LinkedIn only keeps 365 days of analytics. Here is how to keep yours.

By Miles Burke · Updated 9 October 2026 · 5 minute read

The short answer

LinkedIn's content analytics reach back 365 days at most. Profile viewers are shown as a 90-day total and search appearances for one week, with no history of either. To keep older figures you have to save them yourself: export your analytics on a regular schedule and keep the files, record the weekly figures somewhere, or use a tool such as Postaboo that merges each export into one growing history.

What disappears, and when

Each figure in your personal LinkedIn analytics has its own window. As of October 2026, these are the limits:

Figure	How far back LinkedIn shows it
Daily impressions and engagements	The past 365 days
New followers by day	The past 365 days
Your top posts	The 50 highest for the period you choose, up to 365 days
Audience demographics	A snapshot for the period you choose; earlier snapshots are not kept
Profile viewers	One total for the past 90 days
Search appearances	The latest week only

The window moves forward every day. A post from thirteen months ago is no longer in your analytics, however well it did.

Why it matters

You cannot compare year on year. With exactly one year of data, there is no "this month against the same month last year".
Seasonal patterns stay hidden. If your audience goes quiet every January, you need two Januaries to see it.
Your best work drops out of view. The post that defined your year eventually leaves the window, and your "typical post" shifts with it.
Profile viewers and search appearances never become a trend. They are the figures closest to real opportunities, and LinkedIn only ever shows the current one.

Three ways to keep your history

1. Export on a schedule and keep the files

On a computer, open Content analytics, set the date range to the past 365 days and press Export. LinkedIn downloads a spreadsheet. Save it somewhere safe with the date in its name, and repeat every month. Our export guide has the steps.

This costs nothing and loses nothing. The drawback is that your history ends up spread across a pile of overlapping files that you have to stitch together before you can read them.

2. Keep a weekly log

Once a week, note four numbers from your analytics overview in a spreadsheet: post impressions, followers, profile viewers and search appearances. It takes a minute, and after a few months you have the trend LinkedIn does not keep. The drawback is remembering to do it.

3. Use a tool that merges it for you

Postaboo was built for this. Each export you upload is merged into the ones before it, so your history keeps growing past 365 days. Where two exports overlap, the newer figures win, and each post keeps its highest count. A ten-second weekly check-in, pasting your overview page, records profile viewers and search appearances week by week.

What an export does not capture

The export lists your 50 top posts for the period, not every post. If you post often, some quieter posts will be missing from a full-year export. Exporting more frequently, or over shorter date ranges, picks up more of them. Profile viewers and search appearances are not in the export at all, which is why the weekly note matters.

Common questions

Can I see LinkedIn analytics older than a year?

Not on LinkedIn's analytics screens: the date filter stops at 365 days. You can only look further back if you saved an export, or the figures themselves, at the time.

How often should I export my LinkedIn analytics?

Once a month is a sensible habit. Each export covers up to 365 days, so monthly files overlap heavily and nothing is lost if you miss one. Export more often if you post a lot, because the export lists only your 50 top posts for the period.

Does LinkedIn keep a history of profile viewers and search appearances?

No. Profile viewers are shown as a rolling 90-day total and search appearances for the latest week. To see either as a trend, you need to note the figures each week.

See this in your own numbers

Postaboo turns the analytics file LinkedIn lets you download into a clear report, and keeps your history as it grows. Free, with no LinkedIn login.

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