GDELT Project

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Potential use cases

A starting use for this source

Explore public news coverage, narratives and event patterns as a discovery signal for emerging topics.

Develop an original analysis idea

Choose one question the available fields and coverage can answer. Check a small relevant slice before committing to a larger analysis or publishing a comparison.

What it covers

Geography and granularity

Geography: Global media coverage; source coverage varies by language and region

Granularity: Large-scale records and APIs for news, events and media analysis

Source type: Open news-media monitoring and event datasets

Access and cost

Open downloads and query tools

Review GDELT documentation, codebooks and the access method for the specific dataset or API.

Cost: Project describes its database as free and open.

Update cadence: Several feeds update frequently; cadence depends on the product and dataset.

Before you use it

Limits that matter

Media coverage is not population opinion or market demand. Language, outlet, extraction and classifier biases can shape what appears.

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