Best times to post on YouTube Shorts
The best time to post on YouTube Shorts is 4 PM on Friday, audience local time.
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- YouTube ShortsStrongest slot4 PM on Friday
Best times to post on YouTube Shorts, in your audience's time
Peak posting hours for YouTube Shorts, by day of the week, in audience local time.
| Day | Peak hour | Good windows | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 5 PM to 6 PM, 7 PM to 9 PM | Steady | |
| Monday | 5 PM to 7 PM, 8 PM to 9 PM | slow day | |
| Tuesday | 7 PM to 10 PM | slow day | |
| Wednesday | 7 PM to 10 PM | Steady | |
| Thursday | 7 PM to 10 PM | strongest day | |
| Friday | 4 PM to 5 PM, 6 PM to 8 PM | strongest day | |
| Saturday | 11 AM to 12 PM, 6 PM to 8 PM | strongest day |
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Best times to post on YouTube Shorts, by audience
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- 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
- 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
- 🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
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- 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
- 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
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- 🇺🇸 New York, United States
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- 🇫🇷 Paris, France
- 🇦🇺 Perth, Australia
- 🇺🇸 Phoenix, United States
- 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
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- 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
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More about YouTube Shorts timing
What is the best time to post on YouTube Shorts?
The best time to post on YouTube Shorts is 4 PM on Friday, audience local time. The hour is stated in the audience's local time, which is how YouTube Shorts engagement is measured.
What are the best days to post on YouTube Shorts?
Friday, Saturday and Thursday are the strongest days to post on YouTube Shorts; Tuesday and Monday are the weakest, though posting there still works and engagement just dips.
Are YouTube Shorts posting times in my timezone or my audience's?
Your audience's. A peak of 4 PM on Friday means that hour on a clock where your audience is, so if you are somewhere else you have to convert it, which is what the per-country pages on this site do. Get the conversion wrong and the hour you press publish is not the hour they see.
Which days matter most on YouTube Shorts?
Friday, Saturday and Thursday carry the strongest engagement. Tuesday and Monday are the days to deprioritise if you only post a few times a week. The single best slot of the week is 4 PM on Friday, and it sits inside a wider 4 PM to 5 PM and 6 PM to 8 PM stretch on Friday in the audience's local time.
Why these hours for YouTube Shorts?
Shorts behave nothing like long-form YouTube: the whole week concentrates into the 7-9 PM evening block, peaking Friday. Source: Aggregated from several reputable public analyses of engagement across billions of posts, published by major social scheduling platforms.