# When is the board least busy? (GMT) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148 "2002-07-03T02:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Victory\_Candescence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Victory\_Candescence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victory_Candescence)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/1 "2002-07-03T02:48:44Z")
Clicking on links and waiting a long time takes a long time. At what time of day is the SDMB least used? I’m shocked this hasn’t been asked before. A search turned up no threads in the last month with the word “busy” in their title that were any use to me. Many thanks, Recursion ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/2 "2002-07-03T05:14:04Z")
I have the best luck around 1:30 PM eastern US time; I don’t know what that is in GMT. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/3 "2002-07-03T05:16:54Z")
'Cause NZ is 12 hours ahead of GMT (usually!) I’ll take a stab and say between 7 am to 1 pm GMT, with a half-hour downtime for backup and maintenance during that time. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/4 "2002-07-03T06:33:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*I have the best luck around 1:30 PM eastern US time; I don’t know what that is in GMT. \*\* Wow, really? The best time for me is about 12 hours from that. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/5 "2002-07-03T06:40:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*I have the best luck around 1:30 PM eastern US time; I don’t know what that is in GMT. \*\* Wow, really? The best time for me is about 12 hours from that. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/6 "2002-07-03T22:03:52Z")
**Ice Wolf** is right 6 or 7am 'till 1 or 2pm is the fastest time (and the downtime is between 9:30-10:00am give or take a few minutes). After 9:00pm is normally quite fast. Weekends and US public holidays are pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-board-least-busy-gmt/117148/7 "2002-07-04T08:27:57Z")
I get to work at 8:30am (GMT) and have an hour of pleasure-filled lightning-fast posting before the hamsters get their smoke break and the b\*stard who runs the office arrives… By lunchtime when I post again, it is slower and by 4pm it is like treacle… Grim