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What counts as a \u201csearch\u201d in SparkToro?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any unique search query in the Audience Research or Custom Audiences tools uses a single search credit, so long as the results include at least 150 profiles from which to pull source data. If there\u2019s fewer profiles, results will still appear, but you won\u2019t be charged a query credit as the data often doesn\u2019t meet our minimum bar for what\u2019s actionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Searches that you\u2019ve previously performed do not use additional credits so long as they\u2019re performed in the same billing period. E.G. if you signed up for SparkToro on May 1st and searched for an audience that frequently uses the hashtag #snowboarding, then performed that search again on May 10th, May 15th, and May 2th, that will still only use a single search credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What counts as a \u201csearch\u201d in SparkToro? Any unique search query in the Audience Research or Custom Audiences tools uses a single search credit, so long as the results include at least 150 profiles from which to pull source data. 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