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Posting Schedule Planner: How Many Posts Can You Actually Manage?
Tell it which platform you are on and how many hours a week you genuinely have, and it works out how many posts that buys you — then says whether that cadence is enough to stay visible. Most people plan a schedule they cannot keep and quit in week three.
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How this is calculated
Base minutes per post by platform: 1 = 240, 2 = 45, 3 = 35, 4 = 50, 5 = 15, 6 = 25. minutesPerPost = base × (speedFactor ÷ 100) × (1 − editingDone ÷ 100), rounded to the nearest whole minute. postsPerWeek = floor((hoursPerWeek × 60) ÷ minutesPerPost). postsPerMonth = round(postsPerWeek × 4.3). Minimum weekly cadence by platform: 1 = 1, 2 = 5, 3 = 5, 4 = 4, 5 = 3, 6 = 3. cadenceVerdict: if postsPerWeek is 0, "Not enough time for even one post — batch fortnightly instead"; if below the minimum, "Below the cadence that keeps you visible on this platform"; if at or above the minimum but below twice it, "Consistent — this is a schedule you can hold"; if twice the minimum or more, "Strong — you have room to raise quality instead of quantity". hoursNeededForMinimum = (minimum × minutesPerPost) ÷ 60, to one decimal place.
Things to keep in mind
- The minutes per post are our own averages from editing for clients, for a creator working alone with a phone and a laptop. A studio shoot with a second camera is a different job entirely.
- Minimum cadences are what we see holding reach on these platforms, not published rules. YouTube long-form rewards one good video a week far more than three rushed ones; Shorts and TikTok punish gaps much harder.
- The plan assumes those hours are usable. Two hours split into six ten-minute gaps is not two hours — editing has a warm-up cost every time you reopen the timeline.
- Load-shedding and a slow upload are not in the model. If you are uploading 4K over a home connection in the evening, add a few minutes a post and plan uploads for the morning.
About this calculator
How many hours a week does one YouTube video really take?
About four hours for an 8–12 minute video if you are comfortable with your editor — scripting, filming, cutting, thumbnail, title and upload together. New editors should assume six. That is why so many Pakistani channels post twice and stop: the maths was never going to work alongside a job.
Is it better to post daily on one platform or weekly on three?
Daily on one, every time. Each platform learns who to show you to from a steady stream of signals, and three starved accounts give three algorithms nothing to work with. Pick where your buyers already are, hold cadence for ninety days, then add the second platform.
What happens to my schedule if I hand the editing over?
Roughly sixty percent of the work leaves you, and the calculator shows it. A creator with six hours a week goes from about seven Reels to seventeen, because filming and approving is fast and cutting is what eats the evening. That is exactly what our Starter package at PKR 15,000 covers.
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