Pinterest is a great tool to use for marketing your blog, business, or personal brand.
One interesting question I sometimes hear bloggers ask is how to find pin date on Pinterest? In other words, when was the pin created?
This article will teach you how to find pin date on Pinterest with a few easy steps.
Why is it useful to find the date a pin has been pinned?
There can be many different reasons to find out the date a pin was first pinned.
For example, you might want to find new pins from a certain month.
Maybe one of your pins is doing particularly well on Pinterest and you would like to find out when exactly you pinned it?
Or, perhaps the opposite – you have a few pins not getting Pinterest views and you want to see how long they have been in circulation. After all, we all know it takes a lot longer for pins to rank on Pinterest these days.
The reason I needed to find the dates when my pins were created, is because I decided to start tracking my pins.
I wanted to have all information in one place – blog title, pin title, date of creation, and a link to the actual pin.
Since I started this little project way AFTER the launch of my blog, I had to go through my pins and figure out how to see the date something was pinned.
Whichever is your reason for seeking this information, I’ve figured out a way to see it, so read on!
How to find pin date on Pinterest
At the time of writing this in 2021, Pinterest does not display the pin creation date.
However, Pinterest most certainly DOES KNOW this data.
It is simply not visible to the naked eye of an average user.
How to find the date of your Pinterest pins
To get the pin creation date, we will have to delve into the page source code of your pin.
Does that sound scary and technical?
Don’t worry, it’s not.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to find the date of your pin:
#1 Find your pin for which you want to see the creation date.
#2 Click on it to enlarge it.
#3 Right-click anywhere on the white space next to your pin.
#4 From the dropdown menu, select “View page source”.
#5 A tab will open with page source code. Your screen should look like this:
#6 Tick the “Line wrap” checkbox in the top left corner of your browser. After the box is ticked you should see all the code neatly wrapped on your screen.
#7 Next, hit CTRL + F (Or CMD + F for Mac users) and search for the term created_at. Hit Enter and you will be taken to the source code part which tells you the date you created your pin. The first two results are NOT what you need, so just hit the enter key two more times – the third result is what you’re looking for. It tells you when this specific pin was created.
It’s a really simple process, once you’ve done it a few times.
And there you have it! I hope this was helpful.