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Best Time to Post on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a working hours network: weekday mornings between 09:00 and 11:00 carry it, 10:00 is the peak on all five weekdays, and Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 are level at the very top.
Last updated: 2026-07-31
No network in this dataset has a sharper shape than LinkedIn. It is close to nothing overnight, climbs steeply from 07:00, and reaches its high point at 10:00 on every weekday. Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 are tied as the strongest cells on the grid, with Thursday just behind and Monday and Friday clearly softer.
The fall after lunch is steady rather than sudden. By 15:00 a weekday is at roughly two thirds of its 10:00 level, by 17:00 about a third, and after 18:00 it collapses. An evening LinkedIn post is competing for attention that has left the building, which is why the same post moved from 19:00 to 10:00 can look like a different post entirely.
The weekend is the most extreme drop anywhere in this dataset: a whole Saturday adds up to less than a third of a Wednesday, and its best hour barely matches what a weekday manages before 08:00. Treat Saturday and Sunday as off, and spend the saved effort on getting Tuesday to Thursday mornings right.
LinkedIn posting heatmap, hour by hour
Every hour of the week scored against every other hour on LinkedIn. The strongest single slot is Tuesday at 10:00, the weekday window runs 09:00 to 11:00, and the weekend peaks around 10:00 to 13:00.
| Day | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
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| Monday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 58 | 74 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 44 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Tuesday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 68 | 86 | 92 | 86 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 58 | 48 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 68 | 86 | 92 | 86 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 58 | 48 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Thursday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 65 | 82 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 71 | 64 | 56 | 46 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Friday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 54 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Saturday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Sunday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
LinkedIn is a working-hours network and the grid shows it more sharply than anywhere else. Weekday mornings between 09:00 and 11:00 carry the platform, 10:00 is the peak on all five weekdays, and Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 are the two strongest cells in the whole dataset for this network.
The fall after lunch is steady rather than sudden. By 15:00 a weekday is at roughly two thirds of its 10:00 level, by 17:00 it is at about a third, and after 18:00 it collapses. An evening LinkedIn post is competing for attention that has left the building.
The weekend is the most extreme drop of any network here: a whole Saturday adds up to less than a third of a Wednesday, and its best hour barely reaches what a weekday manages before 08:00. Treat Saturday and Sunday as off, and spend the effort on getting Tuesday to Thursday mornings right instead.
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Pick your niche and we adjust the grid above for it, then hand you three slots a day for the whole week.
Hours are in your audience local time. Picking a time zone only labels the plan, it does not shift the times.
Your three strongest slots this week
LinkedIn, general or mixedBest slot
Tuesday 10:00
Slot 2
Wednesday 10:00
Slot 3
Thursday 10:00
Morning slot: people check feeds before the day takes over, so posts get a clear run before anything else competes. Times shown in Europe/London.
Your full seven day plan
Three slots for every day of the week on LinkedIn, tuned for general or mixed, with a line on why each day lands where it does. We email you the same plan so you can keep it next to your calendar.
How we build these estimates
What the numbers are
Aggregated engagement patterns: published posting-time studies, the daily rhythms each network reports about its own audience, and how people actually use each app. We turn that into one relative score per hour, 0 to 100, within a single network.
What they are not
They are not measurements of your account, and no personal data goes into them. Nothing here is derived from any individual profile, including the ones inside Postify. They are estimates, reviewed in July 2026, meant as a starting point you then test.
Why scores, not percentages
A score of 80 on Instagram and 80 on LinkedIn do not mean the same volume of anything. Each grid is scaled inside its own network, so the only useful comparison is between two hours on the same network, never between two networks.
Industry adjustments
Picking an industry shifts whole parts of the day rather than single hours: fitness lifts the morning, food and beverage lifts lunch, finance and tech lift working hours and pull the evening down. The shape of the network stays, the emphasis moves.
Timing estimates are aggregated engagement patterns from public posting-time studies and platform posting behaviour, last reviewed July 2026. They are a starting point, not a measurement of your account.
Getting more out of your LinkedIn timing
- Post between 09:00 and 11:00, Tuesday to Thursday, and stop trying to be clever about it. That block is where the whole network is.
- Block the first two hours after posting for replies. LinkedIn keeps a post alive for days rather than hours, and early comments are what start that run.
- Do not post on Saturday and Sunday. The best weekend hour on LinkedIn is weaker than an average weekday hour, so a good post published then is simply wasted.
- Avoid the 17:00 slot even though it feels like a natural end of day. By then the grid has already fallen to about a third of the morning peak and it keeps dropping.
- If your audience spans continents, pick the morning of the region that matters most rather than compromising on a middle hour that misses both.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn?
Between 09:00 and 11:00 on a weekday, with 10:00 the peak on all five. Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 are level at the top of these estimates, and Thursday is a point or two behind.
What is the best day to post on LinkedIn?
Tuesday and Wednesday, which score identically, followed by Thursday. Monday is softer, Friday softer again, and both weekend days fall away completely.
Is it better to post on LinkedIn in the morning or the evening?
Morning, and it is not close. The 10:00 peak is several times the 19:00 level on the same day. LinkedIn is used during working hours, so an evening post arrives after the audience has closed the tab.
Should I post on LinkedIn at the weekend?
No. Saturday totals less than a third of a Wednesday on these estimates and Sunday is only slightly better. If you want a weekend habit, write at the weekend and schedule for Tuesday morning.
Does posting time still matter on LinkedIn in 2026?
Yes, more than on the recommendation-driven networks. LinkedIn distribution still leans heavily on the first wave of engagement from your own network, and that wave only exists during working hours.
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