You Can Now Use Later to Find Out the Best Time to Post on Instagram
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Now they've added in a new feature which may well be their most useful yet - one which shows you when the best time to post is. Since Instagram changed the way posts are ordered in the main feed, engagement has been steadily declining, but weirdly timing is more important than ever. Despite posts no longer appearing chronologically, there are certain peak posting times in different time zones during which more users, and particularly those likely to engage, are active.
What Later can now do is show you these time slots and recommend the best time to post something. It's a tailored system, Later will actually scan your Instagram account to determine your audience, and when the best time to post to them is. Those times will appear highlighted in the calendar view. That's pretty much it.
It's simple, but it homes in on a key issue with Instagram, because each audience is personal, figuring out when it's best to reach them turns into a perpetual game of trial and error, and if you're lucky enough to get some growth, it only becomes more difficult. Even with the feature active, you won't be able to see the best slots for each day, you might get three on one day and none on another. Also, if you're posting at around the same times every day, the feature won't work, because it won't be able to differentiate the data.
Additionally, it will only work if you've posted 50 times in the past six months, but if you haven't been posting that frequently, it hardly seems worth it to use Later at all, especially given the price tag. The feature is only available to those using the $16 per month version of the service or higher, so if you're not using Instagram for business in some sense or another, it's not worth it. That being said, it's certainly cemented Later's position as one of the best Instagram tools on the market, if not the best.
Callum is a film school graduate who is now making a name for himself as a journalist and content writer. His vices include flat whites and 90s hip-hop. Follow him @Songbird_Callum
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You Can Now Use Later to Find Out the Best Time to Post on Instagram
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