Best time for a live show

Hi everyone...

What is the best time for a live show? I do some live and some pre-produced shows. The one live show I do will get over 10,000 Youtube views or Downloads within about a week. I also get 10 or more emails a day from viewers of the show. But I am having an issue getting any live interaction in the chat room.

The show is about making things with small processors like the Arduino and Raspberry Pi. So I do it live every Tuesday evening at 7 EST thinking that most people that would be interested are hobbyists and would watch when they are home.

So I am just curious what everyone has found is the best time to get an angaged live audience.

I have asked this question many times. I think 6-8pm ET would be a sweet spot. A

Maybe it is just the demographic for this audience does not want to be engaged :) I will keep trying at this same time.

Some of the bigger internet shows that i know of broadcast during the day. Twit for example has a peak audience at around 2pm ET. have you considered broadcasting at that hour?

I have to agree with Andrew, I think 6-8pm EST is a great time to do a show.

I guess I could do a strawpole of the viewers to see what time they would want to watch.

I find it interesting that there aren't more morning shows on the internet. Isn't the morning drive time the best time to do a show 6-10am

Hello everyone. Still new here so please excuse me if I ask a stupid question. Why does the time matter if you are recording a podcast? Does this topic only apply to live broadcasters?

We do record and distribute but having a live audience to interact with is great while recording. It helps to build an interactive audience if you can get live viewers.

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Originally Posted by techzentv

What is the best time for a live show?

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We do computers2know on Sunday morning, 9am till whatever. Have been doing it on the radio at 9am for years before we went I'net. We get anywhere from 4K to 14K live views.

A large problem I have seen is West Coast people broadcasting shows at around 9 or 10pm EST. thats really late and your audience will be much smaller then it can be. There is a reason why the entire world runs on EST

It really comes down to your audience. If they are tuning in at 11pm thats great. If you are getting 30 people tuning in... It might be time to consider a new time.

I broadcast live at 11pm ET for a few reasons. The main reason being my schedule makes it impossible to broadcast earlier. I also have strong language in my broadcast so I like being outside of the "family" hour so 11pm is attractive. I will say that at times I've wanted to test that waters earlier but I'd have to change the air date. My three hour broadcast would kill me in an earlier slot.

@mytakeradio - Have you ever broadcasted at a different time to see if it effects your viewership?

5pm PST worked great for me until I moved my studio and now my bandwidth is shit.:)
I think it really depends on your audience. I started on late night, weekend radio and built a national audience with respectable Arbitron ratings at 11pm EST on Sunday nights, and I do the "bald" show.

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@mytakeradio - Have you ever broadcasted at a different time to see if it effects your viewership?

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I wish I could. I don't get home till 8:30 ET and usually prep till 11. Obviously I have to eat dinner and all that stuff so its really tough. If my schedule were different I would definitely try it.

I have noticed that Tuesdays and Wednesdays are busy days for internet broadcasters. Why is this?

Good question. For me Thursdays are extremely busy