Best time to post on instagram


How frustrating is it when you create something you think is the best content you have ever created

and when you post it you don't get as many likes and comment as you expected.

Well most of us have gone through that though time. It's not easy to get more like and comment as we expect.

But there are people who are getting tons of likes, comments and, exposure for content that are not even as good as yours.

We then come to thinking that there must be some sort of hack that generates such number of likes and comments.

Well there are some things that you need to consider to be able to get tons of likes and comments.

And that is best time to post on instagram. Timing matters when it comes to instagram. Since the new algorithm change in 2016, it's very important to know at what time it will be best for you to post,

so that your piece of content gets reach to as many people as  possible.

Before learning when are the best time to post on instagram,

it is absolutely necessary to learn how instagram algorithm works because we need to learn to beat the instagram algorithm so that our post gets to reach a lot of people. 

HOW DOES INSTAGRAM ALGORITHM WORKS

 Instagram algorithm works in a way that your post doesn't get shown to every people who follows you.

Instagram shows your content to specific people who always engage on your content after you post,

And if those people like your content and engage with it then instagram will boost your content to more people.

The more engagement in your content the more your content will be boosted to your followers.

If your content get great engagement then your content will be boosted to explore page where new people can see your content and follow you if they like it.

WHEN IS BEST TIME TO POST ON INSTAGRAM


As you have already know how instagram alogrithm works,

to get more likes and comments you need contents that people are wanting to see.

Posting your selfies and expecting a lot of likes and comments aren't sustainable.

Sure there are people who are getting tons of like and comments on theie selfies, and the best thing we can do instead of complaining is,

watch the comment section and understand what people like about that picture and try to re-create that picture on your own style.

Now you have content that is sure to get viral because people have already love such type of content and they have engaged a lot with it.

The main point is when is best time to post. 

To know best time to post for more engagement,

you have to do little research and experiment.

You should try to understand your audience's behaviour and try different time to post and analyze the data, when you are getting most out your content.

You have to try posting at different time to know when your chance of being exposed to a lot of people.

According to report made by hubspot, on average the best time to post of instagram is between 2 pm and 3 pm..

According to hubspot, best time to post for each day of weeks are,

a) Sunday: 10 am - 2 pm  CDT
b) Monday: 11 am - 5 pm  CDT
c Tuesday: 5 am, 9 am - 6 pm  CDT
d) Wednesday: 5 am, 11 am, *3 pm  CDT
e) Thursday: *5 am. *11 am, *3 - 4 pm  CDT
f) Friday: *5 am, 9 am - 4 pm  CDT
g) Saturday: 11 am  CDT

*= particularly high level of engagement.

Best time to post on instagram for Technology companies -- Wednesday at 10 am CDT

 Best time to post on instagram for B2C companies -- Saturday at 11 am and 1 pm CDT

 Best time to post on instagram for Educational organization -- Monday at 8 pm CDT

Best time to post on instagram for Health care organization -- Tuesday at 1 pm CDT

Best time to post on instagram for Non-profit organization -- Tuesday at 3 pm and 9 pm, Wednesday at 3 pm and 4 pm, Thursday at 2 pm and 3 pm, Friday at 10 am and 2 pm


Try posting on above mentioned time and also try using your own profile data to know exactly when your followers are most active.

To get data from your own profile, you need to convert your personal profile into business account.

If you don't know how you can convert your personal profile into business account then, CLICK HERE to learn step by step.


BUSINESS ACCOUNT TO KNOW MOST ACTIVE TIME OF YOUR FOLLOWERS


Follow the following steps to see all the data of your profile. 

DISCLAIMER: You will not get data right away after changing your personal profile to business profile, the content you post after changing your profile to business account will only show the data.

a) Goto your profile and click on three lines on top right side of your screen.


b) Click on insight and goto "Audience"



c) You can see location, age range, gender and at bottom followers section.


d) You can see time and blue bar in followers section, that is the data you want to have. the darker the shade is the more people are active in particular time. You can also see most active time on days format.



You can use this way to know the best time to post on instagram.


CONCLUSION


The best time to post varies from person to person but if you start using data from your profile by tools provided by instagram in business account,

you can increase your reach to a lot of people. Also site like hubspot have given in dept report on best time to post on instagram.

It's not easy to get tons of exposure in today's time without good strategy on best time to post.

Instagram doesn't show your content to every followers of yours, but if the content is good and people are engaging on it then,

instagram will boost it to not only to your followers but also to explore feed too.

Leave a comment on how you are posting on instagram right now and also if it is showing any improvement on your engagement and reach.