# Best time to post on X and LinkedIn in 2026 X peaks at 9 AM. LinkedIn at 4 PM. Times are local time, as the studies report them: Buffer's are the poster's own clock wherever they post, Sprout Social's the audience's. Page: https://flaghand.com/best-time-to-post. Updated 2026-10-25. ## Best time to post on X - Best hours: 9, 10 and 11 AM (best first). - Best days: Tuesday to Thursday. - Quietest: 1 AM to 5 AM, and Saturday. - Source: [Buffer, The Best Time to Post on Twitter/X in 2026: 8.7 Million Posts Analyzed](https://buffer.com/resources/best-time-to-post-on-twitter-x/) (8.7 million X posts, published 2026-03-13). Every hour of the week, 100 for the busiest: | Hour | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 12 AM | 20 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 16 | | 1 AM | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 12 | | 2 AM | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | 3 AM | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | 4 AM | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 12 | | 5 AM | 22 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 17 | | 6 AM | 36 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 32 | 25 | 28 | | 7 AM | 52 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 45 | 36 | 40 | | 8 AM | 68 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 60 | 47 | 53 | | 9 AM | 80 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 70 | 55 | 62 | | 10 AM | 78 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 68 | 53 | 60 | | 11 AM | 72 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 63 | 50 | 56 | | 12 PM | 66 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 57 | 45 | 51 | | 1 PM | 62 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 55 | 43 | 48 | | 2 PM | 58 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 50 | 40 | 45 | | 3 PM | 53 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 46 | 36 | 41 | | 4 PM | 48 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 33 | 37 | | 5 PM | 42 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 36 | 29 | 32 | | 6 PM | 34 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 26 | | 7 PM | 30 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 21 | 24 | | 8 PM | 29 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 22 | | 9 PM | 27 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 21 | | 10 PM | 26 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 20 | | 11 PM | 22 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 17 | ## Best time to post on LinkedIn - Best hours: 4 PM, 3 PM and 11 AM (best first). - Best days: Tuesday to Thursday. - Quietest: 1 AM to 4 AM, and Saturday. - Sources: [Buffer, The Best Time to Post on LinkedIn in 2026: 4.8 Million Posts Analyzed](https://buffer.com/resources/best-time-to-post-on-linkedin/) (4.8 million LinkedIn posts, published 2026-09-09); [Sprout Social, Best times to post on LinkedIn in 2026](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-linkedin/) (nearly 2 billion engagements, published 2026-03-31). Every hour of the week, 100 for the busiest: | Hour | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 12 AM | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | | 1 AM | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | | 2 AM | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | | 3 AM | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | | 4 AM | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | | 5 AM | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | | 6 AM | 23 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 12 | | 7 AM | 37 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 39 | 17 | 19 | | 8 AM | 51 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 54 | 23 | 26 | | 9 AM | 61 | 74 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 27 | 31 | | 10 AM | 69 | 84 | 88 | 84 | 72 | 31 | 35 | | 11 AM | 74 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 78 | 33 | 38 | | 12 PM | 73 | 88 | 93 | 88 | 76 | 33 | 37 | | 1 PM | 72 | 87 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 32 | 37 | | 2 PM | 73 | 89 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 33 | 38 | | 3 PM | 76 | 93 | 98 | 93 | 80 | 34 | 39 | | 4 PM | 78 | 95 | 100 | 95 | 82 | 35 | 40 | | 5 PM | 72 | 87 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 32 | 37 | | 6 PM | 62 | 76 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 28 | 32 | | 7 PM | 51 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 54 | 23 | 26 | | 8 PM | 39 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 18 | 20 | | 9 PM | 28 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 14 | | 10 PM | 19 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 10 | | 11 PM | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 6 | ## Your own best times Flaghand learns an X account's own best times from its posts, and suggests the next best time for every draft. It reads the account's original posts, compares each with the account's usual, and takes over from the studies once 60 posts have settled. LinkedIn doesn't share post analytics with apps, so LinkedIn times stay the studies'. With a workspace token (scope read): - GET https://app.flaghand.com/api/v1/workspaces/{workspace}/best-times?platform=x|linkedin: the next best times, each with why. - GET https://app.flaghand.com/api/v1/workspaces/{workspace}/best-times/heatmap?platform=x|linkedin: every hour of the week. Flaghand for agents: https://flaghand.com/llms.txt and https://app.flaghand.com/llms.txt. ## Questions ### What is the best time to post on X? At 9, 10 and 11 AM in your local time, best Tuesday to Thursday. Buffer's 2026 study of 8.7 million X posts ranks Tuesday at 9 AM first, then Wednesday at 10 AM and 9 AM, and finds evenings from 6 to 11 PM and Saturdays weakest. ### What is the best time to post on LinkedIn? At 4 PM, 3 PM and 11 AM in your local time, best Tuesday to Thursday. Buffer's 2026 study of 4.8 million LinkedIn posts finds 3 to 8 PM best, with Wednesday at 4 PM first. Sprout Social's 2026 study finds Tuesday 11 AM to 5 PM, Wednesday 11 AM to 4 PM and Thursday 11 AM and 1 to 5 PM. Both find weekends quiet. ### Which time zone are these times in? Your own. Buffer normalizes its data so every time reads as local time: 9 AM means 9 AM where you are. Sprout Social lists local time too, in your audience's time zone. ### How is the heatmap made? Each network's week is a weekday curve times an hour-of-day curve, set to what the studies report: their best and weakest days, their best hours and their quietest times. 100 is the busiest hour of the week. Buffer's charts cover 6 AM to 10 PM, so the night hours are an estimate. It's the map Flaghand starts every account from. ### Will my own best times be different? Often: your audience isn't the average. Flaghand reads your X account's own posts, compares each with your usual, and learns your best hours once 60 posts have settled, then suggests the next best time for every draft. LinkedIn doesn't share post analytics with apps, so LinkedIn times come from the studies.