Best Time to Post on Threads — Free Tool
Find the best times to post on Threads for maximum engagement. See a weekly heatmap with optimal posting windows.
Quick summary
Best days
1st Tuesday2nd Wednesday3rd Thursday
Peak window
8 AM – 12 PM
Avoid
9 PM – 7 AM
Threads mirrors X/Twitter patterns with morning peaks. Conversational posts and hot takes get more replies. Early adoption means less competition.
Best time
Great time
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Low engagement
Engagement heatmap(your audience's local time)
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The hours are your audience's local time. If you schedule from another timezone, set both and the heatmap converts them to your clock. Data sources: Aggregated from Sprout Social, Hootsuite, and Buffer industry studies. Individual results may vary based on audience, content type, and region.
Features
- Threads engagement heatmap
- Timezone conversion
- Best days and peak windows
- Based on early platform data
Platforms covered
- Facebook — Mid-week mornings and lunch breaks
- Instagram — Early mornings and weekday afternoons
- X (Twitter) — Weekday mornings during commutes
- TikTok — Mornings and evenings, with late-night potential
- YouTube — Weekday afternoons, weekend mornings
- LinkedIn — Business hours, Tuesday through Thursday
- Pinterest — Evenings and weekends for browsing
- Threads — Morning peaks similar to X
- Bluesky — Work hours with an end-of-day spike
- Mastodon — Tech-savvy audience during work hours
How to use this tool
- Select the social media platform you want to optimize for.
- Pick where your audience is. If you schedule from another timezone, pick yours too and the heatmap converts the hours to your clock.
- Review the quick summary for best days, peak windows, and times to avoid.
- Use the heatmap to identify the exact hours with highest engagement on each day.
- Hover over any cell in the heatmap to see the engagement level for that time slot.
- Ready to schedule at the best times? Create a free BulkPublish account to schedule and publish across all platforms.
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