Best Time to Post on LinkedIn: Time Zone Planner
The best time to post is when your readers are actually on LinkedIn, and that depends on who they are and where they live. Pick their regions and the local hours you want to reach, and the planner turns them into times in your own time zone, including the overlap when readers span several zones.
Your time zone: America/New_York · runs in your browser
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Turning their hours into yours
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Choose where your readers are
US Eastern, Pacific, Europe, India and more. Select the regions where most of your audience lives.
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Set the hours you want to hit
Their local time, for example the first hours of the workday or the lunch break.
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Read off your posting window
The planner shows the matching window in your time zone and the overlap that reaches every region you picked.
Three real-world setups
| You are in | Audience | What the planner shows |
|---|---|---|
| Dhaka | US Eastern, 8 to 10 AM | An evening window in Dhaka, shifted by the time difference |
| US Pacific | US Eastern and Central | An early morning window that reaches both |
| London | US Eastern and India | No overlap for morning hours; pick a main audience or widen the hours |
| Toronto | Europe and US Eastern | A morning window in Toronto that lands in the European afternoon |
Your own analytics beat any chart
Use the planner to pick a window, post in it for a few weeks, then compare your post analytics. The right time for your audience is the one your numbers point to, not a list someone made for everybody.
Tips that work
- Do post when your main audience starts or wraps up its workday.
- Do keep one posting time for a few weeks so results are comparable.
- Do stay around for the first hour to answer comments.
- Don't trust a single "best time" chart for every audience.
- Don't change your time, topic and format in the same week.
- Don't post at 3 AM your time just because a chart said so, if you cannot be there to reply.
Why we built a planner instead of a list of magic hours
No single time works for everyone. A night-shift nurse, a software engineer in California and a recruiter in New York open LinkedIn at very different moments. Generic charts average many audiences together, and the result may not describe yours at all.
So the tool does not claim a best time. It takes your own guess, something like "the start of the workday on the US East Coast", and turns it into a time you can actually post from wherever you are. You bring the hypothesis, the planner does the time zone math.
Who gets the most out of it
Freelancers and remote workers who sell into the US from another country. Teams split between Europe and North America. Anyone whose readers live in more than one region and who keeps getting the time difference wrong in their head.
If the regions you pick have no overlap for the hours you chose, the planner tells you. That is useful information. Either choose the most important audience for each post, or alternate: one post for the US morning, the next for the European one.
Daylight saving time is handled for you. The planner uses your browser's time zone data for today's date, so the window is right even in the weeks when the US and Europe switch on different dates.
A simple four-week test
Week one and two: post in one window, keeping your topics and formats roughly the same as usual. Week three and four: move to a second window. Then open your LinkedIn analytics and compare impressions and engagement between the two sets of posts.
Look at the pattern, not one post. A single post can do well or badly for reasons that have nothing to do with timing. If the second window is clearly better across several posts, switch. If it is a wash, pick the time that fits your day.
Being there matters as much as the clock. Posting when you can stay for the first hour and reply to comments helps conversations get going, which is good for reach and for the people you are talking to.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best time to post on LinkedIn?
It depends on your audience. Start with the hours they are likely to be at work, test a window for a few weeks and let your own analytics decide.
Does the planner know when my audience is online?
No. It converts the hours you choose into your time zone. We do not show general "best time" data because it may not fit your audience.
How does the planner handle daylight saving time?
It uses your browser's time zone data for today's date, so daylight saving time is included automatically.
What if my audience is in several time zones?
Select all the regions. The planner shows each window and the overlap; if there is none, pick a main audience for each post.
Is anything sent to your server?
No. The planner runs in your browser and does not store anything.
How often should I post?
As often as you can keep quality high. A steady rhythm you can keep up matters more than posting every day for two weeks and then stopping.
Does posting on weekends work?
It can for some audiences, such as founders or people job hunting, and less so for others. Treat it like any other window: test it and compare.
Key terms
- LinkedIn Live:
- LinkedIn Live is a feature that lets eligible members and company pages broadcast live video on LinkedIn, with viewers able to watch and comment in real time.
- LinkedIn newsletters:
- A LinkedIn newsletter is a recurring series of articles published on LinkedIn that members can subscribe to, so they are notified each time a new issue comes out.
Keep measuring what works
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Last updated · Written and reviewed by the [Brand] team