According to Forbes, these are the best times for social media posting:.
Facebook
# Avoid times before 8 a.m. and after 8 p.m.
# The best times are 1–3 p.m. when activity, engagement, and happiness tend to be highest – particularly on Thursday and Fridays. Engagement and activity tends to peak on Friday afternoon. (For brands, Fridays generate 17 percent of all likes and 15 percent of all comments, and 15 percent of shares, according to TruConversion’s research.)
Twitter
# Avoid times after 8 p.m. on any day.
# The best time for retweets is after 3 p.m., and the best overall time is 5 p.m.
# For businesses posting to consumers, the best times to tweet are on the weekends and on Wednesdays.
YouTube
# Avoid new posts from 5–6 p.m.
# The best times are noon to 3 p.m. Activity and viewer engagement is shown to rise Thursday and continue through Sunday.
LinkedIn
# The best times for activity and engagement are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, demonstrating that LinkedIn is more of a workday activity.
