Threads Scheduler: Queue Posts to Threads Next to Instagram
Social Magnum schedules text, image, carousel and video posts to Threads through Meta's official Threads API, from the same calendar as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky and Mastodon. Threads added its own scheduling in January 2025, up to 75 days ahead and not for replies. Our app passed Meta's review for Threads in July 2026; replies to your posts land in the shared inbox and can be answered or auto-answered from there.
- Text, images, carousels, video
- Official Threads API
- Meta-reviewed app
- Replies in one inbox
- Free plan
The Threads app vs Social Magnum
The native column states what Threads’s own scheduling does, verified against Meta's Threads API documentation and the January 2025 scheduling announcement, checked 22 Aug 2026.
| Threads app | Social Magnum | |
|---|---|---|
| How far ahead | Up to 75 days, in the Threads app (rolled out from January 2025) | Any time after now |
| Replies | Cannot be scheduled | Answered from the Engage inbox, with optional auto-replies |
| How it publishes | From the app's drafts at the set time | We hold the queue and publish through the Threads API at the slot; the API has no scheduled_at of its own |
| Daily limits | 250 posts and 1,000 replies per rolling 24 hours, set by the API | The same limits apply; the queue respects them |
| With Instagram | Separate apps, separate queues | One post queued to Threads and Instagram together, with the text adapted per network |
| Cost | Free | Free plan: 2 social accounts and 15 posts a month; paid from $24 |
What you can schedule to Threads
- Text only
- Yes
- Images
- Images and carousels
- Video
- Video
What Threads schedules on its own
Threads added native scheduling in January 2025: create a post, open the three-dot menu, choose Schedule, and pick a time up to 75 days ahead. Scheduled posts wait in your drafts. Replies cannot be scheduled, and the feature lives inside the app, one post at a time.
The Threads API, which every third-party scheduler uses, has no scheduled_at field. That means each tool holds its own queue and calls the API at publish time. Ours does exactly that, through Meta's official API, with a daily ceiling of 250 posts and 1,000 replies per rolling 24 hours set by the platform.
How scheduling a Threads post works here
Connect your Threads account with its own login (not through Instagram), then queue posts like any other network.
- 1Connect Threads with the Threads login. Our Threads app is Meta-reviewed, with the permissions publishing, replies and insights need.
- 2Write the post. Text alone is fine on Threads; add images, a carousel or a video if you want them.
- 3Pick the slot. If the same post goes to Instagram, add the Instagram account and adapt the caption; Instagram needs media, Threads does not.
- 4Optionally send it for approval.
- 5At the slot it publishes through the API. Failures are marked with Threads' reason and can be retried.
- 6Replies show up in the Engage inbox; auto-replies can answer common ones for you.
Post to Threads from Claude or ChatGPT
Connect the Social Magnum MCP server to your assistant and it can draft and schedule Threads posts, read the queue and answer replies, all through your own account. One browser approval, no API keys.
How the MCP server worksThreads scheduling, answered
Can you schedule posts on Threads?
Yes, two ways. The Threads app schedules posts up to 75 days ahead from the three-dot menu, one at a time. A scheduler like Social Magnum queues Threads posts alongside your other networks with no upper limit.
Does the Threads API support scheduling?
No. The API publishes immediately and has no scheduled_at field, so every third-party scheduler holds the queue itself and publishes at the set time. Social Magnum works the same way.
Can I schedule replies on Threads?
Not natively; Threads' own scheduler excludes replies. In Social Magnum replies are handled in the inbox as they come in, manually or with auto-reply rules.
Is there a limit on how many Threads posts I can schedule?
The Threads API allows 250 posts and 1,000 replies per rolling 24 hours per account. The queue respects those limits.
Can I post to Threads and Instagram at the same time?
Yes. Queue one post to both; Instagram requires an image or video, Threads accepts text alone.
Schedule Threads with everything else
One composer, one calendar and one inbox for every account you run. The free plan covers 2 social accounts and 15 posts a month, with no card required.
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