---
title: "List growth history data"
method: GET
path: "/3.0/lists/{list_id}/growth-history"
tags: ["lists"]
---

# List growth history data

`GET /3.0/lists/{list_id}/growth-history`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mailchimp.com`
- URL: `https://api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/{list_id}/growth-history`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://login.mailchimp.com/oauth2/authorize`
    - Token URL: `https://login.mailchimp.com/oauth2/token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/mailchimp/apis/mailchimp-api/docs/3.0/lists/:list_id/growth-history/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Get a month-by-month summary of a specific list's growth activity.

## Path parameters

- `list_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `fields` string[]
- `exclude_fields` string[]
- `count` integer
- `offset` integer
- `sort_field` 'month'
- `sort_dir` 'ASC' | 'DESC'

## Response `200`

- object: A month-by-month summary of a specific list's growth activity.
  - `_links` object[]: A list of link types and descriptions for the API schema documents.
    - `href` string: This property contains a fully-qualified URL that can be called to retrieve the linked resource or perform the linked action.
    - `method` 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'PATCH' | 'DELETE' | 'OPTIONS' | 'HEAD': The HTTP method that should be used when accessing the URL defined in 'href'.
    - `rel` string: As with an HTML 'rel' attribute, this describes the type of link.
    - `schema` string: For HTTP methods that can receive bodies (POST and PUT), this is a URL representing the schema that the body should conform to.
    - `targetSchema` string: For GETs, this is a URL representing the schema that the response should conform to.
  - `history` object[]: An array of objects, each representing a monthly growth report for a list.
    - `_links` object[]: A list of link types and descriptions for the API schema documents.
      - `href` string: This property contains a fully-qualified URL that can be called to retrieve the linked resource or perform the linked action.
      - `method` 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'PATCH' | 'DELETE' | 'OPTIONS' | 'HEAD': The HTTP method that should be used when accessing the URL defined in 'href'.
      - `rel` string: As with an HTML 'rel' attribute, this describes the type of link.
      - `schema` string: For HTTP methods that can receive bodies (POST and PUT), this is a URL representing the schema that the body should conform to.
      - `targetSchema` string: For GETs, this is a URL representing the schema that the response should conform to.
    - `cleaned` integer: Newly cleaned (hard-bounced) members on the list for a specific month.
    - `deleted` integer: Newly deleted members on the list for a specific month.
    - `existing` integer: (deprecated)
    - `imports` integer: (deprecated)
    - `list_id` string: The list id for the growth activity report.
    - `month` string: The month that the growth history is describing.
    - `optins` integer: (deprecated)
    - `pending` integer: Pending members on the list for a specific month.
    - `reconfirm` integer: Newly reconfirmed members on the list for a specific month.
    - `subscribed` integer: Total subscribed members on the list at the end of the month.
    - `transactional` integer: Subscribers that have been sent transactional emails via Mandrill.
    - `unsubscribed` integer: Newly unsubscribed members on the list for a specific month.
  - `list_id` string: The list id.
  - `total_items` integer: The total number of items matching the query regardless of pagination.

## Other responses

- `default`: An error generated by the Mailchimp API.

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