Live feature
The Growth Tracker
Generic advice about the best time to post is worth very little. The Tracker works from your account only, which is the only sample that can answer the question for you.
- Heatmap
- 7 × 24
- Formats compared
- 3
- Source
- your account only
- Cost
- Free
The heatmap
A 7 × 24 grid of average engagement by weekday and hour, built from your own post history. The pattern is usually narrower than people expect, and rarely matches the hours the listicles recommend.
It needs a reasonable number of posts before it means anything — a thin grid is shown as thin rather than smoothed into a confident-looking answer.
Formats and tags
Average engagement is broken out by content format — single image, carousel and video — so you can see which one your audience actually rewards.
The top tags extracted from your posts are ranked by the engagement of the posts they appear on. That is a correlation, not a recommendation, and it is presented as one.
Common questions
What is the best time to post on Instagram?
There is no universal answer, which is why PodSwap builds a 7 × 24 heatmap from your own posts rather than quoting a global average. The best hour for a fitness account in one timezone has no bearing on a food account in another.
Related
How PodSwap decides who sees your Instagram post
A weighted query ranks every waiting post. Follower bracket dominates, niche refines, an...
Points: what an Instagram engagement costs on PodSwap
Earn by engaging, spend to receive. One point buys five engagements, and every exchange...
The health score and how engagement disputes are resolved
A 0–100 trust score decides whether your points land instantly or wait. It is keyed to t...
Every figure on this page comes from the running product. Where a number could not be verified it is not printed — see the methodology.
Start for free