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When do Mystery Shopping jobs post on Upwork

Timezone

Mystery Shopping jobs peak between 5 and 7am ET, with Tuesday the busiest day to apply.

5 to 7am
PEAK HOUR
Tuesday
BEST DAY
43
JOBS PER WEEK
Ireland
TOP COUNTRY
Hour of day

What hours do Mystery Shopping jobs post?

Based on 561 Mystery Shopping jobs over the last 90 days, shown in ET.

Number of jobs

Most Mystery Shopping jobs post around 5 to 7am ET.

Day and hour

When do Mystery Shopping jobs post, by day and hour?

The darker the cell, the more jobs posted that hour.

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
FewerMore
Day of week

What are the best days to find Mystery Shopping jobs?

The days of the week with the most Mystery Shopping job posts.

Tuesday posts roughly 18.4x as many Mystery Shopping jobs as Sunday.

Top 10 countries

Where do Mystery Shopping jobs come from?

Top client countries, last 90 days.

  • Ireland
    59% (332)
  • Austria
    9% (50)
  • United Kingdom
    7% (37)
  • United States
    5% (28)
  • HUN
    3% (16)
  • France
    2% (9)
  • Kazakhstan
    1% (8)
  • India
    1% (7)
  • Seychelles
    1% (7)
  • THA
    1% (4)
Job volumeLand
Budget and rate

What do Mystery Shopping jobs pay on Upwork?

Based on observed Mystery Shopping job budgets and hourly profiles.

Median

$25/hr

Typical range

$7 to $28/hr

Fixed-price median

$25

Hourly rate distribution for Mystery Shopping

Demand trend and job mix

Is Mystery Shopping demand growing on Upwork?

How Mystery Shopping demand has moved week to week, with the job-type and experience mix.

Weekly job demand

Up 6% over 12 weeks

Jobs per week

Mystery Shopping job type

Hourly

10%

Fixed

90%

Mystery Shopping experience level

Entry

79%

Intermediate

17%

Expert

4%

How we calculate this

  • We analyzed 561 Mystery Shopping job posts from the last 90 days
  • Peak hour is the 60-minute window with the highest average posting volume
  • All times are shown in your selected timezone

Analysis by Shajeel Afzal · Founder & CEO at UpAlerts

Source: UpAlerts · 561 jobs analyzed · Updated June 24, 2026

Hourly breakdown

Hourly posting volume for Mystery Shopping jobs, with each hour's share of the full day.
HourJobsShare
4am519%
5am7814%
6am346%
7am448%
8am6311%
9am6311%
10am5410%
11am366%
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