As you may know, TPT popularity data is still not populating. Now that TPT has released its new Keyword Finder tool, our team is actively evaluating the available data to determine how we can best incorporate it into our SEO Tools.

In the meantime, we're using historical data to estimate keyword demand so we want to share a bit more on how that works, what it means for each metric and tool, and how to keep making smart keyword decisions right now.

How the Historical Estimate Works

Since real-time popularity data isn't available, we're now using past years' popularity data to estimate current demand. In simple terms: we look at how a keyword performed during this same period in previous years, and use that as a stand-in for today's numbers. This gives you a helpful sense of direction.

What This Means for Your Dashboard Metrics

• Avg Popularity — now based on previous years' data for the selected period, like Last 7 Days, if that historical data is available for that keyword.

What's  happening
TPT has confirmed that it is no longer populating the popularity data field through its search provider, Algolia. This is a change at the TPT data-source level that affects third-party SEO tools relying on that publicly available information.

As a result, popularity scores within YDP are currently frozen at their last available update on July 28, but the majority of the platform continues to function normally.

Here's what you can continue using in each tool: