OPENQUOK Free best time to post calculator
Generate benchmark timing test slots for social channels in your browser. Pick a platform, timezone, and cadence — then schedule controlled tests in OpenQuok. No sign up required.
Timing test calculator
Benchmark windows for controlled tests — not a prediction of your account’s peak hour.
Test inputs
Pick platform, audience and shown timezones — then generate benchmark test slots.
Where your viewers are — benchmark slots use local clock times in this zone (e.g. America/New_York).
Your local zone for the copied plan and week preview (e.g. Asia/Bangkok). Defaults to this browser’s Date metrics timezone.
Output
Week preview
Read-only calendar in your shown timezone — same instants as the list above. Schedule in OpenQuok using the audience times when you publish.
By channel
Best Time to Post for other channels
Each page defaults the calculator to that platform’s benchmark windows. Use the generic tool when you want to switch platforms without leaving the page.
- For all channels Pick any platform — no channel default. Current page
- Facebook Late-morning, lunch, and ~7 PM windows for Page post timing tests. Open calculator →
- Threads Morning, lunch, and ~7 PM text-post windows for timing tests. Open calculator →
- Instagram Late morning, lunch, and ~7 PM feed/Reel benchmark slots. Open calculator →
- YouTube Afternoon and evening publish windows for long-form and Shorts tests. Open calculator →
- TikTok 7 AM, noon, and evening short-video windows. Open calculator →
- LinkedIn Weekday 8–11 AM and lunch B2B benchmark slots. Open calculator →
- X Morning, lunch, and ~5 PM post windows for timing tests. Open calculator →
- Bluesky Weekday 9 AM, noon, and 6 PM windows plus weekend evening slots for timing tests. Open calculator →
- Dev.to Weekday 9 AM, noon, and ~5 PM article publish windows. Open calculator →
Best Time to Post FAQs
Timing tests,answered
How benchmark tables, audience vs shown timezone, and controlled tests relate to your real posting schedule — plus how to run tests in OpenQuok.
No. This tool does not read your account analytics or predict a personal “best hour.” It outputs a timing test plan: concrete publish times you can copy and schedule, built from the benchmark catalog (see the next question). Run those posts as controlled tests for one to two weeks, then keep the windows that your OpenQuok workspace and each platform’s insights show actually work for your audience.
A single “magic” hour is rarely reliable. Multiple slots let you A/B test nearby windows across the week so you can replace generic advice with data from your audience.
No to generate and copy a timing test plan. Sign in when you want to queue the slots on your connected channels and track results in workspace analytics.
Schedule your timing tests in OpenQuok
Turn benchmark slots into queued posts on your connected channels. Start free, then refine the schedule with workspace analytics.
Start free. Publish with confidence.
Connect your agent, review every draft, and schedule posts across channels before anything goes live.