Best time to post on LinkedIn in 2026
The best time to post on LinkedIn depends on your audience, and the published studies don't fully agree. Midweek afternoons: Tuesday 4 to 5pm and Wednesday 3 to 4pm in your audience's local time sit inside both Sprout Social's and Buffer's best windows. Wednesday is a top day in all three big studies.
Best time to post on LinkedIn by day
Each study's best times, in your audience's local time. The first column is any hour that sits inside two or more studies' windows for that day.
- Monday
Where they agree: No hour two studies share
Sprout Social: 1–2pm
Hootsuite: 11am
Buffer: 10pm, 5pm, 9pm
- Tuesday
Where they agree: 4–5pm (Sprout Social, Buffer)
Sprout Social: 11am–5pm
Hootsuite: 6–8am
Buffer: 4pm, 5pm, 10pm
- Wednesday
Where they agree: 3–4pm (Sprout Social, Buffer)
Sprout Social: 11am–4pm
Hootsuite: 9am
Buffer: 4pm, 3pm, 5pm
- Thursday
Where they agree: 2pm, 5pm (Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer)
Sprout Social: 11am, and 1–5pm
Hootsuite: 2pm
Buffer: 5pm, 7pm, 9pm
- Friday
Where they agree: No hour two studies share
Sprout Social: 11am, and 1–2pm
Hootsuite: 8pm
Buffer: 3pm, 4pm, 5pm
- Saturday
Where they agree: No hour two studies share
Sprout Social: No optimal times
Hootsuite: 4–5am
Buffer: 9am, 6pm, 10pm
- Sunday
Where they agree: 6am (Hootsuite, Buffer)
Sprout Social: No optimal times
Hootsuite: 6am
Buffer: 10pm, 9pm, 6am
| Day | Where they agree | Sprout Social | Hootsuite | Buffer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | No hour two studies share | 1–2pm | 11am | 10pm, 5pm, 9pm |
| Tuesday | 4–5pm Sprout Social, Buffer | 11am–5pm | 6–8am | 4pm, 5pm, 10pm |
| Wednesday | 3–4pm Sprout Social, Buffer | 11am–4pm | 9am | 4pm, 3pm, 5pm |
| Thursday | 2pm, 5pm Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer | 11am, and 1–5pm | 2pm | 5pm, 7pm, 9pm |
| Friday | No hour two studies share | 11am, and 1–2pm | 8pm | 3pm, 4pm, 5pm |
| Saturday | No hour two studies share | No optimal times | 4–5am | 9am, 6pm, 10pm |
| Sunday | 6am Hootsuite, Buffer | No optimal times | 6am | 10pm, 9pm, 6am |
Best and worst days
Best: Sprout Social: Tuesday to Thursday. Buffer: Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday. Hootsuite: Tuesday and Wednesday.
Worst: Weekends for Sprout Social and Hootsuite. Buffer finds Monday and Tuesday weakest instead.
Where they disagree: Hootsuite's headline says 4 to 6am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, while its own day list says Tuesday 6 to 8am and Wednesday 9am. Neither matches the other studies.
It depends on your audience
- These are patterns across other accounts' posts. Your followers' habits can be different, and your own results are the better guide once you have a few weeks of them.
- The times are in your audience's local time. If most of your followers are in another country, use the widget above.
- A good post at an average time beats an average post at the best time. Timing moves results at the margin.
- Test it: post at two of the windows above for a few weeks each, and keep the one your own numbers favour.
How Postdom's posting times relate
Postdom doesn't schedule from these studies. Every account starts on one default: at most two posts a day, at about 9am and 7pm on your workspace's clock, and nothing between 10pm and 7am.
That default is a sensible starting point, not a finding, and you can change each account's daily limit and quiet hours.
Method and sources
We read each study's own page on 5 October 2026 and copied its times as stated. Where a study gives no time for a day, the table says what it says instead. We don't average, and we don't fill gaps.
Compiled from published studies
Postdom doesn't have enough engagement data of its own to answer this yet. When at least 10,000 posts published through Postdom have a week of results, from at least 300 workspaces, this page will switch to Postdom's own numbers and show the sample size. Until then, it shows only what these studies published.
Sprout Social: Best times to post on LinkedIn
Published or updated 31 March 2026. Read 5 October 2026.
Sample: About 2 billion engagements across about 307,000 social profiles, 27 Nov 2025 to 27 Feb 2026.
Times are in: Your audience's local time.
The best time to post on LinkedIn is Tuesdays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Hootsuite: Best time to post on LinkedIn
Published or updated 19 November 2025. Read 5 October 2026.
Sample: Over 1 million social posts from businesses of all sizes, with Critical Truth. The page gives no date range.
Times are in: Localized across the 118 countries the data came from.
Note: Its headline and its day list disagree (see above).
The best overall time to post on LinkedIn is early morning (4 AM-6 AM) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Buffer: Best time to post on LinkedIn
Published or updated 9 September 2026. Read 5 October 2026.
Sample: Over 4.8 million posts sent through Buffer. The page gives no date range.
Times are in: Your audience's local time.
Note: Buffer ranks three slots a day, best first.
The best time to post on LinkedIn in 2026 is generally between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays, with Wednesday at 4 p.m. emerging as the strongest overall slot
Questions about posting times
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn?
Midweek afternoons: Tuesday 4 to 5pm and Wednesday 3 to 4pm in your audience's local time sit inside both Sprout Social's and Buffer's best windows. Wednesday is a top day in all three big studies.
What is the best day to post on LinkedIn?
Sprout Social: Tuesday to Thursday. Buffer: Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday. Hootsuite: Tuesday and Wednesday. Weekends for Sprout Social and Hootsuite. Buffer finds Monday and Tuesday weakest instead.
What timezone are these times in?
Your audience's local time: the studies adjusted their times to the local time of the people seeing the posts. If your audience is where you are, use them as they are; if it's somewhere else, convert them with the widget on this page.
Why do the studies disagree?
They measure different accounts, over different months, with different definitions of engagement. Hootsuite's headline says 4 to 6am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, while its own day list says Tuesday 6 to 8am and Wednesday 9am. Neither matches the other studies.
Is this Postdom's own data?
No. It's compiled from Sprout Social, Hootsuite and Buffer. Postdom will publish its own numbers once at least 10,000 posts published through Postdom have a week of results.