Ghost jobs by ATS: how many listings stay open for months
19% of 1,834,847 open jobs with a posting date were posted over 90 days ago, a proxy for evergreen and ghost listings. Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
By ATS
| ATS | Dated open jobs | Over 90 days | Over 180 days | Over 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workday | 858,844 | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Oracle Recruiting Cloud | 322,881 | 22% | 12% | 7% |
| SmartRecruiters | 221,606 | 42% | 31% | 24% |
| Greenhouse | 187,683 | 36% | 21% | 10% |
| Ashby | 58,044 | 34% | 15% | 4% |
| jobtech | 43,335 | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Recruitee | 31,242 | 51% | 33% | 17% |
| Teamtailor | 30,361 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| Personio | 27,777 | 64% | 49% | 33% |
| wttj | 21,603 | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Lever | 17,464 | 47% | 32% | 19% |
| Workable | 8,474 | 39% | 23% | 14% |
| foundit | 2,096 | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| cutshort | 2,020 | 89% | 85% | 77% |
| instahyre | 1,417 | 28% | 15% | 5% |
By country
| Country | Open jobs | Over 90 days |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 787,086 | 19% |
| India | 94,345 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 78,144 | 24% |
| Germany | 64,441 | 42% |
| France | 55,915 | 27% |
| Sweden | 52,777 | 9% |
| Canada | 49,023 | 18% |
| Netherlands | 24,427 | 44% |
| Australia | 18,887 | 16% |
| Mexico | 16,276 | 23% |
| Spain | 13,929 | 28% |
| Singapore | 13,612 | 21% |
| Malaysia | 12,387 | 38% |
| China | 11,068 | 31% |
| Brazil | 10,949 | 24% |
| United Arab Emirates | 10,142 | 35% |
| Poland | 9,963 | 26% |
| Italy | 9,724 | 27% |
| Philippines | 9,618 | 37% |
| France | 8,272 | 30% |
| Japan | 7,593 | 31% |
| Belgium | 5,948 | 38% |
| Ireland | 5,915 | 19% |
| Indonesia | 5,683 | 47% |
| Portugal | 5,178 | 38% |
| Switzerland | 5,126 | 28% |
| Taiwan | 5,003 | 31% |
| Austria | 4,982 | 26% |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,574 | 45% |
| Colombia | 4,408 | 36% |
| Romania | 3,780 | 23% |
| South Africa | 3,699 | 30% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 3,616 | 30% |
| South Korea | 3,405 | 23% |
| Thailand | 3,399 | 30% |
| Vietnam | 3,027 | 23% |
| Denmark | 2,976 | 24% |
| Peru | 2,899 | 42% |
| New Zealand | 2,867 | 15% |
| Norway | 2,835 | 34% |
Over 90 days = open jobs whose board states a posting date more than 90 days ago, of the open jobs with a posting date. Some ATSs reset the date when a job is reposted, which hides long-open listings.
Source: Arcadium Data jobs database, read from 40,634 public company job boards (no logins). Company-level counts only: no job texts, no names of people. Data as of 2026-10-23.
Questions
What share of job listings are ghost jobs?
19% of 1,834,847 open jobs with a posting date were posted over 90 days ago, as of 2026-10-23. Long-open listings include evergreen and ghost jobs, so this is an upper bound for ghost jobs, not a count of them.
Which applicant tracking system has the most long-open job listings?
cutshort: 89% of its dated open jobs were posted over 90 days ago (ATSs with 1,000+ dated open jobs, as of 2026-10-23).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Ghost jobs by ATS: how many listings stay open for months", https://arcadiumdata.io/stats/ghost-jobs/, data as of 2026-10-23.