Ghost Job Index
A weekly, privacy-safe pulse on junk listings, ghost signals, and source quality in our remote job corpus.
Updated July 21, 2026 (UTC). How we calculate this
Listings in corpus
41,000
Week of 2026-07-14 → 2026-07-21
Low-quality / junk signals
21%
8,600 listings flagged
Elevated repost churn
520
140 high-churn title pairs
With trust reports
3,200
Browse corpus linked to Trust Reports
Top junk patterns
- Generic or placeholder company name14%
- Urgent / ASAP / reputed-company title patterns11.4%
- Free-mail or URL-shortener apply link8.8%
- Very short job description7.4%
Trust signal mix
Ghost likelihood
- high300 (9%)
- medium900 (28%)
- low2,000 (63%)
Scam risk
- high200 (6%)
- medium500 (16%)
- low2,500 (78%)
Junk rate by source
Sources with at least 20 listings. Board names only — no employer or listing identifiers.
| Source | Listings | Flagged | Junk rate | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| remoteok | 5,000 | 180 | 3.6% | trusted |
| arbeitnow | 3,380 | 420 | 12.4% | trusted |
| unknown_board | 7,360 | 2,100 | 28.5% | unknown |
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Run a free trust scanLast updated July 21, 2026 (UTC). Methodology v2026-07. Aggregates only. No job titles, company names, URLs, emails, or user data.