The best time to post on LinkedIn is Wednesday between 9 AM and noon, in your local time, and 10 AM is the single best hour. In our data from more than 6,500 LinkedIn posts scheduled with PostEverywhere, posts in that window did 67% better than the same account's usual post. Thursday was the weakest day of the week.
This guide is part of PostEverywhere's Best Time to Post Study 2026, an original data study of 6,500+ LinkedIn posts scheduled with PostEverywhere, built on our own data rather than other people's studies.
Every number below comes from LinkedIn posts that real businesses, founders and creators published through PostEverywhere between May and October 2026. We compared each post with the same account's usual results, so a big account can't make one hour look good on its own. The method is explained at the end.
Best time to post on LinkedIn, day by day
"Lift" is how much better posts in that window did than the same account's usual post. All times are the poster's local time.
| Day | Best window | Lift in that window | Day overall | Posts analysed (about) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 5-8 PM | +29% | +7% | 1,400 |
| Tuesday | 2-5 PM | +20% | +8% | 900 |
| Wednesday | 9 AM-noon | +67% | +31% | 1,400 |
| Thursday | 6-9 PM | +22% | -7% | 1,400 |
| Friday | 11 AM-2 PM | +8% | +2% | 1,100 |
| Saturday | 8-11 AM | +63% | +23% | 300 |
| Sunday | Noon-3 PM | +18% | +12% | 250 |
| Day (6,500+ posts) | 6-9 AM | 9 AM-noon | Noon-3 PM | 3-6 PM | 6-9 PM | 9 PM-midnight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | +6% | +9% | +7% | +1% | +22% | too few |
| Tuesday | +3% | +1% | +7% | +12% | +12% | too few |
| Wednesday | -2% | +67% | +10% | +3% | +24% | too few |
| Thursday | -7% | -8% | -13% | -5% | +22% | too few |
| Friday | -8% | +5% | 0% | -1% | too few | too few |
| Saturday | too few | +55% | +18% | too few | too few | too few |
| Sunday | too few | too few | +18% | +9% | too few | too few |
Two things stand out. Wednesday morning is far ahead of every other weekday slot, and it is backed by more than 600 posts, so it is not a fluke. And Thursday, which many people treat as a prime LinkedIn day, came out below average in our data at almost every hour.
For the same view across every platform, see our best time to post hub.
PostEverywhere finds your best time to post on LinkedIn for you. It learns from when your own posts do best and suggests those times as you schedule. Until your account has enough results, it shows what works on LinkedIn across PostEverywhere. See your best times in PostEverywhere.
Best time to post on LinkedIn today
If today is a weekday, post between 9 AM and noon. Across every LinkedIn post we analysed, that three-hour block did 17% better than usual, and on Wednesday it did 67% better.
The early afternoon, which a lot of advice recommends, was flat in our data: posts from noon to 6 PM did about as well as an account's usual post.
If your audience lives in another time zone, post for their morning, not yours. A team in London selling to US buyers should schedule its LinkedIn posts for 9 or 10 AM Eastern, which is 2 or 3 PM in the UK.
To set a post for that slot, follow our step-by-step LinkedIn scheduling guide.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Monday
5 to 8 PM. Monday evening posts did 29% better than usual, while Monday mornings were only slightly above average. People catching up on LinkedIn after the first day of the week seem to give posts more attention than they do during the Monday rush.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Tuesday
2 to 5 PM. Tuesday's afternoon window did 20% better than usual, from about 300 posts. Tuesday mornings were flat, so if you only post once on a Tuesday, make it after lunch.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Wednesday
9 AM to noon, the best slot of the whole week. Posts in this window did 67% better than their account's usual post, and 63% of them beat it, against about 4 in 10 posts across LinkedIn as a whole.
10 AM on its own did 84% better, from about 300 posts, and 11 AM did 77% better. If you have one important LinkedIn post a week, this is where it goes.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Thursday
6 to 9 PM, and only if you have to post on a Thursday. Thursday was the one day that came out below average overall, 7% under an account's usual post, with mornings and lunchtime the weakest.
The evening was the only part of the day that did well.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Friday
11 AM to 2 PM. Friday is close to average all day, so timing matters less than on Wednesday. The late-morning slot is the safest, before people start winding down for the weekend.
Best time to post on LinkedIn on Saturday and Sunday
Saturday from 8 to 11 AM, and Sunday from noon to 3 PM. This surprised us. Weekend posts did better than weekday posts on average: Saturday was the second-best day of the week and Sunday the third.
The likely reason is competition. Only 8% of the posts in our data went out at a weekend, so a weekend post has fewer others to compete with in the feed.
The weekend sample is also smaller, especially on Sunday, so treat this as a strong lead to test rather than a rule. If you already have a good weekday rhythm, a Saturday morning post is the first thing worth adding.
Best time of day to post on LinkedIn
Here is every part of the day across all 6,500+ posts, from best to worst:
| Time of day | Lift vs the account's usual post | Posts analysed (about) |
|---|---|---|
| Late evening, 9 PM-midnight | +22% | 200 |
| Morning, 9 AM-noon | +17% | 2,400 |
| Evening, 6-9 PM | +17% | 500 |
| Afternoon, 3-6 PM | +3% | 1,200 |
| Lunchtime, noon-3 PM | +1% | 1,400 |
| Early, 5-9 AM | 0% | 950 |
| Overnight, midnight-5 AM | -12% | 70 |
The morning is the clear winner because it combines a strong result with by far the most posts. The late evening scores slightly higher but on a much smaller sample.
The early commute slot, often recommended for LinkedIn, was no better than average in our data.
Best time to post on LinkedIn for engagement
LinkedIn counts reactions, comments and reposts as engagement, and LinkedIn's help centre explains that impressions are an estimate of how often a post was shown on screen. Our numbers use engagement or impressions, the same measures PostEverywhere's best-time suggestions use for LinkedIn.
There is a reason a mid-morning post may do well. LinkedIn's engineers have written about ranking the feed on dwell time, how long members spend on a post. A post that goes out at 10 AM meets people at their desks with time to read, and early reading time helps it reach more people through the rest of the day.
Our guide to how the LinkedIn algorithm works covers the other signals.
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Personal profiles vs company pages
Our data covers both. Personal posts reach your connections the way a colleague's would, so they follow your network's working day closely. Company page posts reach people who chose to follow a brand, and they usually get less reach, which makes the strong Wednesday morning slot even more valuable.
If you post from both, don't publish the same idea at the same minute. Post from your profile first, then share from the page a few hours later. LinkedIn's Page content analytics shows how page posts perform, and our comparison of carousels and text posts covers which format to use.
How to find your own best time to post on LinkedIn
Our data shows what works across thousands of accounts. Your own audience may differ, so check it.
Look at your last 20 posts. LinkedIn's post analytics show impressions and engagement for each one, and creator analytics shows them together over a date range. Note the day and time of your top five.
Check where your audience is. Follower analytics show locations and industries. A US audience in tech keeps different hours from a UK audience in finance.
Test three slots for three weeks: Wednesday at 10 AM, Saturday at 9 AM, and the time your best posts went out.
Compare results after 48 hours. LinkedIn posts keep collecting reactions for a couple of days.
Keep the winners and build a weekly rhythm around them. A posting queue makes this easy: set your slots once and each new post goes into the next free one.
Let PostEverywhere suggest your best times
PostEverywhere works out your best times the same way we built this guide, from your own posts. It compares each LinkedIn post with your account's usual results, then ranks the days and hours that come out on top.
New accounts start with what works across PostEverywhere on LinkedIn, then switch to their own times once they have about 30 posts with results from the last 90 days.
The suggestions appear as you schedule, your posting queue can use them, and AI agents can too: ask Claude or ChatGPT to schedule your LinkedIn post at your best time. See how best-time suggestions work.
Stop guessing when your network reads. PostEverywhere suggests posting times from your own LinkedIn results and schedules every post for you. See how best times work, or start your free trial.
How we worked this out
- The posts: more than 6,500 LinkedIn posts published through PostEverywhere between 30 May and 24 October 2026, from accounts with at least 15 posts that had results.
- The measure: each post's engagement or impressions, collected at least three days after it went out, compared with the median of the same account's 20 nearest posts. A post scoring +50% did half as well again as that account usually does.
- The times: the poster's local day and hour, from their PostEverywhere profile. Accounts still on the default time zone were left out, because we can't tell when their posts really went out.
- The limits: we only name an hour when it has at least 20 posts from several accounts behind it. Posting time is one factor among many: what you post matters more than when. Pew Research found that 33% of US adults use LinkedIn, and audiences differ by industry and country, so test your own slots.
How to cite this study: PostEverywhere, Best Time to Post Study 2026: LinkedIn, based on 6,500+ LinkedIn posts scheduled with PostEverywhere, May 2026 to October 2026. https://posteverywhere.ai/blog/best-time-to-post-on-linkedin
LinkedIn vs other platforms
LinkedIn's Wednesday morning peak is one of the clearest results in our data on any platform. Facebook is far less predictable; see the Facebook timing guide. X is the other professional-leaning network; see when to post on X. Bluesky, where many academics and journalists moved, follows a working-day rhythm too; see when to post on Bluesky.
If you post video too, YouTube works on a different clock, with Sunday morning strongest; see when to post on YouTube.
FAQ
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn?
Wednesday between 9 AM and noon, in your local time. In our data from more than 6,500 LinkedIn posts, posts in that window did 67% better than the same account's usual post, and 10 AM was the single best hour.
What is the best day to post on LinkedIn?
Wednesday, where posts did 31% better than usual across the whole day. Saturday and Sunday came second and third, though far fewer people post at weekends. Thursday was the weakest day, 7% below average.
What is the best time of day to post on LinkedIn?
The morning, between 9 AM and noon. Across every LinkedIn post we analysed, it did 17% better than usual, with the evening from 6 to 9 PM close behind. Lunchtime and the afternoon were about average.
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn for engagement?
Wednesday at 10 AM. Posts at that hour did 84% better than their account's usual post in our data. Posts that people stop to read also rank better, so put your best post in that slot.
Should I post on LinkedIn at weekends?
Yes, it is worth testing. Saturday from 8 to 11 AM did 63% better than usual in our data, because only 8% of posts go out at weekends and there is less competition. The weekend sample is smaller, so test it alongside your weekday posts.
Is the best time different for company pages?
The same windows are a good starting point for both, but company pages usually get less reach than personal profiles. Post from your personal profile first and share from the page a few hours later.
How do I find my best time to post on LinkedIn?
Review the analytics for your last 20 posts and note when your top five went out, check where your followers are based, then test three slots for three weeks. Keep the ones with the best results after 48 hours.
Sources
Every outside fact in this article comes from the pages below, mostly the platforms' own help centres. Our own figures come from posts scheduled with PostEverywhere, as explained in How we worked this out.
For every platform side by side, see the best time to post hub.
- LinkedIn: View post analytics for your content
- LinkedIn Engineering: Understanding dwell time to improve LinkedIn feed ranking
- LinkedIn: Content analytics for your LinkedIn Page
- LinkedIn: View your creator analytics
- Pew Research Center: Americans' Use of Social Media in 2026
Founder & CEO of PostEverywhere. Writing about social media strategy, publishing workflows, and analytics that help brands grow faster.
