# PostMesh blog - [The best free social media schedulers, compared by their free tiers](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-free-social-media-schedulers): The best free social media scheduler depends on how many accounts you post to and where: Buffer's free plan covers 3 channels on any of its 12 networks, Publer's covers 3 accounts but not X, Metricool's allows 20 posts a month but not LinkedIn or X, and Pallyy's allows 15 image posts a month. For Facebook and Instagram alone, Meta Business Suite is free with no third-party limits. - [The best time to post on Facebook in 2026, for every day of the week](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-time-to-post-on-facebook): Weekday mornings and middays are the safest start: Buffer's 2026 study of 14 million posts ranks Thursday at 9 a.m. highest, Hootsuite finds 5 to 8 a.m. strongest across the week, and Sprout Social's 2026 peak is Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 8 p.m., all in your audience's local time. Weekends are weak in Sprout Social's and Buffer's data, so test a weekday slot against the Active times Meta Business Suite suggests for your Page. - [The best time to post on Instagram in 2026, for every day of the week](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-time-to-post-on-instagram): Weekday afternoons are the safest place to start: Sprout Social's 2026 data peaks on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday from 12 to 9 p.m., and Buffer's top slots are Thursday at 9 a.m. and Wednesday at 12 p.m., all in your audience's local time. Later's 2026 study disagrees and favors 3 to 6 a.m., so test two slots for two weeks and keep the one your own Insights favor. - [The best time to post on LinkedIn in 2026, for every day of the week](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-time-to-post-on-linkedin): Midweek afternoons are the safest start: Sprout Social's 2026 data finds Tuesday to Thursday strongest, with Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday 1 to 5 p.m. among its peaks, and Buffer's study of 4.8 million posts ranks Wednesday at 4 p.m. first, all in your audience's local time. Weekends are weak in every study, and LinkedIn's own analytics don't show when your followers are online, so test two weekday slots and compare the results. - [When is the best time to post on TikTok? Every day of the week, from the 2026 studies](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-time-to-post-on-tiktok): Weekday afternoons are the safest start: Sprout Social's 2026 data peaks Tuesday through Thursday from 2 to 6 p.m., while Buffer's study of 7.1 million posts ranks Sunday at 9 a.m., Monday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. highest, all in your audience's local time. The studies disagree most about weekends, so test a weekday slot against the hours TikTok analytics shows your viewers are most active. - [The best time to post on YouTube in 2026: upload times for every day, for videos and Shorts](https://postmesh.app/blog/best-time-to-post-on-youtube): For long videos, Sunday morning is the best-supported slot: Buffer's 2026 study of 1.8 million videos ranks Sunday at 10 a.m. first, SocialPilot's 301,000-video study picks 8 to 10 a.m. on Sundays, and vidIQ finds Sunday uploads do best, while on weekdays SocialPilot favors 2 to 4 p.m. For Shorts, Buffer finds evenings strongest, led by Friday at 4 p.m., but vidIQ found the upload hour barely changes 30-day views, so check YouTube Studio's When your viewers are on YouTube report before you commit. - [How to post on Instagram from a desktop or laptop](https://postmesh.app/blog/can-you-post-on-instagram-from-desktop): Yes. On instagram.com, click Create, then Post, then Select from computer to share a photo, a carousel of up to 20 photos and videos, or a Reel up to 20 minutes long. Stories can't be posted from instagram.com, so use Meta Business Suite or a scheduler for Stories and for anything you want to go out at a set time. - [How to choose a social media scheduler: a buyer's checklist](https://postmesh.app/blog/choose-social-media-scheduler): Choose a social media scheduler by checking it against the posts you actually publish: the exact networks and account types, the formats you use, how it connects to each network, how it's priced at your number of accounts, and what happens when a post fails. Then prove it with three real test posts during the free trial before you move your calendar. - [Discord bio ideas: 100+ originals for gamers, creators and communities](https://postmesh.app/blog/discord-bio-ideas): A good Discord bio says who you are, what you do on Discord and one small detail people can reply to, in 300 characters or fewer. Below are original bio ideas grouped by type, from gamer and creator to minimal and funny, plus the formatting Discord supports in the About Me section. - [Discord stuck on starting? Every fix, in the order to try them](https://postmesh.app/blog/discord-stuck-on-starting): When Discord is stuck on starting, first check discordstatus.com, then fully quit every Discord process and clear the cache folder. If it still won't open, turn off any proxy or VPN, allow Discord through your firewall, and do a clean reinstall by deleting Discord's app folders before installing a fresh copy from discord.com. - [Discord text formatting: bold, italics, underline, spoilers, small text and more](https://postmesh.app/blog/discord-text-formatting): Discord formats text with Markdown: put one asterisk on each side of your text for italics, two asterisks for bold, two underscores for underline, two tildes for strikethrough and two vertical bars for a spoiler. Start a line with a hash and a space for a header, or with a hyphen, a hash and a space for small subtext. - [Does cross-posting hurt engagement? What the networks actually say](https://postmesh.app/blog/does-cross-posting-hurt-engagement): Cross-posting your own content doesn't hurt engagement by itself: Instagram defines original content as content created by the account that posts it, and Facebook says you can share the same content across your own Pages and profiles. What does get limited is content with visible watermarks from other apps, reposts of other people's work, and identical posts spread across several accounts on the same network. - [Does Instagram notify when you screenshot? Stories, posts and DMs](https://postmesh.app/blog/does-instagram-notify-when-you-screenshot): Instagram's help pages describe screenshot notifications only for messages that disappear: vanish mode and disappearing messages notify the sender if Instagram detects a screenshot, and disappearing photos and videos either report it or block it. For stories, posts, Reels and regular chats, Instagram doesn't document any screenshot notification. - [Free Hootsuite alternatives: what each free plan really includes](https://postmesh.app/blog/free-hootsuite-alternatives): Hootsuite has no free plan, only a 14-day trial, so a free alternative means a tool with a permanent free tier: Buffer (3 channels, 10 scheduled posts each), Metricool (20 scheduled posts a month), Publer (3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts each), Pallyy (15 image posts a month) or Meta Business Suite for Facebook and Instagram. Each caps something, and none replaces Hootsuite's inbox, listening and approvals in full. - [How much does TikTok pay for 1 million views?](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-much-does-tiktok-pay-for-1-million-views): TikTok doesn't pay a fixed amount for 1 million views. Through the Creator Rewards Program it pays per 1,000 qualified views (your RPM), and 2026 estimates from Influencer Marketing Hub and Soundstripe put that at $0.40 to $1.00, or about $400 to $1,000 if all 1 million views qualify. - [How much does YouTube pay for 1 million views?](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-much-does-youtube-pay-for-1-million-views): YouTube doesn't pay a set amount for 1 million views. What you earn is your RPM (your earnings per 1,000 views, shown in YouTube Studio) multiplied by 1,000, so at an example RPM of $3 that's $3,000, and at $0.50 it's $500. - [How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-much-does-youtube-pay-per-1000-views): YouTube doesn't pay a fixed amount per 1,000 views. What you earn per 1,000 views is your RPM, shown in YouTube Studio under Analytics, Revenue, and it comes from your share of the money: 55% of net ad revenue on long-form videos and 45% of the revenue allocated to you on Shorts, for channels in the YouTube Partner Program. - [How to add your resume to LinkedIn](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-add-resume-to-linkedin): To add a resume for job applications, upload it in your Job application settings, under Jobs, Preferences, Resumes and application data, or while you use Easy Apply; LinkedIn keeps your four most recent. To show it on your profile instead, add it as media in the Featured section, where people viewing your profile can download it. - [How to block someone on TikTok](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-block-someone-on-tiktok): To block someone on TikTok, open their profile in the app, tap the Share button at the top, tap Block, then tap Block again to confirm. TikTok doesn't notify them, and from then on neither of you can see the other's posts, find the other's profile in search, or send direct messages. - [How to change your Facebook password, or reset it if you forgot](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-change-facebook-password): To change your Facebook password, go to Settings and privacy, then Settings, then Accounts Center, open Password and security and select Change password. Enter your current password and a new one. If you've forgotten it, choose Forgot password? on the login screen instead. - [How to change or reset your Instagram password](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-change-instagram-password): To change your Instagram password, go to your profile, tap Menu, then Password and security, then Change password, pick the account and enter your current and new password; on a computer, click More, Settings, Accounts Center, then Password and security. If you've forgotten it, tap Forgot password? on the login screen and Instagram sends a link to your email or phone. - [How to change your name on Facebook: app, computer and Pages](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-change-your-name-on-facebook): To change your name on Facebook, open Settings and privacy, then Settings, then Accounts Center, choose Profiles, pick your profile and select Name. Type the new name, choose Review change, then Save changes. After that you can't change it again for 60 days. - [How to check if an Instagram username is available](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-check-if-an-instagram-username-is-available): The only check Instagram itself confirms is typing the username into Edit profile: Instagram changes it right away if it's available. Opening instagram.com/ followed by the name is a quick first test, but a "Profile isn't available" page doesn't prove the name is free, because deactivated, disabled and recently deleted accounts can still hold it. - [How to cite a YouTube video in APA, MLA and Chicago](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-cite-a-youtube-video): In APA 7, cite a YouTube video as Uploader. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. YouTube. URL, and in your text give the uploader and year, plus a timestamp when you quote. MLA 9 and Chicago use the same details in a different order; the free [YouTube citation generator](/tools/youtube-citation-generator) lays them out for you. - [How to clip a YouTube video](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-clip-a-youtube-video): To clip a YouTube video, open it, select Clip (under More on a computer, or in the row below the Subscribe button in the app), drag the slider to pick 5 to 60 seconds, then select Share clip. To cut your own video, use Trim & cut in the YouTube Studio editor, or the Clips and Shorts tool to turn a section into a Short. - [How to contact Instagram support: every official channel](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-contact-instagram-support): Instagram has no general phone number or email for customer support: you contact it through the Help Center, the Meta AI support assistant, Report a problem in the app, and the hacked-account flow at instagram.com/hacked. Human chat and email support comes with an active Meta Verified subscription, and Meta says phone numbers claiming to be Meta support are potentially scams. - [How to post on all social media at once, and adapt each post](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-cross-post-to-multiple-platforms): Connect every account to a scheduler, write one main post, give the strict networks their own shorter version, attach media that fits them all, then post or schedule it everywhere in one step. Limits run from 280 characters on X to 63,206 on Facebook Pages, so one caption rarely fits everywhere unchanged. - [How to deactivate Facebook on iPhone, Android or a computer](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-deactivate-facebook): To deactivate Facebook, go to Settings and privacy, then Settings, open Accounts Center (or Meta Account), select Deactivation or deletion and choose Deactivate account. Your profile is hidden until you log back in, and Messenger can keep working while you're away. - [How to deactivate Instagram (and how to come back)](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-deactivate-instagram): To deactivate Instagram, go to your profile, tap Menu, open Accounts Center (or Meta Account), choose Deactivation or deletion, pick the profile and tap Deactivate account; on a computer, start from More, then Settings. Your photos, comments and likes stay hidden until you log back in, and Instagram lets you deactivate once a week. - [How to delete a Facebook Page, and how to get it back within 14 days](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-delete-a-facebook-page): To delete a Facebook Page, switch into the Page, open Settings and privacy, then Settings, then Access and control, and select Delete Page. You need Facebook access with full control, and Facebook keeps the Page deactivated for 14 days before deleting it, so you can still restore it in that time. - [How to delete your Facebook account permanently, on the app or a computer](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-delete-facebook-account): To delete Facebook, go to Settings and privacy, then Settings, open Accounts Center (or Meta Account), select Deactivation or deletion and choose Delete account. Facebook waits 30 days before the deletion is final, and logging back in during that time cancels it. - [How to delete your Instagram account permanently](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-delete-instagram-account): To delete your Instagram account, go to your profile, tap Menu (or More, then Settings on instagram.com), open Accounts Center, choose Deactivation or deletion, pick the account and select Delete account. Instagram permanently deletes the profile and its information 30 days after the request, and you can cancel before then by logging back in, though the number of days you have varies by region. - [How to delete your Twitter (X) account](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-delete-twitter-account): To delete your Twitter (X) account, deactivate it from Settings and privacy, then Your account, then Deactivate your account. X deletes the account for good if you don't log back in within 30 days, so download your archive first and stay logged out of every app until the window ends. - [How to find deleted YouTube videos](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-find-deleted-youtube-videos): If you deleted your own YouTube video, YouTube says it's permanently deleted and can't be restored, so look for a copy you kept instead. For someone else's public video, search for its watch page URL in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, which may have saved the page, though it doesn't promise the video itself will play. - [How to get Discord on PS5: link your accounts and join voice chat](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-get-discord-on-ps5): There's no Discord app to download on PS5. Instead, you link your Discord account to your PlayStation account, then join Discord voice chats from the Discord tab in the PS5's Game Base, or start a call in the Discord app on your phone or computer and transfer it to the console. - [How to hide followers on Instagram (and what you can't hide)](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-hide-followers-on-instagram): Instagram has no setting that hides your Followers or Following list on its own. The closest you can get is a private account, which limits the private accounts in your lists to your approved followers, plus removing or blocking specific people, Close Friends and hiding your story from chosen accounts. - [How to make your Facebook private: every setting, step by step](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-make-facebook-private): Facebook has no single private switch. To make your profile private, set Who can see your future posts? to Friends, use Limit past posts, hide your friends list, limit who can find you by email or phone and turn off search engine linking. Where Facebook offers it, profile lock does several of these at once. - [How to make money on TikTok](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-make-money-on-tiktok): TikTok pays creators through its own programs: the Creator Rewards Program, LIVE Gifts, Video Gifts, Subscription, Series, TikTok One brand deals, TikTok Shop affiliate commissions and, in some countries, Tips. The Creator Rewards Program needs you to be 18 or older with 10,000 followers and 100,000 video views in the last 30 days, and TikTok publishes no fixed pay rate for any of them. - [How to make your X account public (unprotect your posts)](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-make-your-x-account-public): To make your X account public, open Settings and privacy, then Privacy and safety, and under Audience and tagging turn off Protect your posts. Approve any pending follower requests first: X doesn't accept them automatically when you switch, and every post you made while protected becomes public. - [How to post a long video on Instagram](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-post-a-long-video-on-instagram): Post a long video as a Reel: Instagram's help page says you can record or upload clips that add up to 20 minutes, but Reels over 3 minutes won't be recommended to new audiences. Stories split videos longer than 60 seconds into clips, and scheduling tools that use Instagram's API stop at 15 minutes and 300 MB. - [How to post a YouTube video on Instagram](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-post-a-youtube-video-on-instagram): Use the original file you uploaded to YouTube, or download your own video from YouTube Studio (Content, then the video's menu, then Download), and post it to Instagram as a Reel of up to 20 minutes, ideally vertical and under 3 minutes. Only do this with videos you made or have written permission to use; for anyone else's video, share the YouTube link in your bio or on a Story link sticker instead. - [How to recover a YouTube account](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-recover-a-youtube-account): A YouTube channel belongs to a Google Account, so you recover it by recovering that Google Account at accounts.google.com/signin/recovery. If the channel was hacked, recover the account first and then undo the hacker's changes; if YouTube terminated it, appeal from YouTube Studio within 1 year. - [How to report a subreddit](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-report-a-subreddit): Reddit has no button that reports a whole subreddit. Its help center says the best way is to report specific posts or comments from the community that show the problem, because every report carries the community's details with it, and there are separate routes for ban evasion, moderator misconduct and legal issues. - [How to schedule Instagram posts, Reels and Stories](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-schedule-instagram-posts): In the Instagram app, start a post or Reel, tap More options, turn on Schedule this post, pick a date and time, and tap Schedule. A public account can schedule up to 25 posts a day, up to 30 days ahead; for Stories use Meta Business Suite, and to post to other networks too use a scheduler. - [How to schedule a post on LinkedIn: profile, Page and tools](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-schedule-linkedin-posts): Click Start a post, write it, click the clock icon in the lower right, choose a date and time between 10 minutes and 3 months ahead, then click Next and Schedule. In the app, tap Post, then the clock icon in the upper right. Page admins schedule from the Page's admin view, at least 1 hour ahead. - [How to schedule TikTok videos: TikTok's scheduler, tools and fixes](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-schedule-tiktok-videos): On a computer, upload your video on tiktok.com, turn on the schedule toggle, pick a date and time and click Schedule. TikTok's own pages give windows from 15 minutes to 10 days ahead, and up to 30 days in a newer guide, and a scheduled TikTok can't be edited, only deleted and scheduled again. A scheduler such as PostMesh posts through TikTok's official API up to 30 days ahead. - [How to schedule a tweet on X: every way, step by step](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-schedule-tweets): On x.com, write your post, select the calendar icon at the bottom of the compose box, pick a date and time and select Confirm; scheduled posts wait under Unsent posts. X Pro (Premium+) and Media Studio (Premium and Premium+) can schedule too, and a scheduler such as PostMesh sends text and image posts to X up to 30 days ahead. - [How to schedule a YouTube video, and Premiere vs scheduled](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-schedule-youtube-videos): In YouTube Studio, select Create, then Upload videos, add your details, choose Schedule on the Visibility step, set the date, time and time zone, and select Schedule. The video stays private until then and goes public on its own; check Set as Premiere as well if you want a public watch page, a countdown and live chat when it starts. - [How to see dislikes on YouTube: creators, viewers and extensions](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-see-dislikes-on-youtube): Only the channel that owns a video can see its real dislike count: YouTube made dislike counts private on November 10, 2021, and creators find them in YouTube Studio under the video's Analytics, Engagement tab, in the Likes (vs. dislikes) report. Browser extensions that show dislikes to everyone else display estimates, not YouTube's numbers. - [How to see who liked your Instagram post, Reel, comment or Story](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-see-who-liked-your-instagram-post): Open the post and look below it: Instagram shows a post's likes there, and on a Reel or video you tap the view count to see how many likes it has and who liked it. For a comment, tap the number of likes under the comment, and for a Story, open it and swipe up to see who viewed it. - [How to see who viewed your TikTok](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-see-who-viewed-your-tiktok): Turn on Profile view history under Settings and privacy › Privacy › Profile views to see accounts that viewed your profile in the past 30 days, but only those that also have the setting on. For videos, Post view history shows some viewers of posts from the last 7 days. Both need you to be 16 or older with fewer than 5,000 followers. - [How to turn off active status on Instagram and appear offline](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-turn-off-active-status-on-instagram): Go to your profile, tap Menu, then Messages and story replies under How others can interact with you, tap Show activity status and turn off the Show Activity Status toggle. Instagram says that once it's off, you also won't see anyone else's activity status. - [How to turn on Instagram Insights](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-turn-on-instagram-insights): There's no Insights switch to flip: Instagram's help pages say you need a public account, and public personal accounts find Insights in Your dashboard while business and creator accounts find them in the Professional dashboard. Switching to a professional account adds more tools, and account insights cover any period within the past 90 days. - [How to watch TikTok without the app: the website, embeds and TV](https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-watch-tiktok-without-the-app): Go to tiktok.com in a web browser. TikTok's web app has a For You feed, an Explore tab, full-screen LIVEs and a floating player in desktop Chrome, and TikTok's Terms say you can use it without an account, though some features need one. Public videos can be watched by anyone, on or off TikTok. - [Instagram account disabled: how to appeal, step by step](https://postmesh.app/blog/instagram-account-disabled-appeal): To appeal a disabled Instagram account, log in to it and follow the on-screen instructions to ask Instagram to review the decision. That in-app review is the only route Instagram's help center gives, and Instagram doesn't publish how long it takes; if someone else changed your password or email, the account was hacked, and you recover it at instagram.com/hacked instead. - [Instagram account suspended: what it means and how long appeals take](https://postmesh.app/blog/instagram-account-suspended): If Instagram suspended or disabled your account, log in and follow the on-screen instructions to request a review; Instagram's help page gives no review time or deadline for that, so the date on your own notice is the one to follow. The only appeal timelines Instagram publishes are for removed content (up to 90 days to hear back) and the Oversight Board (15 days from Instagram's decision). - [Instagram post size: 1:1, 4:5, 1.91:1 and 3:4](https://postmesh.app/blog/instagram-post-size): Upload Instagram feed photos 1,080 pixels wide: 1080 x 1350 for portrait (4:5), 1080 x 1080 for square (1:1) or 1080 x 566 for horizontal (1.91:1). The Instagram app also keeps photos up to 3:4 (1080 x 1440), while Stories and Reels are 9:16, which is 1080 x 1920. - [Instagram post vs Story vs Reel: what's different and when to use each](https://postmesh.app/blog/instagram-post-vs-story-vs-reel): A post is a photo or a carousel of up to 20 photos and videos that stays on your profile grid; a Story is a full-screen photo or video that disappears after 24 hours unless you add it to Highlights; a Reel is a video of up to 20 minutes, and most Reels people watch come from accounts they don't follow. Use posts for what you want to keep, Stories for your followers and time-sensitive updates, and Reels to reach new people. - [Instagram Reel size, cover size and length limits](https://postmesh.app/blog/instagram-reel-size): Make Instagram Reels 9:16, which is 1080 x 1920 pixels, at 30 frames per second or more. Instagram accepts ratios from 1.91:1 to 9:16, recommends a 420 x 654 cover, and lets you record up to 20 minutes in the app, though Reels over 3 minutes aren't recommended to new audiences. - [What does the green dot mean on LinkedIn?](https://postmesh.app/blog/linkedin-green-dot-meaning): A solid green dot on someone's LinkedIn photo means they're active on LinkedIn right now and will be notified instantly if you message them. A hollow green circle means they aren't using LinkedIn at the moment but have push notifications on in the LinkedIn mobile app, so your message still reaches them right away. - [LinkedIn post size: images, video, documents and banners](https://postmesh.app/blog/linkedin-post-size): Make LinkedIn image posts 1,080 pixels wide in a shape between 3:1 and 4:5, so 1080 x 1350 for portrait or 1080 x 1080 for square, and never smaller than 552 x 276. Videos can run from 3 seconds to 15 minutes and up to 5 GB, documents up to 300 pages and 100 MB, and the profile cover image is 1584 x 396. - [Meta Ad Library: how to search it and what it shows](https://postmesh.app/blog/meta-ads-library): The Meta Ad Library is a public search of every ad currently running across Meta's apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Threads and the Audience Network, at facebook.com/ads/library. Anyone can use it without an account: pick a country and an ad category, then search a keyword or advertiser. Regular ads show while they're active; ads about social issues, elections or politics stay for 7 years, and ads that reached the EU or UK stay for a year after their last impression. - [How much karma do you need to post on Reddit?](https://postmesh.app/blog/reddit-karma-requirements): There's no single number. Reddit says some communities require a certain amount of karma before you can post, each community's moderators set that bar, and Reddit doesn't disclose the exact thresholds; if you fall short, the Poster Eligibility Guide that appears when you select Create a post tells you which of the community's karma, account age and email criteria you miss. - [Social media character limits for every network](https://postmesh.app/blog/social-media-character-limits): X allows 280 characters per post (25,000 with Premium), Threads 500, Instagram and TikTok 2,200 for a caption, LinkedIn 3,000, Reddit 300 for a title, and YouTube 100 for a title and 5,000 bytes for a description. Emoji, links and non-Latin text can use more than one unit of a limit, depending on how each network counts. - [How to calculate engagement rate: formulas, examples and what each network counts](https://postmesh.app/blog/social-media-engagement-rate): Engagement rate is interactions divided by an audience number, multiplied by 100. Divide by followers to compare accounts, by reach to see how the people who saw a post responded, by impressions to see how often each showing led to an interaction, or by views for video; always say which one you used, because the same post can score 4% one way and 10% another. - [Font generator copy and paste: how styled text works on social media](https://postmesh.app/blog/social-media-fonts-copy-and-paste): A copy-and-paste font generator doesn't change your font. It swaps each letter for a look-alike Unicode character, such as 𝐇 (mathematical bold capital H), which you paste like ordinary text into bios, names and posts. It works almost anywhere text is accepted, but screen readers may read it letter by letter or skip it, search may not match it, and on X each styled letter counts as two characters. - [Social media image sizes: posts, profiles and banners for every network](https://postmesh.app/blog/social-media-image-sizes): A 1080 x 1350 photo (4:5) fits the feeds of Instagram, Threads and LinkedIn, and 1080 x 1920 (9:16) fits Stories, Reels and Shorts. Covers are network-specific: YouTube recommends a 2560 x 1440 banner and 3840 x 2160 thumbnails, LinkedIn a 1584 x 396 background, Pinterest 1000 x 1500 Pins, and a Facebook Page cover loads fastest at 851 x 315. - [Social media scheduler vs management platform: which do you need?](https://postmesh.app/blog/social-media-scheduler-vs-management-platform): A social media scheduler writes, schedules and publishes posts to your accounts; a social media management platform does that too, then adds the work around the post: one inbox for comments and messages, social listening, deeper reports and team approvals. If you mainly publish, a scheduler is usually enough and costs far less; if you answer customers, monitor your brand or need sign-off before posting, you need a platform. - [What does restrict mean on Instagram? What changes and what doesn't](https://postmesh.app/blog/what-does-restrict-mean-on-instagram): Restricting someone on Instagram hides their new comments on your posts from everyone but them until you approve one, moves their messages to Message requests, stops their comment notifications, and stops them seeing when you're online or have read their messages. Unlike blocking, they can still follow you and see your posts. - [When does YouTube start paying you?](https://postmesh.app/blog/when-does-youtube-start-paying-you): YouTube starts paying you only after your channel is accepted into the YouTube Partner Program, a review YouTube says typically takes about a month. After that, each month's earnings are paid between the 21st and 26th of the following month, once your balance reaches the payment threshold ($100 in the US) and your address is verified. - [How to see who doesn't follow you back on Instagram](https://postmesh.app/blog/who-doesnt-follow-you-back-on-instagram): Instagram has no built-in list of people who don't follow you back, so check one account with See shared activity, compare your Followers and Following lists in the app, or download both lists from Accounts Center and match them in a spreadsheet. Apps that ask for your Instagram password to do it for you break Instagram's Terms of Use and can get your account restricted. - [Why can't I post on Facebook? Every cause and how to fix it](https://postmesh.app/blog/why-cant-i-post-on-facebook): If Facebook won't publish your post, it's usually one of four things: a restriction on your account, a group or Page setting that blocks or holds the post, a security lock, or an upload or app problem. Open Account Status (profile picture, then Help and support) and your Support Inbox first, because they tell you which one it is. - [Why is my Instagram Story blurry? Causes and fixes](https://postmesh.app/blog/why-is-my-instagram-story-blurry): A blurry Story usually comes from the file or from a setting: a photo smaller than 1,080 pixels wide or the wrong shape, footage shot in low light, Data Saver lowering what you see on mobile data, or Instagram's Upload at highest quality switch being off. First check whether the blur shows for everyone or only on your phone, then fix that cause. - [Why is my TikTok not getting views? What TikTok says, and what to check](https://postmesh.app/blog/why-is-my-tiktok-not-getting-views): Most TikToks with few views are either limited by a privacy setting, made ineligible for the For You feed under TikTok's Community Guidelines, or simply not being picked by the recommendation system yet. Check the post's privacy setting, then TikTok's analytics and Account check, which show whether a post or your account was restricted. - [X shadowban test: how to check if your reach is limited](https://postmesh.app/blog/x-shadowban-test): X doesn't call it a shadowban, but it does limit reach: it can drop posts from search, recommendations and replies, label them, or put your whole account in a limited state. The most reliable test uses X's own signals: messages when you log in, notices on your posts, a check from a second account, and the Under the Hood report if your account is in X's pilot. - [YouTube banner size: dimensions, safe area and how to upload](https://postmesh.app/blog/youtube-banner-size): YouTube recommends a 2560 × 1440 pixel channel banner, with a minimum upload size of 2048 × 1152 (16:9) and a file of 6 MB or smaller. Keep text and logos inside the safe area, which YouTube gives as 1235 × 338 pixels at the minimum size, because the rest of the image is cropped on some devices. - [YouTube thumbnail size: dimensions, file rules and design tips](https://postmesh.app/blog/youtube-thumbnail-size): YouTube recommends 3840 × 2160 pixels (16:9) for video thumbnails, with a minimum width of 640 pixels, in an image format such as JPG or PNG. Files can be up to 2 MB when you upload from a phone and up to 50 MB from a computer; Shorts thumbnails are 2160 × 3840 (9:16).