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Have you ever wondered what the best time to post is? I have… sometimes I wonder if my early morning posts get swallowed by the huge number that are schedule for an overnight release.  Other times, I think, Saturday would be good… but my traffic is lowest on Saturdays it seems… when I though more people would have time to look around. On occasion, I think, why not mid-day… perhaps it is one of the only posts to show up then… so it would get noticed.

I can't say I've discovered any pattern… except to say my weekend posts seem to be a waste… traffic drops off on Saturday/Sunday.

How about you… do you sense a pattern?  Do you find one time of day is better than another, or one day of the week better than the other?

For me, early in the week seems to get the highest impact, like Mon/Tues. Things taper off after that, but are still solid through early Friday. Saturday is the lowest traffic day. Sunday is a wildcard, sometimes low but sometimes pretty solid.  I think that if you post every other day, Sunday might be an underrated day to post.

I prefer to do one on monday, and then thursday. It evens out the post schedule, and monday and thursday (including friday) seem to be the busiest days.

I try to schedule my posts for between 6-7Am as well.  I've switched it where I have them go mid-day or the evenings and it doesn't make much of a difference in the end, but I figure consistency is key.

Saturday/Sunday always drop off quite a bit from the week unless I get featured in a roundup on a high traffic site.

My traffic in general is the highest between Monday – Thursday every week…as far as time of day, I find it doesnt matter much, traffic comes from many different timezones…so in the end, someone is always awake to view the site if they wish.

Tushar @ Everything Finance said:

I really don't see the point of worrying about what time a post should go live.

I say, when your post is ready, publish it. The earlier you publish it, it will get indexed quicker and start showing up in Google searches. That's what you really want, right?

As far as your subscribers are concerned, they will get to ready it sometime anyway. It doesn't have to be the minute you publish it. 

 

Quite honestly I couldnt have said it better myself.  I have seen too many threads about day/time a post should be published… it will get read regardless, I think the only way you hurt yourself is when you go a couple weeks without publishing anything and readers begin to assume you have given up.

Between 5am and 6am.

I normally schedule my posts to publish at midnite (Pacific time) each day.  I do this to have it up for various time zones.  That way everyone can have access. 

Interesting all… it does seem we have similar experiences.

I even launched my giveaway on Saturday… only to find the same results… oh, well, better for those that entered today!

Tonight reminds me of another point… special occasions (i.e. valentine's day, halloween, etc.) are often not high traffic days due to the other commitments. Agree?