TikTok Best Time to Post Analyzer

Find the best day and hour to post on TikTok for any creator. The analyzer reads a creator's recent posts, converts every post time to the timezone you choose, and ranks each day of the week, each hour, and each day + hour slot by views or engagement rate. You get a full 7 x 24 heatmap you can chart straight away.

What you get

One report per creator with:

• summary: a plain-English recommendation, e.g. "Best slot: Thursday 13:00-14:00 (3 posts, median 18M views, +197.7% vs a typical post)"
• bestSlots: the top 3 day + hour slots (each slot needs at least 2 posts so one lucky video can't win on its own)
• bestDays: every day of the week the creator posts on, ranked
• bestHours: the top 5 hours of the day, ranked
• heatmap: all 168 day x hour cells with post count, median views, average views and average engagement rate
• liftVsMedianPct on every ranked slot, day and hour: how much better it performs than the creator's typical post
• Posting cadence: postsPerWeek, average gap between posts, gap standard deviation and a 0-100 consistencyScore
• Analysis window: windowStart, windowEnd and mostRecentPostAt, plus followers, postsAnalyzed, timezone and metric

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets from the Apify console, or pull results through the API.

Use cases

• Plan a posting schedule: see which days and hours have historically earned your account the most views
• Competitor analysis: find out when the top creators in your niche post and which slots work for them
• Influencer marketing: time sponsored posts for the creator's strongest window
• Agency and social media reporting: give clients a heatmap backed by data instead of generic "best time to post" advice
• Content strategy research: compare posting frequency and consistency across many creators at once

How to use

1. Add one or more TikTok usernames (with or without @) or profile URLs.
2. Set Posts to analyze (default 100, up to 500). More posts give more reliable time slots.
3. Set your Timezone, e.g. America/New_York, Europe/London or Asia/Singapore. Use the timezone of the audience you want to reach.
4. Choose what to rank by: median views per post, or engagement rate ((likes + comments + shares) / views).
5. Run the actor. Each creator's report appears in the Dataset tab.

How the analysis works

• Each post's publish time is converted to your timezone, then grouped by weekday and hour.
• Views ranking uses the median, so a single viral video doesn't distort a slot. Engagement rate ranking uses the average engagement rate of the posts in the slot.
• A day + hour slot needs at least 2 posts to be ranked. If no slot has 2 posts, bestSlots is empty, bestSlotsFallback is true, and you can rely on bestDays and bestHours instead.
• Posts published in the last 24 hours are skipped because their views are still climbing.
• Pinned posts are included at their real publish time.

Output example

{
  "username": "charlidamelio",
  "status": "ok",
  "followers": 160400000,
  "postsAnalyzed": 100,
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "metric": "views",
  "summary": "@charlidamelio: 100 posts analyzed (America/New_York), ~6.76 posts/week. Best slot: Thursday 13:00-14:00 (3 posts, median 18M views, +197.4% vs a typical post). Best day: Sunday (median 8.8M views, +46.1% vs a typical post). Best hour: 13:00-14:00 (median 11.9M views, +96.9% vs a typical post).",
  "bestSlots": [
    { "label": "Thursday 13:00-14:00", "day": "Thursday", "hour": 13, "posts": 3, "medianViews": 17979763, "avgViews": 19366340, "avgEngagementRate": 12.76, "score": 17979763, "liftVsMedianPct": 197.4 }
  ],
  "bestDays": [
    { "label": "Sunday", "day": "Sunday", "posts": 13, "medianViews": 8833652, "avgViews": 10307047, "avgEngagementRate": 8.77, "score": 8833652, "liftVsMedianPct": 46.1 }
  ],
  "bestHours": [
    { "label": "13:00-14:00", "hour": 13, "posts": 14, "medianViews": 11902090, "avgViews": 10831940, "avgEngagementRate": 8.69, "score": 11902090, "liftVsMedianPct": 96.9 }
  ],
  "heatmap": [
    { "day": "Monday", "dayIndex": 0, "hour": 12, "posts": 3, "medianViews": 3241521, "avgViews": 3354075, "avgEngagementRate": 5.76 }
  ],
  "creatorMedianViews": 6045920,
  "creatorAvgEngagementRate": 8.51,
  "postsPerWeek": 6.76,
  "avgGapDays": 1.05,
  "gapStdDevDays": 1.48,
  "consistencyScore": 41,
  "mostRecentPostAt": "2026-10-20T08:29:22.000Z",
  "windowStart": "2026-07-08T17:46:12.000Z",
  "windowEnd": "2026-10-20T08:29:22.000Z"
}

Arrays are shortened above; heatmap always has 168 cells (Monday 00:00 through Sunday 23:00).

Private accounts, profiles that don't exist and accounts without enough public posts appear as rows with a status (private, not_found, no_videos) and a message. These rows are free.

Pricing

You pay per creator report delivered. Rows for private, missing or empty accounts are not charged.

FAQ

Which timezone should I use? The one where most of your audience lives. If you don't know, start with the creator's home timezone.

How many posts should I analyze? 100 is a good default. Creators who post rarely need more posts to fill the heatmap; 200-500 gives steadier slot rankings.

Why is a slot with only 2 posts ranked first? With the minimum of 2 posts per slot, one very successful video can lift a slot a lot. Check the posts count on each slot, and use bestDays and bestHours (which pool many more posts) to confirm the pattern.

Does it work for private accounts? No. Only public posts can be analyzed.