“Best time” is your audience’s local evening, not a universal UTC slot. These tables are starting points from public creator studies. Your Analytics → Audience → When your viewers are on YouTube (or the equivalent) always wins.
Hours below are local to the audience. Shift them into Europe/Berlin using your analytics, not this table alone.
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Thu–Sat 14:00–16:00 — Long-form suggested traffic builds into the evening.
Sat–Sun 09:00–11:00 — Entertainment and vlogs.
Tue–Thu 12:00–14:00 — Education / B2B.
Mon–Fri 11:00–13:00 — Feed + Reels lunch scroll.
Wed–Thu 19:00–21:00 — Stories and Reels after work.
Sun 10:00–12:00 — Lifestyle and fashion.
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Tue–Thu 19:00–22:00 — First-hour FYP test window in the audience timezone.
Fri 12:00–15:00 — Entertainment clips.
Sat 09:00–11:00 — Casual watch time.
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Mon–Fri 08:00–10:00 — News and tech.
Mon–Thu 12:00–13:00 — Lunchtime replies.
Wed 17:00–18:00 — US East overlap for global accounts.
No. They are defaults. Shift them after two weeks of your own analytics.
Often earlier. Shorts get a first-hour test; long-form can sit in suggested for days.
Entertainment peaks Saturday afternoon in many regions. B2B YouTube still prefers weekday mornings.
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