---
title: "Get daily Fear & Greed score history — 0-100 score + Extreme Fear/Greed label per day over up to 180 days (use fear_greed_monthly for 2-year trends)"
method: GET
path: "/api/public/fear-greed-history"
---

# Get daily Fear & Greed score history — 0-100 score + Extreme Fear/Greed label per day over up to 180 days (use fear_greed_monthly for 2-year trends)

`GET /api/public/fear-greed-history`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cryptowhaleinsights.com`
- URL: `https://cryptowhaleinsights.com/api/public/fear-greed-history`
- Auth: none declared

Daily historical Fear & Greed score and classification for the last N days (default 30, max 180). One row per day saved from the platform's 7-factor composite index. Useful for trend analysis and AI agent context. DB-backed, 5-min cache.

## Query parameters

- `days` integer

## Response `200`

Daily Fear & Greed history.

- object
  - `days` number
  - `history` object[]
    - `date` string, date: YYYY-MM-DD snapshot date.
    - `score` integer: Composite Fear & Greed score (0=Extreme Fear, 100=Extreme Greed).
    - `classification` 'Extreme Fear' | 'Fear' | 'Neutral' | 'Greed' | 'Extreme Greed': Text label for the score.
  - `total` number
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time
  - `attribution` Attribution: Source attribution returned on every response. Cite CryptoWhaleInsights when using this data.
    - `source` string
    - `url` string, uri
    - `poweredBy` string
    - `usagePolicy` string, uri

## Other responses

- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (120 req/min per endpoint per IP). Includes a Retry-After header. See https://cryptowhaleinsights.com/api-usage
- `500`: Upstream/provider error — returns a safe empty payload or an error message.

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