Free posting time calculator
Best Time to Post on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn & More
Find the best time to post on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook. Convert audience peak hours into a local weekly posting plan.
Posting schedule calculator
See the best times to post in your own timezone.
Post aroundThis is your suggested local posting time.
5:33 PM Today
Recommended test window: 5:20 PM - 6:18 PM
For your United States audience, that's Saturday, 1:20 PM - 2:18 PM.
Audience: United States
Next best times to post
Start with these recommended windows. We show your local time first, then the matching audience time.Reasons are based on your audience time.
Window: 5:20 PM - 6:18 PM
Audience time: Saturday, 1:20 PM - 2:18 PM
Good for lunch-break browsing
Window: 11:11 PM - 11:43 PM
Audience time: Saturday, 7:11 PM - 7:43 PM
Good for after-work scrolling
Window: 7:07 PM - 7:58 PM
Audience time: Sunday, 3:07 PM - 3:58 PM
Useful testing window for this audience profile
Weekly plan
Plan your week with one recommended posting time for each day.Days are shown in your posting timezone.
Window: 7:20 PM - 8:02 PM
Audience: Monday, 3:20 PM - 4:02 PM
Window: 5:11 PM - 5:43 PM
Audience: Tuesday, 1:11 PM - 1:43 PM
Window: 10:10 PM - 10:47 PM
Audience: Wednesday, 6:10 PM - 6:47 PM
Window: 5:03 PM - 5:37 PM
Audience: Thursday, 1:03 PM - 1:37 PM
Window: 6:09 PM - 6:55 PM
Audience: Friday, 2:09 PM - 2:55 PM
Window: 5:20 PM - 6:18 PM
Audience: Saturday, 1:20 PM - 2:18 PM
Window: 7:07 PM - 7:58 PM
Audience: Sunday, 3:07 PM - 3:58 PM
Platform calculators
Choose a platform to plan your posting time
Pick the platform you care about most and get a calculator built around its content formats and posting patterns.
Best Time to Post on Instagram
Find posting windows for Reels, Stories, photo posts, and carousels based on your audience location and content goal.
TikTokBest Time to Post on TikTok
Plan TikTok videos, photo posts, and live sessions with local posting times converted from audience peak windows.
LinkedInBest Time to Post on LinkedIn
Find weekday posting windows for professional content, text posts, documents, images, and videos.
YouTube ShortsBest Time to Post on YouTube Shorts
Choose better posting windows for Shorts discovery, repeat views, and subscriber growth.
FacebookBest Time to Post on Facebook
Plan Facebook posts, reels, group posts, and videos around audience activity and weekly engagement patterns.
Recommendation model
Smarter posting recommendations, grounded in data
We combine platform posting patterns, content format, audience location, niche, and goal to suggest posting times you can actually test. It is more useful than a generic "best time to post" list, but still simple enough to use without connecting your accounts.
Recommendation logic last refreshed: Jul 31, 2026, 01:58 UTC
Platform benchmarks
We start with common posting patterns for each platform.
Content-aware scoring
Reels, Stories, carousels, videos, and professional posts are scored differently.
Audience time conversion
We convert audience-active hours into the time you should post.
Periodically refined logic
We review and refine the recommendation logic regularly as posting patterns change.
Posting time tips & FAQ
Use the result as a starting point, then test it with your own content for two weeks.
How does the best time to post calculator work?+
It looks at your platform, audience location, content type, niche, goal, and timezone, then suggests posting times in your local time.
Should I use my timezone or my audience timezone?+
Base the recommendation on your audience's active hours. We convert that into your local time so you know when to post.
Which platforms are supported?+
The calculator supports Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook.
Is posting time more important than content quality?+
No. Posting time can help early engagement, but content quality, topic fit, hook strength, and consistency matter more.
How should I test my best posting time?+
Start with one recommended window and test it consistently for at least two weeks. Keep the content format similar, then compare views, saves, comments, profile visits, follows, and conversions before changing your schedule.
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