# How to read Threads leaderboards and platform data

Nothing in the Data section **uses credits**. How many entries you can see, the time ranges and the sort options depend on your plan. The Free plan shows less, and you'll see an upgrade prompt when you reach the limit.

## Leaderboards

The **Leaderboards** page has four tabs:

![Trending posts tab on Leaderboards, sorted by likes](../../../../assets/screenshots/en/web/leaderboard-hot.jpg)

| Tab | What it shows | Options |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trending posts | Posts with the most engagement over a period | Sort by likes, replies, reposts or shares. Pick a past date |
| Rising posts | Posts whose likes are growing fastest | Time range of 1, 2, 6, 12 or 24 hours. Pick a past date |
| Follower growth | Accounts gaining followers fastest | Time range of 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days |
| Top replies | Replies that beat the original post. It's not a plain sort by likes: the more likes the reply has and the fewer the original post has, the higher it ranks | Last 24 hours by default. Pick a past date |

- Some sort options, longer time ranges and past dates require a paid plan.
- We keep tuning how each leaderboard ranks posts so it better reflects what's hot on the platform.

![Rising posts tab on Leaderboards, showing like growth over the time range](../../../../assets/screenshots/en/web/leaderboard-rising.jpg)

## Viral radar

**Viral radar** lists the most-liked posts published **in the last 60 minutes**, so you can spot content as it takes off. Click **Refresh** for the latest rankings. The Overview page also shows the top few.

![Viral radar: the most-liked posts from the last 60 minutes](../../../../assets/screenshots/en/web/radar.jpg)

## Platform data

The **Platform data** page has three tabs:

- **Power hours**: Based on the last 4 weeks of data, a heatmap shows how often posts published in each time slot become trending posts, and lists the 5 best times to post. Follows the post language selected in the header.

![Power hours in Platform data: top 5 posting times and a viral-rate heatmap](../../../../assets/screenshots/en/web/platform-power-hours.jpg)

![Follower ladder in Platform data: rank and follower threshold for each tier](../../../../assets/screenshots/en/web/platform-follower-ladder.jpg)
- **Follower ladder**: Where each follower range ranks on the platform. See which tier your account is in.
- **Likes ladder**: Like-count thresholds for each tier, so you can tell whether a post is doing well for the platform.

For an introduction to each data view, see [Threads leaderboards and data analytics](https://www.throk.ai/en/stats).