Best Time to Post in Sparkforge Social Planner
Best Time to Post analyzes audience engagement on each connected social account and suggests optimal send times. Available in Post Composer and CSV bulk scheduling on desktop.
Best Time to Post reads engagement data from your connected social accounts and recommends times when your audience is most active. It surfaces those windows inside the standard Sparkforge scheduler, so optimal timing becomes a click instead of a guess.
Why use it
- Posts go out when your audience is online, not when you happen to be at your desk.
- Recommendations come from actual engagement data per account, not generic "best times" charts.
- Works across every social platform connected to Social Planner.
How to schedule a post with Best Time to Post
Step 1 — Start a new post
- Go to Marketing in your sub-account.
- Open the Social Planner tab.
- Click + New Post.
- Choose + Create New Post or Upload From CSV.
- Select the platforms under Post to.
Step 2 — Build the post
Add your text, image or media, hashtags, and mentions. Standard composer fields apply.
Step 3 — Use Best Time to Post
- Click the down arrow next to the Post button and choose Schedule Post.
- Review the recommended time windows shown based on your audience data.
- Pick one of the suggested slots.
- Click Schedule Post.
You can override the suggestion and pick a different time if you have a hard deadline or campaign requirement.
Where the feature is available
- Post Composer (desktop)
- CSV Bulk Action (desktop)
Best Time to Post is not available in the mobile app today. Recurring Posts, Review Posts, RSS feeds, and Category Queue support are on the roadmap.
Frequently Asked Questions
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