<b>Best posting time is a lie, your first 200 are the real test</b>

<b>Best posting time is a lie, your first 200 are the real test</b>
Tested posting the same Reel at 'peak 7pm' vs random 2pm for a month. No reach difference. What mattered: who saw it first.
The algo seeds to a small cohort — if that batch likes it, you ride. Time of day barely moves the seed quality.
Do this: stop optimizing the clock. Instead post when YOUR core fans are most active (check your follower-active-now graph), so the seed cohort is warm. That's the lever.