X Analytics History: How Far Back, and How to Keep It

X does not publish one clear retention figure for X Analytics, and the sources we found disagree. The dashboard opens on a recent window (28 days is the most commonly reported default), exports are capped per file, and the redesigned account dashboard requires X Premium, although X's ads help still describes the Post Activity Dashboard as free with an ads account. If you want a long history of your own post results, the safe plan is to export regularly and store the files yourself.

This guide sets out what X documents, where third-party guides disagree, how to see older posts, and how to build a running record. X changes this tool often, so treat every limit below as "at the time of writing" and check the date picker and export screen in your own account.

What X Analytics retains

X Analytics shows a rolling window of recent data by default, and what lies beyond that window depends on your account, your Premium status and the screen you use.

The clearest official source is X's business help page on Post and Video Activity Dashboards. According to that page, the dashboards show the last 28 days by default, you can change the date range, and you can export to CSV. We checked that page on 5 October 2026.

Third-party guides add detail, with some conflict:

A February 2026 guide from Sociality.io says account-level dashboards require Premium on desktop and post-level analytics stay free on mobile. It lists selectable ranges such as 7, 28 and 90 days, and also describes native retention as 28 days. It does not reconcile the two.
Neal Schaffer's guide (revised September 2026) describes date buttons from 7 days to a full year, and, citing Tweet Archivist, says exports reach up to 90 days.
A 2024 piece from TweetDelete describes a monthly-only view. It dates from October 2024 and does not mention Premium, so it may be out of date.
Brandwatch's guide (February 2025) says the dashboard can be set to different date ranges but states no maximum lookback.

If you read only one thing from this list, read the disagreement: nobody we found documents a hard retention cut-off in X's own words. That is a reason to export, not a reason to assume the data is safe.

Seeing older posts

You can always see your old posts themselves, but the analytics attached to them may no longer be selectable.

The posts: Your profile keeps your published posts, and X's own archive request (Settings, then Your account, then Download an archive of your data) gives you the text and dates in bulk. The archive includes like and repost counts at download time, but not impressions or the other dashboard metrics.

The numbers on a single post: On mobile, tapping the analytics icon under one of your own published posts shows per-post figures such as impressions, engagements and profile visits. Sociality.io reports that post-level analytics remain available without Premium on mobile. Whether that view still works for a very old post is something to test on your own account.

The dashboard: The desktop dashboard (Premium, then Analytics in the left menu) is where date ranges are chosen. Social Media Today reported on 13 June 2024 that the redesigned analytics page was available to Premium subscribers, with the older analytics site paywalled.

Exporting post data

The export is a CSV from the Post Activity dashboard, and it is capped in both time and size.

According to X's business help page, each export covers up to 30 days and up to 3,000 posts, with timestamps in UTC. If your range holds more than that, split it into smaller exports. Neal Schaffer's guide, citing Tweet Archivist, instead quotes up to 90 days. This is a clear disagreement, so check the date range your export screen actually allows.

To export:

Open the Post Activity dashboard on desktop (X's help says this is free with an ads account at ads.x.com; the Premium analytics page is separate).
Choose a date range at or under the limit your screen shows.
Use the export option to download the CSV.
Save the file with the export date in its name, for example x-posts-2026-10-05.csv.

Mobile per-post analytics have no native export, according to Sociality.io.

What the export lacks

A CSV export is a window onto your posts, not a permanent database, and several things do not survive it.

Item	In the dashboard or export?	Notes
Per-post metrics in the chosen range	Yes, per X's business help page	Includes organic and promoted splits and permalinks, per that page
Posts beyond the export size cap	No	Reported cap is 3,000 posts per file
Periods beyond your window	Depends	Limits vary by source and account; verify in your own date picker
Metrics X has since removed or renamed	No	X changes its analytics often; keep notes on renamed metrics
Mobile per-post view	No export	Screenshot or retype if you need it
Daily change in each post's figures	No	A file is one snapshot at the export date

The last row matters most. An export tells you where a post stood on the day you exported it. It cannot tell you how fast it got there, unless you export repeatedly and keep every file.

Keeping a running record

The most reliable history is one you build yourself, with overlap, so a missed export does not leave a gap.

A routine that works:

Export on a fixed schedule, and make the cadence shorter than your window. If exports cover up to 30 days, export every two to three weeks.
Keep every raw file. Do not overwrite or edit them.
Once a quarter, merge the files into one sheet keyed by post permalink. When a post appears more than once, keep the latest row, and do not add overlapping figures together.
Keep short notes on anything that affects comparison, such as a metric rename, a posting break or a change in your Premium status.

The same logic applies on LinkedIn, where the dashboard window is different but the habit is the same. See the LinkedIn analytics historical data guide for a worked example.

Use the record: Once you hold a few months of your own results, you can compare them with what X says its recommendation system rewards. That is covered in how the X algorithm works and on the X ranking signals page.

Letting LinkIntel keep a running record

LinkIntel is an MCP server that gives your AI assistant evidence for its next X post. Once you connect X, it reads your recent original posts and their metrics every day and stores dated snapshots. Your assistant can then cite them through the get_owned_performance tool, which reads only already stored snapshots and does not make live X requests.

That means the daily record builds itself from the day you connect, with no export to remember. It is not a way to recover data from before you connected, and it covers your recent original posts, not your whole account history. LinkIntel never publishes for you and never searches X on its own. Setup details are in the MCP documentation.

FAQ

How far back does X Analytics go?

X does not state one clear figure in the sources we found. X's business help page describes a 28-day default view, some guides report ranges of 90 days or up to a year, and others describe 28-day retention. Check the date picker in your own account.

Do I need X Premium to see X Analytics?

For the account-level desktop dashboard, reputable reports say yes. Social Media Today reported the change in June 2024, and Brandwatch repeated it in 2025. Per-post analytics on mobile are reported to remain free.

Can I export older X posts?

You can export post data only within the ranges X allows, and X's business help page reports a limit of 30 days and 3,000 posts per CSV. For the text and dates of older posts, request your X data archive, which does not include impressions.

Why does my export not match what I see on screen?

Exports use UTC, according to X's business help page, so day boundaries can differ from your local view. Figures are also a snapshot from the day you exported.

Can LinkIntel recover my old X analytics?

No. LinkIntel starts storing daily snapshots of your recent original posts once you connect X, so it builds a record going forward rather than restoring earlier history.