# BuzzSumo Help Center

> Help center for BuzzSumo

## Getting Started Guides

- [Build a Data Driven Content Strategy](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6990959-build-a-data-driven-content-strategy.md): Want to learn how to use BuzzSumo to generate more engagement with a data driven content strategy?
- [How to verify your account](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633337-how-to-verify-your-account.md)
- [How do I sign up for a free trial?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/2118074-how-do-i-sign-up-for-a-free-trial.md): Test BuzzSumo for free.
- [BuzzSumo Glossary of Terms](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633271-buzzsumo-glossary-of-terms.md): Definitions of key terms used in BuzzSumo and in broader content marketing efforts.
- [How To Improve Your Search Results In BuzzSumo](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/8304599-how-to-improve-your-search-results-in-buzzsumo.md)

## Workflows and Use Cases

- [How to find User Generated Content](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3001220-how-to-find-user-generated-content.md): A step by step guide for finding User Generated Content in less time with BuzzSumo's brand alerts
- [How To Analyze Your Competitors](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633272-how-to-analyze-your-competitors.md): Analyze what's working for your top competitors and identify opportunities to improve your content strategy.
- [How to Monitor Your Brand and Keywords](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1959861-how-to-monitor-your-brand-and-keywords.md): This guide will show you three ways
- [How To Do Content Marketing Research](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633275-how-to-do-content-marketing-research.md): A step-by-step guide to creating the best content.
- [How To Generate Headline Ideas for Your Blog](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633273-how-to-generate-headline-ideas-for-your-blog.md): A guide to to creating engaging headlines that resonate with your audience.

## Discover

- [Trending Top Stories Email Digest](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6722527-trending-top-stories-email-digest.md): What is the Trending Top Stories Email Digest?
- [How to Use Trending](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633277-how-to-use-trending.md): Track the stories that are driving conversations across the web today.
- [Trending: Using Language and Time filters](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633307-trending-using-language-and-time-filters.md)
- [Trending Now: What is the Trending Score?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633344-trending-now-what-is-the-trending-score.md)
- [Trending Now: ​Setting up a custom feed](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633537-trending-now-setting-up-a-custom-feed.md)
- [Trending Now: Sharing & RSS](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633545-trending-now-sharing-rss.md)
- [How to Use the Topic Explorer](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/2694732-how-to-use-the-topic-explorer.md): Generate ideas, search related keywords, and get insights into your audience's interests with our new Topic Explorer.
- [Topic Explorer FAQ](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/2694733-topic-explorer-faq.md): Answers to common questions about the Topic Explorer.

## Content

- [How do I find results in other languages?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633345-how-do-i-find-results-in-other-languages.md): BuzzSumo indexes content from hundreds of thousands of global sources. Here's how to find results in your language.
- [Does BuzzSumo provide sentiment analysis?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633335-does-buzzsumo-provide-sentiment-analysis.md): BuzzSumo does not currently offer a sentiment analysis feature.
- [How does BuzzSumo find the published date for content?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633342-how-does-buzzsumo-find-the-published-date-for-content.md): Information on how we find the date an article was published.
- [How to structure and save searches](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633274-how-to-structure-and-save-searches.md): Learn how to design, filter, and record your search history in BuzzSumo.
- [Content Analyzer: Advanced search operators](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633294-content-analyzer-advanced-search-operators.md): How to use Boolean Search Operators in BuzzSumo
- [Backlinks, explained](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633279-backlinks-explained.md): This article will explain what a backlink is and how to use the Backlink feature in BuzzSumo.
- [Backlinks: Sorting, Filtering, and Exporting](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633309-backlinks-sorting-filtering-and-exporting.md)

## Influencers

- [Twitter Influencers: Influencer stats](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633355-twitter-influencers-influencer-stats.md)
- [About Instagram Influencers](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633303-about-instagram-influencers.md)
- [Twitter Influencers: Search Content Shared](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633301-twitter-influencers-search-content-shared.md)

## Monitoring

- [How to create an Alert](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/4685029-how-to-create-an-alert.md)
- [Alert types](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3883122-alert-types.md)
- [How do I delete an Alert?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633363-how-do-i-delete-an-alert.md): Deleting old, unused, or duplicate Alerts is simple.
- [Email notifications, Slack integration & RSS address](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633365-email-notifications-slack-integration-rss-address.md)
- [What is the difference between Alerts and Mentions?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964660-what-is-the-difference-between-alerts-and-mentions.md): An alert is a set of terms BuzzSumo will crawl the web to find. Mentions are matches we discover.

## Projects

- [How to Use Projects](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633300-how-to-use-projects.md): Projects is a multi-use workspace for tracking and saving articles, influencers, mentions, and questions.

## FAQs and Troubleshooting

- [How do we define a search in BuzzSumo?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6985128-how-do-we-define-a-search-in-buzzsumo.md): BuzzSumo's plans and pricing comes with search limits. Find out what counts as a search in BuzzSumo.
- [What languages does BuzzSumo support?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/2012628-what-languages-does-buzzsumo-support.md): BuzzSumo accepts all languages within our search fields.
- [Can BuzzSumo be integrated with other platforms?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633333-can-buzzsumo-be-integrated-with-other-platforms.md): A list of ways you can integrate BuzzSumo's data into other tools in your stack.
- [What is a "Facebook Engagement?"](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964658-what-is-a-facebook-engagement.md): Information on what is calculated in Facebook metrics.
- [What is a "share?"](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964656-what-is-a-share.md): "Shares" and "Engagements" are sometimes used to mean the same thing. But that's not quite right. Here, we define exactly what a "share" is.
- [What is an "Evergreen Score"?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633304-what-is-an-evergreen-score.md): Information on how BuzzSumo calculates the "evergreen" quality of content.
- [What is a "Reddit Engagement"?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964659-what-is-a-reddit-engagement.md): Information on what is calculated in Reddit metrics..
- [How can I submit a feature request?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633317-how-can-i-submit-a-feature-request.md): We love feedback! Send us your ideas for how we can improve our product.
- [Does BuzzSumo offer an affiliate program?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633328-does-buzzsumo-offer-an-affiliate-program.md)
- [What social channels does BuzzSumo work with?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633318-what-social-channels-does-buzzsumo-work-with.md): A list of social channels that BuzzSumo can gather data from in both our content and influencer databases.
- [Does BuzzSumo monitor Instagram content?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633323-does-buzzsumo-monitor-instagram-content.md): Information about Instagram data in BuzzSumo.
- [Does BuzzSumo offer a free trial?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3922783-does-buzzsumo-offer-a-free-trial.md)
- [Why can’t I export data on the free trial?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633287-why-can-t-i-export-data-on-the-free-trial.md): Exporting data is only available for paid plans.
- [How much does BuzzSumo cost?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633324-how-much-does-buzzsumo-cost.md): Where to find information on our pricing, plans, and features.
- [Do you offer a free version of BuzzSumo?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964650-do-you-offer-a-free-version-of-buzzsumo.md): BuzzSumo offer a free trial to all new users.
- [Do you offer discounts for nonprofits?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633321-do-you-offer-discounts-for-nonprofits.md): BuzzSumo proudly provides special pricing for registered nonprofits and charities.
- [How do I cancel my free trial?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964651-how-do-i-cancel-my-free-trial.md): Is BuzzSumo not the right fit? Here's how to cancel your trial.
- [Why am I not getting any results in my Trending Feed?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633331-why-am-i-not-getting-any-results-in-my-trending-feed.md): Trending feeds are designed to show you articles driving a lot of shares quickly.
- [Why is the Author not showing up for my article?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633339-why-is-the-author-not-showing-up-for-my-article.md): How to make sure we correctly identify the person who wrote your content.
- [Why can't I find my content in BuzzSumo?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633290-why-can-t-i-find-my-content-in-buzzsumo.md): Can't find an article in our database? Here are a few common reasons why.
- [Why does BuzzSumo display different engagement counts from my social plug-in?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633322-why-does-buzzsumo-display-different-engagement-counts-from-my-social-plug-in.md): Information on how we calculate engagement and shares.

## API

- [API access for paid web app subscriptions](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3883145-api-access-for-paid-web-app-subscriptions.md): BuzzSumo now includes access to our API for all users with a subscription to our web application.
- [Does BuzzSumo have an API?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633314-does-buzzsumo-have-an-api.md): Yes, BuzzSumo offers API access for all paid users as well as separate subscriptions for analyzing larger data streams.

## Account and Billing

- [Plans and price change FAQs](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6987386-plans-and-price-change-faqs.md): Starting February 14th, 2023, we are changing BuzzSumo's plans and pricing.
- [Plan usage dashboard](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3918427-plan-usage-dashboard.md): A quick snapshot of your quotas
- [How to change your password](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633327-how-to-change-your-password.md): Lost your password? Just want to change it for peace of mind? Read on.
- [How to change the account owner of your team](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1960083-how-to-change-the-account-owner-of-your-team.md): Information on how to assign a new account owner of your BuzzSumo team.
- [Team management & access levels](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633316-team-management-access-levels.md): How to make changes to your team in BuzzSumo, including inviting new users and removing old ones.
- [How do I delete my BuzzSumo account?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964652-how-do-i-delete-my-buzzsumo-account.md): Information on how to remove your details from BuzzSumo.
- [How do I pay for BuzzSumo?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633330-how-do-i-pay-for-buzzsumo.md): BuzzSumo accepts all major credit cards and pay-by-invoice in special circumstances.
- [Upgrading, downgrading, or changing your subscription](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633340-upgrading-downgrading-or-changing-your-subscription.md): How BuzzSumo handles payments when you upgrade, downgrade, or change an active subscription.
- [How to access your invoices](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633288-how-to-access-your-invoices.md): Where to find information about past and upcoming payments for your BuzzSumo subscription.
- [How can I update my credit card on file?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633338-how-can-i-update-my-credit-card-on-file.md)
- [Does BuzzSumo charge VAT?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633325-does-buzzsumo-charge-vat.md)
- [My card and region do not match. What can I do?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633319-my-card-and-region-do-not-match-what-can-i-do.md)
- [How do I change my billing details?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/3883154-how-do-i-change-my-billing-details.md)
- [How do I cancel my subscription?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633332-how-do-i-cancel-my-subscription.md): Information on cancelling your plan and when changes take effect.

## Product News & Updates

- [Introducing BuzzSumo Facebook Tools](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/5269261-introducing-buzzsumo-facebook-tools.md): Find out all there is to know about BuzzSumo's Facebook page tools.
- [Introducing Journalist Profiles](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/4872242-introducing-journalist-profiles.md)
- [LinkedIn share counts removed from BuzzSumo](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1633341-linkedin-share-counts-removed-from-buzzsumo.md): Information on the recent removal of LinkedIn share data.
- [Does BuzzSumo comply with GDPR?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1940575-does-buzzsumo-comply-with-gdpr.md): The EU adopted the General Data Protection Regulation \(“GDPR”\) on 25 May 2018. Here is how BuzzSumo is complying with the new regulations.

## What is BuzzSumo?

- [How much data does BuzzSumo track?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/5265927-how-much-data-does-buzzsumo-track.md)

## Content Ideas Generator

- [How much does the Content Ideas Generator cost?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6075429-how-much-does-the-content-ideas-generator-cost.md)
- [What is the date range for the Content Ideas Generator?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6075412-what-is-the-date-range-for-the-content-ideas-generator.md): Find out how to choose the right date range for your content ideas
- [What BuzzSumo tools does the Content Ideas Generator combine?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6075313-what-buzzsumo-tools-does-the-content-ideas-generator-combine.md): The Content Ideas Generator combines the best bits of BuzzSumo. Find out what they are...
- [What data is included in the Content Ideas Generator?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6075271-what-data-is-included-in-the-content-ideas-generator.md): Know what data sources we use to create the Content Ideas Generator
- [How do you write a search in the Content Ideas Generator?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6075135-how-do-you-write-a-search-in-the-content-ideas-generator.md): Get the most out of your searches in the Content Ideas Generator

## BuzzSumo Brief Generator

- [What is the BuzzSumo Brief Generator and how do you use it?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6580422-what-is-the-buzzsumo-brief-generator-and-how-do-you-use-it.md): A quick and easy guide for generating a brief in BuzzSumo
- [What data is included in the BuzzSumo Brief Generator?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6580410-what-data-is-included-in-the-buzzsumo-brief-generator.md): Find out how your automated briefs are generated
- [What is the date range for the BuzzSumo Brief Generator?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6580400-what-is-the-date-range-for-the-buzzsumo-brief-generator.md): Find out what date range your brief is based on
- [How much does the BuzzSumo Brief Generator cost?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6580390-how-much-does-the-buzzsumo-brief-generator-cost.md): Find out how to get your hands on the BuzzSumo Brief Generator

## BuzzSumo Chrome Extension

- [Is the Chrome Extension free?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6949218-is-the-chrome-extension-free.md)
- [What is the date range used in the Chrome Extension?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6949262-what-is-the-date-range-used-in-the-chrome-extension.md)
- [Where does the data in BuzzSumo’s Chrome Extension come from?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6966953-where-does-the-data-in-buzzsumo-s-chrome-extension-come-from.md)
- [Does BuzzSumo’s Chrome Extension count towards my search limit?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6966969-does-buzzsumo-s-chrome-extension-count-towards-my-search-limit.md)
- [How do you use BuzzSumo’s old Chrome Extension?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6967037-how-do-you-use-buzzsumo-s-old-chrome-extension.md)
- [What is the BuzzSumo Chrome Extension?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/1964673-what-is-the-buzzsumo-chrome-extension.md): Check the share counts of any article, Twitter profile, Facebook page or post, and YouTube channel or video, while browsing the SERPs & web.
- [Where does the data in the Chrome Extension come from?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/6962752-where-does-the-data-in-the-chrome-extension-come-from.md)

## BuzzSumo Media Database

- [What Are BuzzSumo’s Media Outreach Tools?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/7300863-what-are-buzzsumo-s-media-outreach-tools.md): Find out a bit more about BuzzSumo's Media Database and Media Lists
- [Does BuzzSumo's Media Database Feature Journalist Emails?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/7301388-does-buzzsumo-s-media-database-feature-journalist-emails.md): How to access journalist contact details in BuzzSumo
- [Which Plans Have Access To BuzzSumo’s Media Outreach Tools?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/7301397-which-plans-have-access-to-buzzsumo-s-media-outreach-tools.md): Who has access to journalist details in BuzzSumo's Media Database?
- [How Many Journalist Lists Can You Create In BuzzSumo Media Lists?](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/7301405-how-many-journalist-lists-can-you-create-in-buzzsumo-media-lists.md): Find out plan limits for Media Lists in BuzzSumo
- [How To Use BuzzSumo Media Directory And List Tools](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/7301407-how-to-use-buzzsumo-media-directory-and-list-tools.md): Find out some quick and easy ways to use BuzzSumo Media Database and Media Lists
- [How To Use BuzzSumo AI Pitching & Outreach Tools](http://help.buzzsumo.com/en/articles/8239164-how-to-use-buzzsumo-ai-pitching-outreach-tools.md)