Best time to post on TikTok in 2026, by day and timezone
What the published studies say about the best time to post on TikTok, day by day, converted to your timezone, with every source named.
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The best time to post on TikTok depends on your audience, and the published studies don't fully agree. Below is each study's answer by day, where they overlap, and a free checker that puts those times on your clock. If you'd rather not plan timing at all, Postdom makes your TikTok posts from your website and schedules the ones you approve in your time zone.
This page is compiled from published studies, not from Postdom's own data. Every source is named at the bottom with its date and sample.
Free best time to post on TikTok checker
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Best time to post on TikTok 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: 5pm (Sprout Social, Hootsuite)
Sprout Social: 3–5pm
Hootsuite: 5pm
Buffer: 1pm
- Tuesday
Where they agree: No hour two studies share
Sprout Social: 2–6pm
Hootsuite: 10am–1pm
Buffer: 6am
- Wednesday
Where they agree: 4–6pm (Sprout Social, Hootsuite)
Sprout Social: 1–8pm
Hootsuite: 4–6pm
Buffer: 10pm
- Thursday
Where they agree: 1pm (Sprout Social, Buffer)
Sprout Social: 1–5pm
Hootsuite: 7–9am
Buffer: 1pm
- Friday
Where they agree: 4–6pm (Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer)
Sprout Social: 3–5pm
Hootsuite: 4–6pm
Buffer: 6pm
- Saturday
Where they agree: 5pm (Hootsuite, Buffer)
Sprout Social: No best time; avoid
Hootsuite: 10am–7pm
Buffer: 5pm
- Sunday
Where they agree: 9am (Hootsuite, Buffer)
Sprout Social: Worst day of the week
Hootsuite: 8am–12pm
Buffer: 9am
| Day | Where they agree | Sprout Social | Hootsuite | Buffer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 5pm Sprout Social, Hootsuite | 3–5pm | 5pm | 1pm |
| Tuesday | No hour two studies share | 2–6pm | 10am–1pm | 6am |
| Wednesday | 4–6pm Sprout Social, Hootsuite | 1–8pm | 4–6pm | 10pm |
| Thursday | 1pm Sprout Social, Buffer | 1–5pm | 7–9am | 1pm |
| Friday | 4–6pm Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer | 3–5pm | 4–6pm | 6pm |
| Saturday | 5pm Hootsuite, Buffer | No best time; avoid | 10am–7pm | 5pm |
| Sunday | 9am Hootsuite, Buffer | Worst day of the week | 8am–12pm | 9am |
Best day to post on TikTok
Best: Sprout Social: weekdays, with Tuesday to Thursday strongest. Buffer: Saturday, then Monday and Sunday.
Worst: Sprout Social: weekends, Sunday worst. Buffer ranks the weekend highest, so the studies disagree outright here.
Where they disagree: Sprout Social says avoid weekends. Buffer's single best slot is Sunday at 9am, and Hootsuite puts Saturday midday in its headline.
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 checker 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.
Post on TikTok at the right time with Postdom
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Method and sources
We read each study's own page 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. Postdom will switch this page to its own numbers once it has enough published posts with a week of results.
Sprout Social: Best times to post on TikTok
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 overall best times to post on TikTok are Tuesdays through Thursdays between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Local Time.
Hootsuite: Best time to post on TikTok
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 says Saturday 10am–6pm; its day list says 10am–7pm.
The best time to post on TikTok for maximum engagement is Thursday morning (6 – 9 am) and Saturday midday (10 am – 6 pm).
Buffer: Best time to post on TikTok
Published or updated 14 September 2026. Read 5 October 2026.
Sample: 7.1 million TikTok posts (videos, carousels, photos and text). The page gives no date range.
Times are in: Your audience's local time.
Note: Buffer ranks three slots a day; this table shows its top slot.
the best time to post on TikTok is Sunday at 9 a.m., followed by Monday at 1 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Best time to post on TikTok: questions
What is the best time to post on TikTok?
Weekday afternoons are the safest bet: Wednesday and Friday 4 to 6pm in your audience's local time sit inside two of the three big studies' best windows. Weekends split them.
What is the best day to post on TikTok?
Sprout Social: weekdays, with Tuesday to Thursday strongest. Buffer: Saturday, then Monday and Sunday. Sprout Social: weekends, Sunday worst. Buffer ranks the weekend highest, so the studies disagree outright here.
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. Sprout Social says avoid weekends. Buffer's single best slot is Sunday at 9am, and Hootsuite puts Saturday midday in its headline.
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.
Best times on other platforms
More free tools for planning your posts are on the free social media tools page.