Learning Outcomes
Learn more about the historical data options that you have access to, based on data source, within TRAC.
The maximum length of period you can collect historical data varies per data source on TRAC. Here is a list of all the options Pulsar offers for historical data as well as a breakdown of how far back we can track data from:
Last 30 Days
Facebook Public Pages data is available on a 30 days rolling period in Topic Searches
Pinterest historical data is available for the last 30 days
Threads historical data is available for the last 30 days
Twitch historical data is available for the last 30 days
Global News Online (CLA) is available for the last 30 days and a license is required.
Last 60 Days
NB: Access to the following requires an additional subscription:
Global Podcast clips and web player are only available for 60 days after the air date. However, we collect the transcripts for up to 2 years.
Global Radio clips and web player are only available for 60 days after the air date. However, we collect the transcripts for up to 2 years.
Global TV clips and web player are only available for 60 days after the air date. However, we collect the transcripts for up to 2 years.
Last 90 Days
NB: Access to the following requires a license:
Global News Online (LexisNexis)
Last 3 Months
NB: Access to the following requires a license:
Malaysia Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)
Last 100 Days
NB: Access to the following requires a license:
Global News Online (NLA)
FR News Online (CFC)
Last 12 Months
NB: Access to the following requires a license:
AUS Online (CAL, Isentia)
AUS Print (CAL, Isentia)
NZ Print (PMCA, Isentia)
Singapore Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)
Thailand Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)
Philippines Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)
Vietnam Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)
Global Broadcast - TV, Radio (Isentia)
Last 13 Months
Online News (Publicly Available )
Last 15 Months
Youtube data is available for the previous 15 months
Last 25 Months
Blog Posts are available on a 25 months rolling period.
Forum Sites are available on a 25 months rolling period.
Reddit historical data is available on a 25 months rolling period.
Review Sites are available on a 25 months rolling period.
Tumblr historical data is available on a 25 month rolling period.
Other
Industry Panels historical data is available as of 1st January 2024.
VK data is available as far back as 1st January 2018.
X historical data is available as of 21st March 2006.
The following sources do not have historical data access:
Instagram
Facebook Public Pages in Panel Searches
Discord
Web Search Data
Weibo
Little Red Book (Xiaohongshu)
WeChat
Baidu
Douyin
BiliBili
Zhihu
Kuaishou
UK/FR Print (NLA)
If you wish to know how to collect historical data we created put this step by step guide: