Why a queued post is waiting

What each "waiting" reason in your Schedule means — spacing, daily capacity, queue order, a set time, your posting hours, or manual approval.

A post in your Schedule that hasn't gone out yet shows one of these reasons.

Check these in order

1. Spacing out your posts, at least 45 minutes apart on each platform (or *at least 3 hours apart on Facebook (the spacing you chose)* when you set Space posts at least) — EverySqueeze spaces posts on the same platform out, so this one is waiting for that gap.
2. Today's back-catalog limit is used — goes tomorrow, or waiting for [platform] daily capacity — that platform (or your back-catalog posting) has reached its planned amount for today; this post goes out once more capacity opens, today or tomorrow.
3. In line behind earlier posts — other posts are queued ahead of this one; it goes out once they've gone.
4. Held until its set time, or waiting for its planned time inside your posting window — this post has a specific time (or a window) it's waiting to reach.
5. Waiting for your posting hours (with the hours shown, if set) — this post is ready but your posting window for the day hasn't opened yet.
6. You approve every post by hand — your posting mode is set to approve everything yourself, so this post waits for you rather than going out automatically.
7. Auto-post is off for [platform], so this automatic post is waiting — choose Post anyway or Cancel — you switched off automatic posting for that platform (or the older-videos drip) after this post was queued. It is kept until you choose — see Automatic posts waiting because auto-post is off.
8. Didn't go through on try 1 of 4 (…) — trying again at … — the last try failed for a reason that often passes on its own; EverySqueeze tries again at that time (waits grow from 5 minutes to 2 hours) — see Failed posts.
9. YouTube's daily upload limit … it resets at … — today's YouTube limit is reached; the post moves to the next open slot after the reset — see YouTube daily upload allowance used up.

A brand-new video waiting for its HD version

TikTok makes the 1080p (HD) copy of a new video a little while after you post it, usually within the first hour. An automatic post of a video that is less than an hour old, when TikTok has only the smaller copy so far, waits for the HD copy: EverySqueeze looks for it about every 10 minutes and the post goes as soon as it is found, or when the video is an hour old with the best copy TikTok has by then. A post you queued with Post when HD is ready waits the same way. Either one shows Waiting for the HD version (up to 1 hour). A post that is also waiting for you to confirm its Amazon product shows that reason instead, and waits for HD only after you confirm. It waits for this once, and not at all when HD is already there, when your own upload was smaller than 1080p, or for a post you queued yourself with a time or the next open slot. After that hour your usual schedule still applies (spacing, daily limits and posting hours), so it goes out at its next planned time, which can be later.

Still stuck?

If a post has been waiting far longer than its reason explains, use Report a problem (in Pip's menu or the Help button) or ask Pip from the chat button in the corner.