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Social Media Posts.The Best Times to post?

Social Media Posts.The Best Times to post?

Social Media Posts ? Do you know the Best times to share your  your content on social media sites ??

Your visitors and followers will most likely be using  social media sites during specific hours. So if you start sharing your content when your users are on these social sites, you’ll not only gain more shares & likes but  you will also notice an increase in traffic.

Below are some stats that you should be aware of. Source ( Adthis & Fannit)

Facebook : The Big daddy of all Social Media Posts.

*Best Days to post are Thursday & Friday.86 % of posts are published on the working week. Engagement rates fall by 3.5 % on posts published on Mon-Wed . Engagement spikes on Fridays by 10% probably because it’s weekend time .

The best times to post on FB are 1pm to get most shares 3pm to get most clicks.

Twitter : Number 2 of all Social Media Posts.

For B2B weekdays provide 14% more engagement than on weekends.

For B2C Engagement is highest on Wednesday and the weekends.

The best times to tweet are 5Pm for highest retweets .12pm & 6Pm for high click through rates.This is most likely because of Lunch Breaks and people are looking for something to keep them busy on their commute home.

Linkedin : The largest professional Network with many B2B Users.

Best Days to post are Tuesday,Wednesday & Thursday for maximum engagement.

The best time to post is during weekdays during  normal business hours.

Adthis analysed 14 Milion linkedin users and found that if you share Tuesdays 10am to 11am you get most shares.

93% of B2B companies rate LinkedIn as the number one spot to generate more leads…(food for thought)

Pinterst -The Giant photo sharing site.

The best day to post to this great photo sharing site is Saturday Between 8Pm to 11Pm.Activity on pinterest peaks at about 9pm.

For Fashion & Retail The best time is Friday 3pm for maximum engagement.

Instagram is another Giant photo sharing site owned by Facebook.

Engagement on Instagram stays consistent throughout the week with slight spike on Monday & slight dip on Sundays.

Many of the fortune 500 companies claim fantastic results when they post during business hours around 3pm to 4pm.

Google Plus  is Googles social media arm.

To get the best result on Google Plus we recommend posting on weekdays around 9am to 11am.Posts on Wednesdays also seem to bring the best results.

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Zohe

Seasoned Senior Digital Growth Leader with over 25 years driving transformative growth for global organizations across diverse industries including Retail, SaaS, Telecoms, Healthcare, Technology, Hospitality, Ecommerce and Digital Media.

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