Can you trust the numbers in Airtable?
Airtable is a no-code platform where teams build AI-driven processes that bring their data and workflows together in one workspace. Its own help pages give 4 reasons its numbers can look different from what you expect. The first to rule out: A date near midnight can land on a different day than an owner expects, because Airtable, as its help pages say, stores dates in GMT.
What does Airtable keep track of?
Every response to an Airtable form is kept as its own row in the table behind that form.
In Airtable's own words:
Each form submission becomes a new record in the table where the form view was created.
Getting started with Airtable form views, read 2026-11-12.Airtable can show quick totals, counts and other summaries at the foot of each field in a view.
In Airtable's own words:
The summary bar is a great tool that can be used to quickly understand and calculate values for a set of records.
Using the summary bar in Airtable views, read 2026-11-12.Airtable keeps a log of the changes made to each row over time.
In Airtable's own words:
Record-level revision history is an overview of the changes made to each record over time.
Record-level revision history in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.
What can make Airtable's numbers look wrong?
A date near midnight can land on a different day than an owner expects, because Airtable, as its help pages say, stores dates in GMT.
In Airtable's own words:
Airtable stores dates in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Timezones and locales in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.Two date fields in the same table can show the same moment differently, since Airtable's help pages say each date field carries its own time zone setting.
In Airtable's own words:
Each date field has its own time zone setting.
Timezones and locales in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.A summary total can look too low when some rows are selected, because Airtable's help pages say the summary then covers only the selected cells.
In Airtable's own words:
If you select a range of rows or cells, the summarization will only include cells that are in that selection range.
Using the summary bar in Airtable views, read 2026-11-12.On Airtable's Free plan, older edits drop out of view, since its help pages say only the past 2 weeks of revision history can be seen.
In Airtable's own words:
For the Free plan, you will be able to see the past 2 weeks of revision history.
Record-level revision history in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check Airtable's numbers myself?
When a figure in a row looks off, an owner can open that row's history to see who changed it and at what time.
In Airtable's own words:
If you look in the revision history, you can see which user made which changes, and when.
Record-level revision history in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.Setting every date field that is compared or used in a formula to the same time zone keeps Airtable's day by day counts lined up.
In Airtable's own words:
Turn the setting on, and choose the same time zone, for every date field that you compare or use in formulas.
Timezones and locales in Airtable, read 2026-11-12.
How does Airtable work with Feder?
Connect Airtable to Feder and it joins your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Airtable.
When you connect Airtable, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Other apps that feed Interest
- Jotformform submissions
- Klaviyonew profiles
- Mailchimpclicks on today's sends
- ActiveCampaignnew contacts
- Cal.combookings made
- Intercomnew contacts
Questions owners ask about Airtable
- Why did my Airtable form submissions drop?A form limited to one email domain can turn away people outside that domain, which can lower submissions.
- Why did my Airtable record count suddenly jump?If your plan includes the CSV import extension, an import run with merging left off creates new records from the file instead of updating existing ones.
- Why does my Airtable view show fewer records than I expect?A view can have filters that hide records from that view only, so its count can be lower than the table's.
Where do these answers come from?
Everything this page says about Airtable comes from Airtable's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.
Know the day a number breaks, not the month after.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.