Best Time to Post on Threads
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9 AM – 12 PM
on Tuesday to Thursday
These hours are already in your audience's local time, so nothing is converted.
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Recommended hours across the day
A block is darker when more days of the week name that hour. Pale blocks are hours no day recommends.
Source: Buffer, “The Best Time to Post on Threads in 2026” — 2.5 million Threads posts.
When is the best time to post on Threads?
Threads is a morning network. Buffer's analysis of 2.5 million posts puts its single best slot at Thursday 9 AM, with weekday mornings between 6 and 11 AM consistently ahead of everything else. Wednesday, Thursday and Tuesday are the strongest days, Saturday the weakest, and the evening hours from 6 to 11 PM underperform.
That is the opposite of the pattern people expect from an Instagram sibling, and it is measured rather than assumed: Buffer reports median engagement by hour and day, in the audience's local time. Check your own Threads insights once you have a few weeks of posts.
Tips for posting on Threads
- Post in the early evening. Threads runs later than Instagram, on the same audience.
- Replies drive reach more than likes. Ask something answerable rather than making a statement.
- Be around for the first hour. A post that gets a conversation going early travels much further.
- Text-first posts outperform image-heavy ones, which is the opposite of Instagram.
- Weekends hold up better on Threads than on LinkedIn, but weekdays still lead.
- Cross-post selectively. Threads audiences notice content written for Instagram.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best time to post on Threads?
Thursday at 9 AM is the single best slot in Buffer's 2.5-million-post analysis, and weekday mornings from 6 to 11 AM outperform the rest of the day. Evenings from 6 to 11 PM consistently underperform.
Is the best time to post on Threads the same as Instagram?
No, and the difference is large. Buffer measures Threads peaking in the morning around 9 AM, while Sprout Social measures Instagram peaking in the afternoon, Tuesday 1 to 7 PM and Wednesday 12 to 9 PM. Same audience, different rhythm.
How often should I post on Threads?
More often than on Instagram. Threads behaves like a text feed, so several short posts a day is normal and does not suppress reach the way it can on a photo feed.
Do replies affect reach on Threads?
Yes, more than likes do. Threads weights conversation heavily, so a post that gets replies in its first hour is pushed to a much wider audience.
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