---
title: "How to find your best time to post"
url: "https://get1post.com/guides/schedule-posts-at-your-best-time.md"
canonical_url: "https://get1post.com/guides/schedule-posts-at-your-best-time"
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "how-to"
summary: "Export your post history, load it in the best-time tool, read the ranked weekday and hour slots and turn them into weekly time slots."
related: ["https://get1post.com/guides.md", "https://get1post.com/tools/best-time-to-post.md", "https://get1post.com/guides/set-a-weekly-posting-schedule.md"]
---

# How to find your best time to post

Export your post history, load it in the best-time tool, read the ranked weekday and hour slots and turn them into weekly time slots.

Export your post history as a CSV with a date column and a results column such as likes or impressions. Load it in the best time to post tool, which ranks weekday and hour slots by average result and shows the number of posts behind each. Then add the top slots as weekly time slots in 1Post.

## Steps

1. Export your history. Download a CSV of past posts from your network or analytics tool.
2. Load it in the tool. Open the [best time to post](https://get1post.com/tools/best-time-to-post.md) tool and choose the file. It stays in your browser.
3. Pick the columns. Choose the date column and the result to rank by.
4. Read the ranking. Slots need at least three posts to be ranked; the counts show how solid each result is.
5. Add slots. Turn the top slots into [weekly slots](https://get1post.com/guides/set-a-weekly-posting-schedule.md) in 1Post.

## Good to know

- The result is arithmetic on your own posts, not a prediction.

## Questions

**How many posts do I need?**

At least three in a slot for it to rank; more is better.

**Does it use other accounts' data?**

No. Only the file you load.

## Related

- [How-to guides for scheduling social media posts](https://get1post.com/guides.md)
- [Free best time to post calculator from your data](https://get1post.com/tools/best-time-to-post.md)
- [How to set a weekly posting schedule with time slots](https://get1post.com/guides/set-a-weekly-posting-schedule.md)