Free interactive cheat sheet

The pinning rules that grow an account instead of flagging it, on one page

How many pins a day, what Pinterest actually counts as fresh, how far apart to space the same post, and when to start pinning each season. Type in your own post count and pace, and the page works out how long the backlog lasts and whether the same post is coming round too often.

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The Pinterest Pacing Cheat Sheet, page 1

The actual page, not a mock-up. Opens in any browser, saves in it, prints from it.

What is on the page

Every section, and what it does

01

The daily rhythm

Three to ten pins a day, spread out, starting at the low end on a young account.

02

What counts as fresh

A new image for a URL is a fresh pin. Five titles per post is five fresh pins.

03

Spacing that stays safe

How often the same post can go out, and why the same board never gets two in a row.

04

The seasonal clock

Pinterest surfaces seasons 45 to 60 days early. The dates to start each one.

05

The one warning

The three habits that burn accounts, and why the boring drip is what compounds.

06

Your numbers

Posts, images per post, pins a day, boards. It tells you the backlog, the months of fuel and whether the spacing is safe.

07

The seasonal clock, today

Works out from today’s date which seasons to be pinning now, and when to start any date you add.

Honest limits

It is one page. It does not make pins or schedule them; it tells you how to pace the ones you already have. What you type is kept in your browser only, so it starts blank on another device. The numbers are the ranges that have kept accounts safe in our experience, not a promise from Pinterest, whose guidance changes. Check them against the current Pinterest creator guidelines if you are unsure.

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