The waiting-time reference

What are you
waiting for?

Find the published timeline, understand what starts the clock,
and know where to check next.

Explore waiting times

12 answers

Clarity before countdowns

An answer you can
trace to its source.

A useful answer explains its limits. Every guide separates what is published from what is still unknown.

  1. Start with the source

    Official guidance, linked directly, with the date it was checked.

  2. Separate the clocks

    Approval, processing and arrival can be different waits. See which one a timeframe describes.

  3. Leave unknowns visible

    No invented averages or personal deadlines. If the sources differ or lack a duration, the answer says so.

First published example

Google AdSense site review

partial evidence

01 · Planning baseline

Google’s published timeframe

Usually a few days; in some cases 2–4 weeks

Use this as the broader planning range. It is separate from the narrow WaitGraph observation below.

Google AdSense Help: Connect your site to AdSense (opens in a new tab)

Checked 2026-09-20

02 · Evidence from WaitGraph

WaitGraph data

Founder-reported observation, not a community estimate

5 calendar days in 8 reported cycles

1 contributor · partial endpoint evidence · low generalization confidence

One contributor reports that eight repeated AdSense site-review verdicts each arrived five calendar days after submission. The supplied evidence summary records dated verdict messages; the paired submission dates are contributor-attested.

03 · Population estimate

WaitGraph estimate

Not available yet

WaitGraph needs more reviewed comparable cases from distinct contributors before it can publish a community estimate.

8 repeated observations from 1 contributor; not a population estimate or guarantee.