Best Day of the Week for Promo Codes

Averaged across all days in 2024–2025 combined. Editor success rate based on 75.8M verified tests. User satisfaction from 2.3M user votes (2025). Code copies from all SimplyCodes platforms.

Key context: The spread across days is tiny compared to months. Best-to-worst day gap on editor success rate is just 2.3 percentage points. Best-to-worst month gap is over 23 points. The day of the week is roughly 10× less important than the month for determining whether a code will work.
By Day of Week
Day Avg Daily Copies Avg Daily Shoppers Editor Success Rate % Codes 20%+ Off Median Discount User Satisfaction
Sunday 112,583 48,211 74.7% 27.1% 10% 12.2%
Monday 113,685 48,287 73.7% 28.9% 10% 12.5%
Tuesday 109,628 46,647 72.7% 28.4% 10% 12.6%
Wednesday 107,477 45,793 72.9% 27.9% 10% 12.6%
Thursday 105,123 44,946 72.7% 28.4% 10% 12.5%
Friday 107,475 46,294 72.4% 29.9% 15% 12.2%
Saturday 103,457 44,615 72.5% 27.6% 10% 12.2%
Shopper Demand
Best Monday (113,685)
Worst Saturday (103,457)
10% gap
Editor Success Rate
Best Sunday (74.7%)
Worst Friday (72.4%)
2.3pp gap
Discount Quality (20%+)
Best Friday (29.9%)
Worst Sunday (27.1%)
2.8pp gap
Median Discount
Best Friday (15%)
All others 10%
Friday is the only day median hits 15%
User Satisfaction
Best Tue / Wed (12.6%)
Worst Sun / Fri / Sat (12.2%)
0.4pp gap

Source: SimplyCodes internal data. Code copies from mart_daily_code_copies (2024–2025). Editor success rates from int_code_tests (75.8M tests, trained editors, 2024–2025 combined). Discount quality from editor test observations (percentoff field in int_code_tests, percentage-off codes ≤100% only). User satisfaction from fct_code_votes (2025, upvote rate = code worked for the user).