Best Time to Post on YouTube — Free Tool
Find the best times to upload YouTube videos and Shorts. See a weekly heatmap with optimal publishing windows.
Quick summary
Best days
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Peak window
2 PM – 4 PM on weekdays, 9 AM – 12 PM on weekends
Avoid
Before 9 AM on weekdays
Upload 2-3 hours before peak viewing. YouTube indexes videos before serving them. Weekend mornings are prime for longer content.
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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
- YouTube engagement heatmap
- Weekday vs weekend patterns
- Timezone conversion
- Based on industry research 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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