindo seu negócio.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Is "Here's how" a sign of AI on LinkedIn?

It is one of the strongest, after the em dash. Its use went from under 3% of posts in 2022 to over 16% in 2025, tracking AI adoption, because models default to the how-to structure this line holds together. Readers now clock it, especially when every post uses it.

Is "Here's how:" an opener or something else?

It is a handoff, not an opener. It usually sits mid-post, ending the setup and introducing the steps or list. That is why it is the staple of actionable, instructional content.

Does it boost engagement?

No. In our data, posts using a "Here's" line got about the same median likes as those without. The breakdown does the work, not the announcement.

Can I still use it?

Yes, occasionally, when a genuinely useful breakdown follows. Just vary how you get into the detail: a colon, a named payoff, or diving straight into step one.

Tudo o que você precisa para crescer no LinkedIn.

Escreva com a sua voz, programe com antecedência, acompanhe o que funciona e mantenha sua rede aquecida.

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Tudo o que você precisa para crescer no LinkedIn.

Escreva com a sua voz, programe com antecedência, acompanhe o que funciona e mantenha sua rede aquecida.

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

O LinkedIn mudou seu algoritmo novamente. E desta vez, é notável.


Estou em uma boa posição para saber:

Crie sua primeira postagem no LinkedIn em menos de 5 minutos

Com o MagicPost, você economiza até 4 horas por semana, começando com sua primeira postagem. Passe menos tempo escrevendo e mais tempo expandindo seu negócio.

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