The best time to post on TikTok is a weekday morning between 9 AM and noon, in your local time, or around 3 PM. Tuesday is the best day. In our data from 4,500+ TikToks scheduled with PostEverywhere, Tuesday videos got 9% more views than the same account's usual video, and Friday videos got 10% fewer. The worst slot is 6 to 9 PM, when the most videos go out. Late nights from 9 PM to midnight did even better on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but from far fewer videos.
This guide is part of PostEverywhere's Best Time to Post Study 2026, an original data study of 4,500+ TikTok videos scheduled with PostEverywhere, built on our own data rather than other people's studies.
Every number below comes from TikToks that real creators and businesses published through PostEverywhere between July and October 2026. We compared each video's views with the same account's usual views, 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 TikTok, day by day
"Lift" is how many more views videos in that window got than the same account's usual video. All times are the poster's local time.
| Day | Best window | Lift in that window | Day overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9 AM-noon | +5% | -9% |
| Tuesday | 9 AM-noon, or 9 PM-midnight | +16% / +42% | +9% |
| Wednesday | 8-11 AM, or 3-6 PM | +22% / +17% | +2% |
| Thursday | 11 AM-2 PM, or 4-7 PM | +12% / +12% | -2% |
| Friday | 3-6 PM | +2% | -10% |
| Saturday | 8-11 AM, or 4-7 PM | +17% / +16% | +5% |
| Sunday | Noon-3 PM | +10% | -5% |
| Day (4,500+ videos) | 6-9 AM | 9 AM-noon | Noon-3 PM | 3-6 PM | 6-9 PM | 9 PM-midnight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | too few | +5% | -24% | -15% | -6% | +7% |
| Tuesday | -12% | +16% | -5% | +3% | +8% | +42% |
| Wednesday | -16% | +15% | -16% | +17% | -13% | +35% |
| Thursday | -5% | -3% | +11% | +7% | -17% | +8% |
| Friday | too few | -14% | -7% | +2% | -12% | -14% |
| Saturday | +29% | -1% | +15% | +3% | -7% | -10% |
| Sunday | -17% | +2% | +10% | -13% | -6% | -12% |
The pattern is simple. The 9 AM to noon window beat the 6 to 9 PM evening on six days out of seven, Tuesday and Saturday are the strongest days, and Friday and Monday are the weakest.
The gaps between days are real but modest, so a good video posted on a Friday will still beat a weak one posted on a Tuesday.
For the same view across every platform, see our best time to post hub.
PostEverywhere finds your best time to post on TikTok 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 TikTok across PostEverywhere. Find your own best times.
Best time to post on TikTok today
If today is a weekday, post between 9 AM and noon, or at 3 PM. Across all 4,500+ videos, 3 PM was the strongest afternoon hour, with 8% more views than usual from about 350 videos.
If it is the weekend, post on Saturday morning or Sunday lunchtime.
On most days, avoid 6 to 9 PM. That is when the most people post, and videos in that window got 8% fewer views than usual. If you want a second opinion on your own slots, our best time to post calculator gives a quick starting point.
Best time to post on TikTok on Monday
9 AM to noon. Monday was one of the two weakest days, 9% below an account's usual views, and only the late morning came out ahead. 3 PM on its own did well, 31% above usual from about 60 videos, but the hours either side of it were among the worst of the week, so Monday afternoon is a gamble.
Best time to post on TikTok on Tuesday
9 AM to noon, or 9 PM to midnight. Tuesday was the best day of the week, with 9% more views than usual across the whole day. The late-night window was the strongest, 42% above usual from about 60 videos.
The morning was 16% above usual from a bigger sample of about 150 videos, so it is the safer pick.
Best time to post on TikTok on Wednesday
8 to 11 AM, or 3 to 6 PM. Wednesday mornings were 22% above usual, and 10 AM was the best single hour of the week in our data, 88% above usual.
That hour has only about 30 videos behind it, so treat it as a strong lead. 3 PM is the safer bet: 37% above usual from about 60 videos. Wednesday from 9 PM to midnight was also 35% above usual, but from fewer than 40 videos.
Best time to post on TikTok on Thursday
11 AM to 2 PM, or 4 to 7 PM. Both windows were 12% above usual, and 4 PM on its own was 40% above. Avoid Thursday at 8 PM, which was one of the worst hours of the week, 32% below usual.
Best time to post on TikTok on Friday
3 to 6 PM, though Friday was the weakest day of the week, 10% below usual. Noon was a bright spot, 28% above usual from about 40 videos. Friday at 9 PM was the worst hour on any day in our data, 45% below usual, so don't post a big video into Friday night.
Best time to post on TikTok on Saturday
8 to 11 AM, or 4 to 7 PM. Saturday was the second-best day, 5% above usual overall, and both windows were 16 to 17% above. Saturday evenings after 7 PM were below average.
Best time to post on TikTok on Sunday
Noon to 3 PM, 10% above usual from about 100 videos. The rest of Sunday was below average, including Sunday mornings, and 3 PM on a Sunday was 28% below usual. Post at lunchtime and leave the evening alone.
Best time of day to post on TikTok
Here is every part of the day across all 4,500+ videos, from best to worst:
| Time of day | Lift vs the account's usual video | Videos analysed |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight, midnight-5 AM | +19% | about 150 |
| Late evening, 9 PM-midnight | +4% | about 400 |
| Morning, 9 AM-noon | +3% | about 900 |
| Afternoon, 3-6 PM | 0% | about 950 |
| Lunchtime, noon-3 PM | -3% | about 850 |
| Early, 5-9 AM | -7% | about 400 |
| Evening, 6-9 PM | -8% | about 1,100 |
Overnight scores highest but on a small and noisy sample, and much of it comes from a single unusual night, so we don't recommend it. The useful finding is at the bottom.
The evening, from 6 to 9 PM, had more videos than any other part of the day and the worst result. When everyone posts at once, each video has more competition for the same viewers.
Best time to post on TikTok in the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Middle East and elsewhere
All our times are the poster's local time, so they work in any country. If your followers are in the Philippines, post at 9 AM to noon or 3 PM Philippine time.
In Malaysia or Indonesia, the same windows apply in local time (MYT or WIB), and if they are in Dubai or Riyadh, post at those times there.
It gets harder when you live in one country and your audience lives in another, which is common for creators in Asia and the Middle East building a US following.
Here is what our two best weekday slots on the US East Coast look like elsewhere:
| Where you are | 9 AM in New York is about | 3 PM in New York is about |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 9-10 PM | 3-4 AM next day |
| India | 6:30-7:30 PM | 12:30-1:30 AM next day |
| Malaysia | 9-10 PM | 3-4 AM next day |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | 8-9 PM | 2-3 AM next day |
| UAE | 5-6 PM | 11 PM-midnight |
| Saudi Arabia | 4-5 PM | 10-11 PM |
| United Kingdom | 1-2 PM | 7-8 PM |
| Australia (Sydney) | 11 PM-1 AM | 5-7 AM next day |
The ranges cover daylight saving changes. The New York morning slot is easy to hit from Asia and the Middle East, since it lands in your evening. For the afternoon slot, schedule your TikToks rather than staying up.
Best time to post on TikTok to get on the FYP
The FYP, or For You page, is TikTok's main feed of recommended videos. TikTok explains that it recommends videos there based on how people interact with them, such as the videos they finish, like and share, along with information about each video.
Follower count is not a direct factor, so a new account can reach the FYP too.
Posting time can't put a video on the FYP by itself, but it decides who is around to give it its first views. In our data, weekday mornings from 9 AM to noon and the slot around 3 PM did best, Tuesday was the strongest day, and the crowded early evening from 6 to 9 PM did worst.
Post into those windows, in your audience's local time, and let the video's first viewers do the rest.
Does posting time even matter on TikTok?
Less than on most platforms, and our data shows it. The best day was only 9% above an account's usual views and the worst only 10% below, and roughly half of all videos beat their account's usual result whatever time they went out.
On TikTok, what you post decides far more than when.
TikTok says its For You feed ranks videos on how people interact with them, on details like captions and sounds, and on device and account settings, and that follower count is not a direct factor.
A new video reaches a small group of viewers first, and how they respond decides how far it travels. Timing affects who is in that first group and how many other videos they are choosing between.
TikTok's help centre on how it recommends content describes the same process. Our guide to how the TikTok algorithm works covers the rest, and how to go viral on TikTok covers what makes a video spread.
Who you are trying to reach matters too. Pew Research found that 65% of US adults aged 18 to 29 use TikTok, against 31% of all US adults. A student audience keeps different hours from a working one, so use our windows as a starting point and test your own.
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How to find your own best time to post on TikTok
Our data shows what works across thousands of videos. Your own numbers give you the answer for your account, and finding them takes about three weeks.
Switch to a Business or Creator account if you have not already. It is free, and it unlocks TikTok's analytics.
Check when your viewers are active. TikTok's Creator Academy explains that the Viewers page in TikTok Studio analytics shows when your viewers were most active over the last seven days. TikTok's help centre notes that data can be delayed, so wait a few days after posting before you judge.
Pick three slots to test: Tuesday or Wednesday morning, 3 PM on a weekday, and your viewers' busiest hour.
Post comparable videos in each slot for three weeks. Keep the format and length similar, so you are testing the time and not the content.
Compare views after 48 hours, not after the first hour. TikTok keeps testing videos for days.
Keep the winners and drop the losers. Then repeat every few months, because audiences shift.
TikTok has its own scheduler, but it only covers TikTok and only reaches 10 days ahead (here's how to schedule TikTok posts either way). PostEverywhere's posting queue lets you set your slots once for every platform and drop new videos 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 videos. For TikTok it compares views on each post with your account's usual results, then ranks the day and hour slots that come out on top.
Until an account has about 30 posts with results from the last 90 days, it sees what is popular on TikTok across PostEverywhere. After that, the suggestions switch to its own times.
You see the suggestions as you schedule each post, and you can set your posting queue to use them, so every new video lands in a proven slot. Our page on how best-time suggestions work shows the details, and the same times are available to AI agents: ask Claude or ChatGPT to schedule a post at your best time and it will pick the next one.
Post at your best time without the guesswork. PostEverywhere suggests times from your own TikTok results and schedules every video for you. See how best times work, or start your free trial.
How we worked this out
- The videos: 4,500+ TikToks published through PostEverywhere between July and October 2026, from accounts with at least 15 videos that had results.
- The measure: each video's views, collected at least three days after it went out, compared with the median of the same account's 20 nearest videos. A video scoring +50% got half as many views 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 videos really went out.
- The limits: we only name a single hour when it has at least 20 videos from several accounts behind it. Posting time is one factor among many, and on TikTok a small one: what you post matters more than when.
How to cite this study: PostEverywhere, Best Time to Post Study 2026: TikTok, based on 4,500+ TikTok videos scheduled with PostEverywhere, July 2026 to October 2026. https://posteverywhere.ai/blog/best-time-to-post-on-tiktok
Best time to post on TikTok vs other platforms
If you cross-post the same video, don't send it everywhere at once:
- Instagram Reels: see the best time to post on Instagram and the Reels timing guide.
- YouTube Shorts: in our data the day matters very little for Shorts. Our timing guide for YouTube Shorts has the slots that stood out.
- Long YouTube videos: see the best time to post on YouTube.
YouTube Shorts vs TikTok covers how the two short-form feeds differ beyond timing, and you can track how each platform performs in social media analytics.
FAQ
What is the best time to post on TikTok?
A weekday morning between 9 AM and noon, in your local time, or around 3 PM. In our data from 4,500+ TikToks, the 9 AM to noon window beat the 6 to 9 PM evening on six days out of seven, and Tuesday was the best day.
What is the best day to post on TikTok?
Tuesday, where videos got 9% more views than the same account's usual video. Saturday came second. Friday was the weakest day, 10% below usual, followed by Monday.
What is the best time to post on TikTok on Saturday and Sunday?
Saturday from 8 to 11 AM or 4 to 7 PM, and Sunday from noon to 3 PM. Those windows were 10 to 17% above an account's usual views in our data. The rest of Sunday was below average.
What is the worst time to post on TikTok?
6 to 9 PM, when the most videos go out. In our data, videos in that window got 8% fewer views than usual, and Friday at 9 PM was the worst hour of the week, 45% below usual.
Does posting time matter on TikTok?
Yes, but less than on most platforms. In our data the best day was only 9% above usual and the worst 10% below. TikTok tests each video with a small group first, so content matters more than the clock.
How do I find the best time to post on TikTok for my account?
Switch to a Business or Creator account and check when your viewers are active in TikTok Studio analytics. Test three slots for three weeks with similar videos and keep the ones with the most views after 48 hours.
What is the best time to post on TikTok for views?
Tuesday or Wednesday morning, or 3 PM on a weekday. Our data measures views, and those slots got the most compared with each account's usual video. Avoid the crowded 6 to 9 PM window.
What is the best time to post on TikTok in the Philippines?
9 AM to noon or 3 PM Philippine time, if your audience is in the Philippines, because our times are local. To reach a US audience from Manila, 9 AM in New York is about 9 to 10 PM in the Philippines.
Should I post on TikTok at the same time every day?
Use a consistent schedule, but not one single slot. Two or three proven windows reach different parts of your audience. A posting queue makes this easy: set the slots once and every new video drops into the next one.
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.
- TikTok Newsroom: How TikTok recommends videos #ForYou
- TikTok Help: How TikTok recommends content
- Pew Research Center: Americans' Use of Social Media in 2026
- TikTok: Creator Academy: Introduction to TikTok Analytics
- TikTok: How to use TikTok Analytics
Founder & CEO of PostEverywhere. Writing about social media strategy, publishing workflows, and analytics that help brands grow faster.
