Original research · over 420,000 clicks

Best Time and Day to Share a Link
2026 Data

We analyzed over 420,000 anonymized clicks across 5,700+ tracked links to find when people actually click shared links. The headline: Thursday drives 23.0% of all link clicks — more than Saturday and Sunday combined.

23%

of clicks land on Thursday

19.2%

Saturday + Sunday combined

12:00

peak hour (UTC)

Clicks by day of week

Thursday is the best day to share a link

Thursday stands alone as the busiest day, capturing 23.0% of all clicks (96,486 clicks). The weekend is the weakest stretch: Saturday and Sunday together draw only 19.2% — less than Thursday alone. Tuesday through Thursday form a clear mid-week plateau that outperforms both Friday and the weekend.

Share of all link clicks by day of week
  • Monday14.4%
  • Tuesday15.5%
  • Wednesday14.7%
  • Thursday23.0%
  • Friday13.2%
  • Saturday9.3%
  • Sunday9.9%

Monday: 60,656 clicks · Tuesday: 65,143 clicks · Wednesday: 61,981 clicks · Thursday: 96,486 clicks · Friday: 55,463 clicks · Saturday: 39,227 clicks · Sunday: 41,446 clicks

Clicks by hour of day

Engagement peaks around midday UTC

Clicks climb through the late morning and peak at roughly 12:00 UTC, the single busiest hour at 9.0% of daily clicks. The bars below are scaled to that peak. All times are in UTC — translate the peak window into your audience's local time zone before you schedule.

Share of all link clicks by hour (UTC, 0–23)
  • 004.7%
  • 013.3%
  • 023.0%
  • 033.7%
  • 042.8%
  • 052.7%
  • 063.1%
  • 073.3%
  • 083.9%
  • 093.9%
  • 104.9%
  • 116.5%
  • 129.0%
  • 135.7%
  • 144.4%
  • 154.8%
  • 165.7%
  • 173.8%
  • 183.6%
  • 193.4%
  • 203.2%
  • 213.1%
  • 224.6%
  • 233.1%

For marketers

How to use this when you share links

  • 1

    Post mid-week, lead with Thursday. If a link can only go out once, Thursday reaches the most people — 23.0% of all clicks land that day, more than the whole weekend combined.

  • 2

    Aim for late morning to midday UTC. The 12:00 UTC peak is the busiest hour. Convert it to your audience's local time and schedule into that window rather than guessing.

  • 3

    Treat the weekend as a fill-in, not a launch slot. Saturday and Sunday are the two lowest-traffic days (19.2% combined). Save big announcements for weekdays.

  • 4

    Measure your own audience. These are aggregate patterns across many accounts. Your followers may peak at a different hour — use a tracking link with UTM tags to confirm before committing your schedule.

Methodology

How we measured this

Based on an aggregate, fully anonymized analysis of over 420,000 link clicks across 5,700+ shortened/tracked links on Track Link in 2026. No personal data, individual links, or user information is included — only aggregate distributions (device, browser, country, time, and tagging).

All figures on this page are aggregate and anonymized. The dataset contains no personal data — no individual links, users, emails, IP addresses, or locations — only distributions of click counts by day and hour. Hour-of-day figures are in UTC. Data pulled June 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best day to share a link?

In our aggregate dataset, Thursday is the best day to share a link — it drives 23.0% of all clicks, the single highest share of any day of the week. That is more than Saturday (9.3%) and Sunday (9.9%) combined (19.2%). Mid-week — Tuesday through Thursday — consistently outperforms the weekend, so if you can only share once, Thursday is the strongest single bet.

What is the best time of day to share a link?

Clicks peak at roughly 12:00 UTC, when 9.0% of all daily clicks land — the busiest single hour in the dataset. There is a clear late-morning-to-midday UTC window where engagement is highest. All hours in this report are in UTC, so translate the peak into your audience's local time zone before scheduling.

Is the weekend a good time to share links?

Not in this dataset. Saturday (9.3%) and Sunday (9.9%) are the two lowest-traffic days, together accounting for just 19.2% of clicks — less than Thursday alone (23.0%). Weekday sharing, especially mid-week, reaches more people for the same effort.

How was this best-time-to-share data measured?

Based on an aggregate, fully anonymized analysis of over 420,000 link clicks across 5,700+ shortened/tracked links on Track Link in 2026. No personal data, individual links, or user information is included — only aggregate distributions (device, browser, country, time, and tagging).

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