What is GDELT?

GDELT turns news coverage into structured event and knowledge-graph records, with downloadable data and analysis tools. It can help researchers find reporting patterns, locations and related entities around a geopolitical market question.

Its output reflects what media report and how automated systems classify it. A spike in coverage is not a verified event count, and a coded event is not by itself a settlement source.

Who it is for

OSINT researchers following geopolitical narratives
Developers building news-monitoring and event-analysis pipelines

Features and coverage

Available on: Web, Datasets, BigQuery

Event records
Explore structured actors, actions and geographic context extracted from news.
Knowledge graph
Research entities, themes and relationships in media coverage.
Data access options
Use analysis tools, raw downloads or the documented BigQuery datasets.

Workflows with GDELT

Investigate a news pattern

Filter to a topic, location and time window, then inspect the original articles behind relevant records.

Build a monitoring baseline

Compare coverage using consistent queries and sources before interpreting a sudden increase.

Pricing and total cost

GDELT describes its database and public analysis service as free and open. External compute or BigQuery usage can have separate costs.

Access: Public documentation and downloads are available; external analysis platforms have their own access requirements.

Getting started

Choose the event or knowledge-graph dataset.
Define a consistent topic, geography and date range.
Inspect original reporting before using a record as evidence.

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What to check

Automated extraction, duplicate coverage and uneven media attention can distort counts. Verify material claims against original reporting and authoritative sources.

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A broad open-data resource for event research and reproducible news analysis. Automated classifications require source-level checking.

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Frequently asked questions about GDELT

Does more coverage mean an event is more likely?

Not necessarily. Coverage volume measures media attention and can reflect duplication or changing source availability.

Is GDELT a Polymarket settlement source?

It is a research dataset; use the source and conditions specified by the actual contract.

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