{
  "title": "Ghost job statistics 2026: how long job listings stay open",
  "url": "https://applystead.com/blog/ghost-job-statistics-2026",
  "publisher": "Applystead",
  "published": "2026-10-04",
  "updated": "2026-10-05",
  "capturedAt": "2026-10-04T23:00:32.136905+00:00",
  "coverage": {
    "trackedFrom": "2025-11-29T10:02:05.614963",
    "note": "Ages count from the day the Applystead catalog first recorded each listing, so listings that were already open when the catalog began covering an employer count as younger than they are: the long-open shares are lower bounds."
  },
  "definitions": {
    "active": "Listings marked open in the Applystead job catalog, from nine applicant tracking systems, excluding LinkedIn URLs and merged duplicates.",
    "age": "Days from the day the catalog first recorded a listing to the capture time, in four ranges: 30 days or less, 31 to 60, 61 to 90 and more than 90.",
    "byAts": "Per platform: open listings, and those open more than 60 and more than 90 days.",
    "excluded": "Open listings left out: LinkedIn URLs, other sources than the nine platforms, and merged duplicates. Listings without a catalog record date (undated) are excluded because their age is unknown."
  },
  "aggregates": {
    "active": 4732296,
    "sources": 9,
    "age": {
      "upTo30": 2429078,
      "from31To60": 1044008,
      "from61To90": 248769,
      "over90": 1010441
    },
    "byAts": {
      "workday": {
        "active": 1705882,
        "over60": 293603,
        "over90": 200674
      },
      "smartrecruiters": {
        "active": 1505500,
        "over60": 853523,
        "over90": 721264
      },
      "oracletaleo": {
        "active": 844317,
        "over60": 2669,
        "over90": 2332
      },
      "icims": {
        "active": 366172,
        "over60": 2904,
        "over90": 1310
      },
      "greenhouse": {
        "active": 151220,
        "over60": 49060,
        "over90": 39639
      },
      "lever": {
        "active": 55416,
        "over60": 26152,
        "over90": 22150
      },
      "ashby": {
        "active": 54740,
        "over60": 25508,
        "over90": 19661
      },
      "jobvite": {
        "active": 31045,
        "over60": 1376,
        "over90": 0
      },
      "rippling": {
        "active": 18004,
        "over60": 4415,
        "over90": 3411
      }
    },
    "excluded": {
      "linkedin": 63796,
      "otherSource": 2101100,
      "duplicate": 0,
      "undated": 0
    }
  }
}