What’s the Best Time to Post on LinkedIn in 2023
In this guide, we’re helping you figure out when the best time to post on LinkedIn for your page and the best practices when posting on LinkedIn.
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Mackenzie TaylorPosted 1 month ago
Throughout the years, LinkedIn has changed from being a career and business-only platform to more of a social media networking platform to help you bolster the next step in your career. And knowing exactly what time to post to reach the most amount of people possible is important on any social media network—especially LinkedIn if you’re looking to connect with more people in your specific field. In this guide, we’re helping you figure out when the best time to post on LinkedIn for your page and the best practices when posting on LinkedIn.
Is there a best time to post on LinkedIn?
Unfortunately, there is no good answer to this. It’s not as simple as going: “Post at this time on this day and you’ll get all the engagement you could ever want!” If you want engagement on your LinkedIn posts, it’s more helpful knowing when more users are online and on the platform—although this could be changing soon as it is now releasing an algorithmic feed like other social media platforms.
According to Influencer Marketing Hub, the best times to post on LinkedIn is during the week (specifically Tuesday-Thursday). But what time should you post on those days? Well, it varies:
- Wednesday: 8am, 9am, 10am, 12pm, 3pm
- Thursday: 9am, 10am, 1pm, 2pm
- Friday: 9am, 11am, 12pm
All times are in EST*
As we mentioned above, posting when your audience is online and going to be engaging is the most important. So the most important thing for you to do when it comes to your content and posting is to take a peek at your LinkedIn analytics.
Your analytics will help you get an idea of your overall followers’ habits and activity—plus help you figure out exactly what type of content they like from you.
How to find the best time to post on LinkedIn
If you’re struggling to figure out the best time to post for your specific content, here are a few things to consider to help you get started:
Day of the week
As we mentioned before, overall it’s best to post on LinkedIn on Tuesday – Thursday as data shows you’ll get the highest level of engagement on those days. The weekends aren’t the best time to post on LinkedIn as … it’s the weekend and most people are wanting to balance some work/life balance.
Think about time zones
Something we often forget when we’re posting—time zones! If you want to have more engagement, look at where your followers live and make sure to publish content that is during their time zone.
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Work breaks
While it’s natural to have LinkedIn on in the background as you’re working as it’s a professional networking website, there are natural times during the working day when people will scroll and engage on the website. Lunchtime (12pm) tends to be the time when a lot more engagement happens on LinkedIn or towards the end of the workday when people need to take a break from looking at their work and mindlessly scroll to something else.
How often should you post on LinkedIn?
The amount of times you post on LinkedIn depends on a number of things like goals, audience, the type of content you share, and more. However, here are some overall guidelines to think about:
Post consistently
Consistency is key when it comes to all social media platforms and that is also true when it comes to LinkedIn. Posting at least 2-3 times a week will help keep you on top of mind with your connections and make them want to engage with you.
Avoid overposting
While you want to stay top of mind for your connections, you also don’t want to annoy the heck out of them!
Quality over quantity
When it comes to creating content on LinkedIn, make sure you’re creating content that is high-quality and engaging rather than just making something to make it.
Test and optimize
It’s always important to test out your content and learn to tweak where and when necessary. Use LinkedIn analytics to guide your testing and figure out what type of content works for your audience overall.
Write engaging captions
LinkedIn is all about the text, so make sure that the text you’re writing is engaging, and interesting, and gives people a reason to want to comment and share. If you’re struggling to figure out what type of content to write or struggling to write the best possible content for your LinkedIn, use Flick’s AI Caption Generator to help you. It will create high-quality and on-brand captions for your LinkedIn page every single time. Click the banner below to get started.
Now that you have a pretty good understanding of the best times to post on LinkedIn, it’s time to start figuring out what content your audience wants from you and figuring out your marketing strategy for your LinkedIn page.
Get ready to start scheduling out your content on LinkedIn and create a Flick account if you don’t have one already!
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