Scheduling and Publishing: Options and Requirements

Scheduling and Posting Options by Social Network

📅 Everything you can schedule and publish by social network

In this article, you’ll find a clear summary of which formats you can schedule and publish with Metricool on each social network: images, videos, carousels, stories, reels, threads… all in one place!

Plus, you’ll discover the main network-specific options available: adding location, tags, first comment, cover images, hashtags, and more.

👉 Click on each social network to check all the details and optimize your planning.

📊 Summary table by network

Social network

Images

Videos

GIFs

Carousel / Thread

Other formats

Character limit

Facebook

Up to 10

1 video, Reels (3-90 sec)

1 GIF

No

Stories (60 sec)

16,192

Instagram

Up to 10

Up to 10 (max. 15 min Reels)

No

Carousels (img + video up to 60 sec)

Stories

2,200

Threads

Up to 20

Videos included

Yes

Threads up to 80 posts

Ghost post

500

X (Twitter)

Up to 4

1 video

1 GIF

Threads up to 80 posts

280 / 25,000 (X Premium)

Bluesky

Up to 4

1 video

1 GIF

Threads up to 80 posts

300

LinkedIn

Up to 20

1 video

1 GIF

Carousel (image or file)

Documents (PDF, PPT, DOC)

3,000

Pinterest

1 image

1 video

No

No

500

TikTok

Up to 35 images

1 video (3-10 min)

No

Image carousel

2,000 (auto) / 2,200 (manual)

YouTube

No

Shorts (≤3 min), long videos

No

No

Shorts (vertical/square)

5000

Google Business

1 image

1 video (Photo format)

No

No

Post (text + image + link)

1,500

💡 Check the daily posting limits on social networks to plan your content.

🛠️ Network-specific features

Feature

Facebook

Instagram

Threads

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

LinkedIn

Pinterest

TikTok

YouTube

Google Business

Location

Mentions ( CRISPCODE0CRISPCODE)

✅ (pages)

Alt text

Tag people

Add title

First comment

✅ (feed)

Add cover / thumbnail

✅ (video)

✅ (video)

Hashtag search

✅ (premium)

✅ (premium)

Promote post

Who can reply

🌟 Exclusive features by network

➡️ Instagram
  • Mix formats in the carousel.

  • Add collaborators (up to 5)

  • Tag products

  • Add audio: You can add audio to your Reels directly from Metricool's library.

  • Tag audio in Reels: Edit the displayed name for your Reel's audio. By default, it shows as "Original audio". Note: If you add audio using the "Add audio" option, this audio tag won't be applied.

  • Show Reels in feed: When scheduling, you can choose whether or not they appear in the feed.

➡️ Bluesky
  • Add languages to the post: To help Bluesky classify content more easily, you can select the languages used in the post text.

➡️ LinkedIn
  • Show link preview: Enable this option to display the preview of the last link in your post. It only works if there is at least one link and a maximum of one image. If these conditions are not met, it will be published without preview.

  • Image carousel: Enable this option to publish a PDF document with your images so they are displayed as a carousel instead of a gallery on LinkedIn.

➡️ YouTube
  • Audience settings: select if the video is made for kids.

  • Privacy settings for each post: Public, Unlisted, Private (privacy settings can be modified on YouTube after publishing the video or Short.)

  • Add category: select the category that matches your content.

  • Add tags

➡️ Pinterest
  • Select an existing board or create a new one

  • Add a link

  • Use the new pin format: Enable this option (recommended by Pinterest) if you no longer want to publish with the standard pin format.

➡️ TikTok
  • Allow comments: allows users to comment on the post.

  • Add music: Business accounts can add the 100 trending TikTok songs. Personal accounts can only add random music to photos. Learn how to add music to TikTok.

  • Allow duet: allows posting a video alongside another creator's TikTok video.

  • Allow stitch: allows combining another TikTok video with one you are creating. If you allow others to use Stitch with your video, they can use part of your video in theirs.

  • Commercial content: Enable this option to indicate that this video promotes goods or services in exchange for something of value.

  • Your brand: You are promoting yourself or your own business. The post will be classified as "Organic Brand".

  • Branded content: You are promoting another brand or a third party. The post will be classified as "Branded Content".

  • Select privacy options (personal accounts only): Public, Friends, Only me

  • Enable AI-generated content: turn on this option to indicate that the post has been generated with artificial intelligence (only available for personal accounts).

📌 Additional notes

  • Check the image and video requirements to ensure your files meet the specs.

  • Review the specific guides per network for more details.

  • Need help? Check related articles or use the Help Center search.


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