Content Calendar
Plan topics needed to fill a content calendar over months.
About Content Calendar
Weekly posting rate is scaled across the months to count total slots, then compared against how many topics are ready. A topic backlog shortfall is the main reason calendars fail, so forecasting gaps lets writers line up ideas early.
Formula
Content Calendar
Posts = posts/week x months x 4.33 weeks
- 4.33
- Average number of weeks in a month
Worked example
With the default values below, Content Calendar returns Total Posts of 39. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Posts per weekaccepts 1–30 posts
- 3 posts
- Monthsminimum 1
- 3
- Topics plannedminimum 1
- 10
Results
- Total Posts
- 39
- Topics to Plan
- 29
- Covered
- 25.6%
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Content Calendar
- 3Total Posts= 39
- 4Topics to Plan= 29
- 5Covered= 25.6
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 1 decimal place, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Content Calendar calculated?
Posts = posts/week x months x 4.33 weeks Weekly posting rate is scaled across the months to count total slots, then compared against how many topics are ready.
Why does Content Calendar matter?
A topic backlog shortfall is the main reason calendars fail, so forecasting gaps lets writers line up ideas early.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Posts per week, Months, Topics planned. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.