Scheduling Posts

While the specific audiences for your profile may have different times when they are more active on social media, there are some research-tested periods of time in which your posts have a better chance of reaching more people.

The time at which you make your posts is crucial if you want many people to view them.

More information on these times — and further details about the types of posts that perform better on certain platforms — can be found on our platform guides page.

• Facebook: Weekdays between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday is the best performing day. Sunday is the worst.
• Instagram: Weekdays between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. General engagement decreases on the weekends.
• Twitter: Weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Increased engagement between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Decreased engagement on the weekends.
• LinkedIn: Weekdays at 7:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays are the best, with decreased engagement on the weekends.

There are many different tools, both free and paid, that can assist with scheduling social media posts.

These tools offer the advantage of scheduling multiple posts across various channels. This gives you the opportunity to capitalize on the best time your audience will be more active, and it eliminates the delay that might occur by posting them manually.

Hootsuite and Buffer offer great benefits; free accounts from these services give you the ability to organize and manage all of your social postings.

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