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Google Activity Viewer

Google's My Activity page shows your activity a day at a time and cannot export it. The complete record is in your Google Takeout export, split into one set of files per product. This page lists each activity export, with a dedicated guide for how to get it and what it contains.

Every activity export, one guide each

  • Search history. Every query you typed into Google while signed in, in My Activity/Search/MyActivity.json.
  • YouTube history. Every video watched while signed in, plus your YouTube searches, in watch-history.json.
  • Chrome history. Every page visited in Chrome, exported only if Chrome sync is on.
  • Location History. The places and countries your phone reported, for accounts that still hold it.
  • Google Photos. Your library by year and by place, read from the metadata beside each photo.
  • Gmail. Your mailbox as an MBOX file, and how many emails it holds.

Android and app activity, Maps searches and other products each have their own folder under My Activity in the ZIP, with the same record shape: a product name, a title, a link and a time. For how those files are built, see Google Takeout JSON files.

Sample data · your real report will look like this

Ad ProfileGoogle PhotosLocation HistorySearch ActivityYouTube HistoryChrome HistoryAndroid ActivityGmail

Search Activity

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Total searches recorded58,724
Most active periodsJanuary 2023, October 2022, March 2024
What this means: Google keeps a record of your searches. The full report includes all data categories and detailed insights.

YouTube Activity

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Videos watched18,329
What this means: YouTube tracks your viewing habits. The full report includes all data categories and export options.

Chrome Browsing

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Pages visited89,412
Top domainsyoutube.com, github.com, stackoverflow.com, twitter.com, amazon.com
What this means: Chrome syncs your browsing across devices. The full report breaks down where you spend the most time online.

Ad Profile

Every other section is a record of something you did. This one is what Google concluded about you from it.

Age range35-44
GenderMale
LanguageEnglish
Parental statusParent of toddlers
Marital statusMarried
Household incomeTop 21-30%
EducationBachelor's degree
Home ownershipHomeowner
Employer size251-500 employees
Interest segments147
Advertisers holding your details68
Ads recorded9,314
Ad personalizationOn

Google Photos

Photos in your library31,408
Videos1,962
Covering2016 to 2025
Busiest year2023
Countries photographed in11
Faces Google put a name to47

Location History

Total location records42,856
Countries detected14

Android Activity

Activity records124,592

Gmail

Emails in archive24,891

All your activity, side by side in one report

Sample data from a fictional account. Open your own Google Takeout ZIP to see your real totals. Free preview before you pay.

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How to export your Google activity

  1. Go to takeout.google.com and sign in.
  2. Click Deselect all, then tick the products you want: My Activity, YouTube and YouTube Music, Chrome, and so on.
  3. Click Multiple formats and choose JSON for activity records and YouTube history.
  4. Choose ZIP, click Create export, and download the archive when Google emails the link.
  5. Drop the ZIP onto TakeoutReader. It finds each category and reports on it separately.

For every setting, see the Google Takeout instructions. For what it all adds up to, read what does Google know about me.

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All eight categories side by side. Free preview. $9 for the full report.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between My Activity and Google Takeout?

My Activity at myactivity.google.com is where you browse and delete recent activity, a day at a time. Google Takeout is the export: it gives you the complete stored record as files in a ZIP. Takeout is the only way to see all of it at once.

How long does Google keep my activity?

For accounts created since June 2020, auto-delete defaults to 18 months for Web & App Activity and 36 months for YouTube History. Timeline (formerly Location History) defaults to 3 months since its 2024 move to on-device storage. Older accounts, or accounts that switched auto-delete off, can have records going back a decade or more. Defaults checked October 2026. Reading your export shows what is actually stored regardless of policy.

Should I export activity as HTML or JSON?

JSON. In Takeout, open Multiple formats and set Activity records, and YouTube History, to JSON. HTML is readable in a browser but hard to count; JSON lets TakeoutReader work out totals, months and years.

Is my activity uploaded when I read it with TakeoutReader?

No. The ZIP is read by JavaScript in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. You can confirm it in your browser's Network tab while the report builds.

Read your full Google activity

Search, YouTube, Chrome, location, Photos and Gmail in one report. Free preview in 60 seconds. The full report unlocks for $9 one-time. No subscription. No account.

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