What is the best time to post on Facebook in 2026?

A weekday morning between 8:00 and 11:00, local time, with Tuesday and Wednesday the strongest days. 3 of the 4 studies we read name 9:00.

What is the best day to post on Facebook?

Tuesday or Wednesday. No study we read ranks a weekend day among Facebook's best.

Is it better to post on Facebook in the morning or the afternoon?

The morning. Afternoons are the weakest stretch in Buffer's data. Sprout finds engagement arriving in the afternoon, which is where a morning post's reactions land.

What is the worst time to post on Facebook?

Between midnight and 5:00, and at weekends: Saturday in Buffer's data, Sunday in Metricool's.

Can a scheduler post to Facebook at these times for me?

Yes. In Buzzmark, a social set that posts to Facebook starts with posting slots at 9:00 every weekday on the set's own clock. Once 10 of your posts have likes, comments, shares or saves, the slot grid marks your own best hours instead, and Prefill ticks them.

Best time to post on Facebook in 2026: days and hours

Best time to post on Facebook in 2026

The best time to post on Facebook in 2026 is a weekday morning between 8:00 and 11:00, with Tuesday and Wednesday the strongest days, in your audience's local time.

3 of the 4 studies we read name 9:00. Sprout is the exception: it finds the most engagement arriving between 12:00 and 20:00 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Avoid weekends and the hours between midnight and 5:00.

Updated 8 November 2026 · 4 studies read

Mornings, before the working day takes over

Buffer, Hootsuite and Metricool all name 9:00, and Buffer's 14 million Facebook posts do best between 6:00 and 11:00 on weekdays. Afternoons, 12:00 to 17:00, are Buffer's weakest stretch.

Buffer finds one exception: on Mondays, posts between 19:00 and 22:00 beat the morning.

Each bar is how many of the 4 studies name it as a best time. Yellow bars have the most agreement. Local time.

Tuesday and Wednesday lead, weekends trail

Tuesday and Wednesday are each named by 2 of 4 studies, and no study ranks a weekend day among Facebook's best. Buffer's weakest day is Saturday, Metricool's is Sunday.

Each bar is how many of the 4 studies name it as a best time. Yellow bars have the most agreement. Local time.

Why Sprout says afternoon

Sprout measures when reactions and comments happen, not when the post went out. A post at 9:00 keeps collecting through the day, so the two answers fit together: publish in the morning, and expect the engagement to run into the afternoon.

Metricool's Facebook page uses its 2025 data, and its main guide gives 12:00 to 14:00 on Monday and Wednesday instead. That makes 9:00 the safer start.

BufferBest daysWed, ThuBest hours6:00 to 11:00Top slotThursday 9:00
Sprout SocialBest daysTue, WedBest hours12:00 to 20:00Top slotNone named
HootsuiteBest daysTueBest hours5:00 to 7:00, 9:00Top slotTuesday 9:00
MetricoolBest daysMonBest hours8:00 to 12:00, 17:00 to 19:00Top slotMonday 10:00

Sources and method

Every window in this guide is what a study's own page says, read on the date beside it. Where a study's overview and its page for one platform disagree, we used the platform page, which is newer and narrower.

The charts count how many of the studies name each hour or day. They show where the studies agree, not how much engagement an hour gets: no study publishes its raw numbers.

Buffer, The Best Time to Post on Social Media in 2026
52 million posts from over 200,000 accounts, 2024 and 2025. Median engagement rate by the hour a post went out. Read 8 November 2026.
Sprout Social, Best times to post on social media in 2026
Nearly 2 billion engagements across about 307,000 profiles. When engagement happens, hour by hour. Read 8 November 2026.
Hootsuite, Best time to post on social media
Over 1 million posts in 118 countries, with Critical Truth. Engagement by the hour a post went out. Read 8 November 2026.
Metricool, Best time to post on social networks
Per-network studies of professional accounts, such as 24.4 million Instagram posts from 375,118 accounts. Read 8 November 2026.

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