Patrick Biddiscombe shows how to find when your audience watches YouTube using the heatmap in YouTube Studio's audience analytics, then post about an hour before peak traffic hits so your video gains momentum as viewers arrive.
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Patrick Biddiscombe.
January 27, 2023.
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If you have a great YouTube video that isn't getting any views, you may be posting at the wrong time. Here's how to figure out the best time to post your video specifically for your audience. Alright, so if you have access, open YouTube Studio, go to Channel analytics audience and scroll all the way down to when your viewers are on YouTube. The lightest purple means this is when some of your viewers are on, light purple means this is when many of your viewers are on and dark purple means this is when very many of your viewers are on. AKA this is the best time to post. A great simple hack you can use is to upload your video right before your highest traffic times. So if you notice you get a lot of traffic around 8am, try posting that same content around 7am It'll give you a bit of a ramp up and you won't have to worry about upload or processing times keeping you from hitting your ideal post time. If your channel doesn't have access to YouTube Studio, take a screenshot of these best general times and days to post. Subscribe to the HubSpot marketing channel for more tips.