Search For Historical News Data with NewsData.io API

Search for Historical News, Headlines, Topics, or Keywords from the database of 102434+ News sources archived in the past 10 years from 206+ Countries. Integrate Historical News API into your application.

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10+

Years Historical Data

1,02,434+

News Sources

206+

Countries

90+

Languages

How to access Historical News API?

Given below is the step-by-step procedure to access NewsData.io API to get required news data.

Register with NewsData.io News API

Create an account, verify your email, and get instant access to your NewsData.io API key.

Choose Search Filters

Fetch the Data

To get started, you need to register at NewsData.io with your personal or business email address. Below are the steps:

On the homepage, click on the Get API Key button which will redirect you to the registration page.

Fill out the registration form and create a free account or go to the pricing page and choose a subscription plan that suits you the best.

Once the account is created and verified, you will get access to the NewsData.io API key.

NewsData.io API Features

Explore real-time news, historical data, AI insights, multilingual coverage, and advanced filtering tools.

Easy to Integrate

Track and analyze large volumes of news data related to your organization and uncover valuable insights with our news API.

102434+ News Sources

Effortlessly extract real-time news data from over 102434+ trusted news sources worldwide with our comprehensive news API.

206+ Countries

Effortlessly track pertinent news sources from 206+ different countries using our powerful news API. Stay informed about global events.

Download the Data

Extract valuable news data in an CSV, and JSON file along with analytical insights in a PDF report with our news API.

Analyze the Data

Use various text analytics models to analyze news data and extract insights for data-driven decision-making with our news API.

99% SLA Time

99% SLA time to provide an uninterrupted and seamless user experience with guaranteed accuracy with our news API.

90+ Languages

Track global news sources in 90+ different languages to access relevant news minutes after it is published with our news API.

Excel, CSV, & JSON Format

Identify relevant historical and real-time news sources and extract them in Excel, CSV, and JSON file format with our news API.

Develop for Free

Unlock complimentary access to the NewsData.io API, empowering you to seamlessly develop and test your projects.

Intelligence Solutions for Every Industry

From PR communications to crisis monitoring, transform news data into actionable business insights.

PR Communications

Analyze news sources mentioning your brand to measure the impact of your strategies applied to improve public relations.

Crisis Management

Monitor news sources to assess all factors that can impact your business and be better prepared for crisis situations.

Risk Mitigation

Track news mentions about your suppliers, monitor the legislative landscape, and analyze what your competitors are saying to the market.

All-in-One News API

Google News API

Integrated with Google News API for topics, headlines, trending stories, URLs, and more from Google Searches.

Bing News API

Equipped with Bing News API for easy access to the latest news, articles, and images published worldwide.

Yahoo News API

Yahoo API features to help leverage Yahoo search engine capabilities for up-to-date news published across the globe.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learn how to refine results by keywords, regions, categories, sentiment, AI tag, and more to get the exact news data you need.

NewsData.io has been fetching and archiving news since January 2016. Historical data goes back up to 6 months on the Basic plan, 2 years on Professional, 10 years on Corporate, and the full depth since January 2016 is available on custom/enterprise requests as well.

Use the /archive endpoint with from_date and to_date parameters (YYYY-MM-DD), optionally combined with q, country, language, or category filters to narrow results to a specific window and topic.

No, the free tier of NewsData.io doesn’t include historical data.

Yes - for large one-off research or ML training needs, NewsData.io offers custom dataset requests delivered directly rather than requiring many individual API calls.

Yes - historical data can be downloaded in JSON, CSV, and Excel formats through three routes: the Archive API endpoint directly in code, the Query Builder tool on the dashboard for a no-code download of your search results, or a custom dataset request for larger bulk pulls.

Yes - combine q with country, language, and category in a single archive request to narrow results precisely (e.g., all English-language business news from India in a given month).

Archive returns full article data for a date range; Count returns only the number of matching articles (hourly/daily) without fetching content - useful for gauging coverage volume before committing credits to a full pull.

Common uses: training NLP/ML models, backtesting trading strategies, academic and market research, brand/media monitoring over time, and trend or sentiment analysis across events.

Yes, historical data spans the same 206 countries and 90 languages as live coverage, though depth may vary by region depending on source availability.