Guide

Best Time to Post on Facebook in 2026, Pages and Groups

On Facebook, the best time to post depends on which study you read, but the overlap is midweek, around the middle of the day. Here is what each found.

Facebook: the best time to post, per study

A study of more than 52 million posts across platforms: Thursday at 9 a.m. for Facebook, with Wednesday the best day.

Nearly 2 billion engagements: Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m.; Monday to Thursday best, weekends worst.

A third 2026 study: noon to 2 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday.

A sensible starting point

Wednesday around midday sits inside all three answers. Add Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning, then compare.

Finding your own Facebook time

For a Page, reactions, comments and shares tell you more than reach alone. Dripost reads those three for each Page post it publishes.

Once five Page posts have numbers, Dripost’s Insights suggests the day and hour that did best for your Page. Put your next few posts there and keep one in a different slot to check the answer holds.

Best time to post in Facebook groups

A group has its own members and its own rhythm, so a page’s best time does not carry over. Look at when members comment in the group, and post just before. Group admins can see member activity in the group’s insights.

Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Midweek leads in the studies. For Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, the only reliable answer is how your own posts did on those days, which Meta Business Suite shows for a Page.

Weekdays and weekends on Facebook

Your best Thursday time to post on Facebook is the hour your Page's Insights show the most followers online on Thursdays. Facebook publishes no single hour for any day, so a number copied from another Page tells you about their audience, not yours.

Weekends behave differently for most audiences. Your best Saturday time to post on Facebook and your best Sunday time to post on Facebook come from the same Insights view: read the Saturday and Sunday bars separately, post at the top two hours for a month, then keep the one that earns more reach.

Sources

Questions

Does posting more often change my best time?

The studies above looked at when posts did best, not how many to post. Keep your usual pace while you test times, so the only thing that changes is the hour.

When is the best Facebook time to post?

The studies overlap on midweek around the middle of the day, but they differ on the hours. Your Page’s own Insights in Meta Business Suite show when your followers are online, which beats any general answer.

What is the best day to post on Facebook?

Wednesday, in the 52-million-post study above, and the studies overlap midweek. For the best time of day to post on Facebook, the middle of the day is the common ground.

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