Best Time to Post on LinkedIn
LinkedIn's full weekly shape, hour by hour, in your audience's local time. It is a middle-of-the-day network, not an early-morning one.
UTC
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Peak window
11 AM – 5 PM
on Tuesday
Shown for an audience in UTC. These are the published hours, unconverted. Post 15 to 30 minutes early so you are live when the window starts.
Second widest
5 recommended hours on Wednesday
11 AM – 4 PM
Third
5 recommended hours on Thursday
11 AM, 1 PM – 5 PM
Quietest
Saturday, Sunday
no window
The whole week
Every hour, seven days
Source: Sprout Social · audience-local hours
Why this shape
How LinkedIn behaves
LinkedIn is a middle-of-the-day network, not an early-morning one. Sprout Social measures its best window at Tuesday to Thursday, 11 AM to 5 PM, with Tuesday carrying the full range and Monday down to a single hour at 1 to 2 PM. Weekends and early mornings are the worst times, which is worth knowing if you have been scheduling posts for 7 AM.
Those figures come from Sprout Social's 2026 study of nearly 2 billion engagements across around 307,000 profiles, measured in the audience's own local time. If your followers are in another country, use the control above to work out when to publish on your clock.
What to do with it
Post in the early morning so your content is in the feed before the commute and first-coffee scroll.
Tuesday to Thursday carry the widest recommended windows; Monday and Friday narrow to about an hour.
Avoid weekends for business content unless your audience is unusually active then.
The first hour of engagement signals the algorithm, so reply to early comments quickly.
Native documents, carousels, and text posts tend to outreach link posts.
Stay consistent. Two to four quality posts a week keeps you in the feed without fatigue.
FAQ
LinkedIn, specifically
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn?
Tuesday to Thursday between 11 AM and 5 PM, according to Sprout Social's 2026 data. Tuesday carries the widest window. Times are in your audience's local time.
What is the best day to post on LinkedIn?
Tuesday, with Wednesday and Thursday close behind. Sprout Social lists Monday through Friday as workable and weekends as the worst.
Is it worth posting on LinkedIn on weekends?
Rarely. Sprout Social names weekends among LinkedIn's worst times and lists no recommended window for Saturday or Sunday at all. If you post at the weekend, treat it as a bonus rather than a slot you are counting on.
How do I find the best time to post for my own LinkedIn audience?
Use your LinkedIn analytics to see when your followers are active, combine that with the benchmarks here, then schedule for those windows. Antwork can publish them automatically.
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