A post's tracking life

Every tracked post moves through a 30-day life. Huntit re-checks it often in the first day, while its numbers move fastest, then more slowly over the following weeks, and stops at day 30 — or earlier, if the post leaves its platform.

A small Tracking status on the post's detail view tells you where it is: the last check-in taken (6h, 3d, 30d), or found if none has been taken yet, Complete, Not tracked, or Unavailable.

From intensive to spaced

When a post is found, it enters the schedule its profile is set to for that post's format.

The early checks sit close together: 30m, 1h, 3h and on through the first 24 hours, because that's when reach and engagement change most. After the first day they spread out to 3d, 7d, sometimes 14d, and always a final 30d.

Which stages a post passes through depends on its tracking frequency and window. The shape never changes, though — dense at the start, spaced toward the end.

Complete — finished, not broken

At day 30 the post reaches its last checkpoint and its status becomes Complete. Its numbers stop updating from then on.

That's the designed end of tracking, not a fault. The post, its final metrics and any badges it earned all stay exactly as they were.

Not tracked — too old when found

Some posts arrive already past the 30-day mark, which is common when you first add a profile with a long history. There's no growth life left to follow, so they're marked Not tracked.

They still appear in your feed with the metrics captured when they were found; they simply never gather a growth curve. They still count toward calibration, and can still carry a badge from the history back-fill.

Unavailable — the post left its platform

A post can be deleted, taken down, or made private after Huntit found it. Once its platform stops serving it, Huntit stops checking, and the status reads Unavailable with the date it stopped.

Nothing is lost. The numbers, the badges, the growth chart and any AI analyses stay as they were at the last check-in, and the chart's final point is labelled Latest capture.

"My post stopped updating"

Almost always it reached the end of its life — Complete, Not tracked or Unavailable, above. One other reading is worth knowing: a stage name that hasn't moved in a while, say 7d. The post is mid-life, and check-ins space out as it ages, so long quiet stretches are normal. Wait for the next one. If the growth chart shows an amber gap, that's a missed check-in — see reading the growth charts.

Complete, Not tracked and Unavailable all mean the post is kept. How long Huntit keeps it is a separate rule — see how long Huntit keeps your data.