Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages
Worldwide news coverage for any brand or topic via GDELT's free index — headline, outlet, country and language, plus a coverage summary showing where the coverage actually concentrates. Paces itself to GDELT's rate limit. No API key.
Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages returns 16 documented output fields, including matchedQuery, title, url, domain and language. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 41 runs are recorded on Apify.
- 16
- Output fields
- 7
- Inputs
- 41
- Runs
- 2026-10-16
- Last run
01 — output
What it returns
Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.
| Field | Type | What it holds | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| matchedQuery | stringnull | The query this row matched. | amazon product scraper |
| title | stringnull | Title as the source writes it. | Wireless Bluetooth Headphones |
| url | stringnull | The URL this row describes. | https://example.com/pricing |
| domain | stringnull | Domain name, without the scheme. | example.com |
| language | stringnull | Language code for this record's text. | en |
| sourceCountry | stringnull | Country the source is based in, when published. | <sourceCountry> |
| seenAt | stringnull | ISO 8601 timestamp of when this row was first observed. | <seenAt> |
| imageUrl | stringnull | Direct URL of this image. | https://cdn.example.com/products/1.jpg |
| query | stringnull | The query that produced this row. | shopify scraper |
| articleCount | integernull | Number of articles found. | 0 |
| topDomains | stringnull | Domains cited most often across the samples. | <topDomains> |
| topCountries | stringnull | Countries appearing most often across the samples. | <topCountries> |
| languages | string | Languages as recorded for this row. | en, ur |
| timespan | stringnull | Period the figure covers. | <timespan> |
| status | stringnull | Outcome recorded for this row. | ok |
| verdict | stringnull | The Actor's conclusion for this row, stated in words. | pass |
02 — sample
One record
Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.
{
"matchedQuery": "amazon product scraper",
"title": "Wireless Bluetooth Headphones",
"url": "https://example.com/pricing",
"domain": "example.com",
"language": "en",
"sourceCountry": "<sourceCountry>",
"seenAt": "<seenAt>",
"imageUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/products/1.jpg"
}03 — input
What you give it
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| queries | arrayrequired | Brands, companies or topics to track. One per line — a phrase may contain a comma. |
| timespan | stringoptional | How far back to search, using GDELT's format: e.g. 24h, 7d, 1w, 1m. Maximum is roughly 3 months of the rolling index. |
| outputMode | stringoptional | 'articles' returns one row per news article. 'summary' returns one row per query with coverage totals and top outlets/countries instead. |
| sourceCountry | stringoptional | Restrict to outlets in one country, using GDELT's country code (e.g. US, UK, IN). |
| language | stringoptional | Restrict to one source language, e.g. english, spanish, french. |
| maxRecordsPerQuery | integeroptional | How many articles to pull per query (GDELT's own maximum is 250). |
| maxItems | integeroptional | Hard cap on items returned. You are never charged beyond this. |
04 — run
Run Global News Monitor on your own input
It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.
05 — questions
Asked before running it
16 of 16 fields described
- What does Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages return?
- It returns 16 documented output fields: matchedQuery, title, url, domain, language, sourceCountry, seenAt, imageUrl, query, articleCount, topDomains and topCountries. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 4 are listed in the output schema below.
- What input does Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages require?
- queries is required. A further 6 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
- Does Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages need an API key or login?
- No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
- How do I run Global News Monitor — GDELT, 65+ Languages?
- It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.