How to schedule Threads posts in 2026
What Meta has said about scheduling on Threads, what's still unconfirmed, and how third-party schedulers publish to Threads through its API.
The short version
On 15 August 2024, Meta announced drafts for Threads and said scheduling would begin testing soon. Since then, no Meta help page we could find documents a built-in scheduler, its limits or who has it. If your composer shows a schedule option, use it. Otherwise, a third-party scheduler is the documented route.
What we can confirm
- Drafts: Meta's announcement says you can save up to 100 drafts.
- Text limit: 500 characters per post.
- Editing: a published post can be edited for 15 minutes, text only.
How schedulers post to Threads
The Threads API has no scheduling parameter. A tool creates a media container, then publishes it in a second call at your chosen time. Meta recommends waiting about 30 seconds between the two calls.
| Rule | Limit |
|---|---|
| Posts per profile | 250 in a rolling 24 hours (a carousel counts as one) |
| Replies | 1,000 in 24 hours |
| Carousels | 2 to 20 images or videos |
| Unpublished containers | Expire after 24 hours |
Meta tells apps to enforce these limits themselves, especially apps that let users schedule ahead. A tool also needs Meta's approval for publishing access. Until it has that, it can only post for test accounts.
Draft and check posts against the 500-character limit with the character counter. The Threads hub lists the schedulers that publish to Threads.
Questions people ask
Does Threads have a built-in scheduler?
Meta said in August 2024 that scheduling would begin testing. We couldn't find a current Meta help page that documents it, so check the composer in your app for a scheduling option.
How many posts can a scheduler publish to Threads per day?
Meta allows 250 API-published posts per profile in 24 hours (a carousel counts as one) and 1,000 replies.
Can I edit a Threads post after it's published?
For 15 minutes after posting, and only the text, according to Instagram's help pages.