Thank you very much!
In all honesty, even though you'll probably end up with decent results every now and then by trying to publish your posts during the "best time" for whales to catch it.. - You'll at the same time, miss out on potentially hundreds of other eyeballs. - Eyeballs that could be worth way more than one whale.
Don't take this the wrong way. I did what you're doing. I've done it several times during the time I've been on Steemit. - And frankly speaking, I'm still trying to publish posts at various hours, in an attempt to reach a bigger audience. - That being said, I find it easier & more lucrative to publish my posts whenever I'm done writing them.
At some point, people will see your posts. They will resteem them, just like @ausitbank did with two of my posts, and he alone is the man behind the results on those two. Due to his followers.
He found them and he resteemed them. Which I'm incredibly happy for. If he, like so many others, would've missed my posts, I would miss out on several upvotes, new followers and resteems. - It really is like a wheel.
You publish a post.
- Someone Resteem it.
- Their followers will see it.
- The followers will upvote you, resteem & follow you.
And the wheel keeps going round and round..
So, instead of trying to find the "best time" to post, (which most likely 'everyone else' is trying to do), I find it easier to compete with myself instead of others. I already know from the beginning that I won't have the same results as others on my posts, so why should I continue to reach for those results when I can reach other, perhaps even better rewards myself.. - That will be more valuable to me in the long run.
Keep at it, you'll reach great success! - Just don't give up :)