Why did my ContactOut search show fewer people?
The ContactOut help pages give 4 common reasons. The first to rule out: A search can be set to leave out people whose contact details you have already revealed, so repeat searches can show fewer people.
What causes it?
A search can be set to leave out people whose contact details you have already revealed, so repeat searches can show fewer people.
In the ContactOut help:
You can exclude the profiles you have already revealed contact information for, by first adding them to a list and selecting the list name from exclude list dropdown.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.The years in current role filter looks only at the role a profile marks as present.
In the ContactOut help:
Using this filter, you can set the years only in current role which is the experience marked as "present" in profile.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.The skills filter matches only skills a person lists in the skills section of their profile.
In the ContactOut help:
Skills filter matches against the skills listed in "skills" section of linkedIn.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.A job title search can include related titles, leave some out, and look at current roles, past roles or both, so the same title can return different counts.
In the ContactOut help:
You have options to include related titles, exclude some titles from your search and choose from current/past/current or past experiences using the dropdown on top right.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check it myself?
Rerun the search from a saved search so you compare the same filters each time.
In the ContactOut help:
This feature allows you to save the queries you're making so you can revisit them later, without needing to type into the filter fields again.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.If you search by distance, check that the location is a city, since a radius works only for cities.
In the ContactOut help:
You can only enter miles radius value for cities, and not for states or countries.
Prospecting with Search Portal, read 2026-11-12.
How does ContactOut work with Feder?
- Connect ContactOut to Feder and it joins your Interest apps.
- When you connect ContactOut, 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.
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.
See whether you can trust the numbers in ContactOut, one of your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in ContactOut.
What else goes wrong with these numbers?
- Why did ContactOut find fewer emails and phone numbers?ContactOut
- Why does my ContactOut saved leads count look different from my team's?ContactOut
- Why did Google Analytics stop collecting data?Google Analytics
- Why aren't my key events showing in Google Analytics?Google Analytics
- Why does Google Analytics show (not set)?Google Analytics
See every question.
Where do these answers come from?
Every cause and check on this page comes from the ContactOut help 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.