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Changes to Profile Counts

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Overview

What is changing?

Lightcast will expand its Profiles dataset to include data from our recent acquisition of Rhetorik. This will enable customers to see more profiles in the country of choice.

When will this change take place?

This change will be deployed 4 August 2025

What are the benefits of this change?

  • This update will introduce new profiles and enhance existing profiles with additional information where applicable.

  • This expansion improves coverage as seen below and depth across the dataset.

Impact

What will this change mean for me?

Customers can expect:

  • A increase in tagging in some data fields. For example, in the United States profiles data will go from having an average of 9 skills tagged to every profile to 11 skills tagged to every profile.

  • A increase in Total Profile counts across countries. The estimated increase is outlined in the table below:

Country

Increase

Argentina

18%

Australia

19%

Austria

31%

Belgium

62%

Brazil

13%

Canada

30%

Chile

25%

China

35%

Colombia

20%

Costa Rica

22%

Croatia

50%

Czechia

88%

Denmark

41%

France

39%

Germany

34%

Hong Kong

55%

Hungary

39%

India

32%

Indonesia

15%

Ireland

31%

Italy

20%

Japan

18%

Luxembourg

36%

Malaysia

16%

Mexico

28%

Netherlands

29%

New Zealand

13%

Philippines

14%

Poland

42%

Portugal

39%

Romania

25%

Singapore

21%

South Africa

11%

South Korea

29%

Spain

42%

Sweden

38%

Switzerland

33%

United Arab Emirates

20%

United Kingdom

29%

United States

24%

What does this mean for my analysis?

Overall, customers will see more profile data. We would advise customers to re-run their analysis.

Further information on profiles methodology can be found here

If customers have any concerns about this change please contact [email protected] - Our team will happily provide further details or clarification.

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