job postings count for role 'data scientist' is forecast at 7 in Aug 17–23, 2026, within 4-9 at 80% confidence (down from 8 in Jul 20–26, 2026).

Partially confirmed

What was claimed

The forecast

Target period: Aug 17–23, 2026
Predicted mentions: 7 job postings
Direction: ↓ Falling
Method: Linear trend fit with confidence interval
Review by: 2026-08-23
Expires: 2026-08-30

Confidence at publication

Early signal

What happened

Outcome

Actual mentions: 0 job postings
Off by: 7 postings
Accuracy: 0%
Direction: ✓ Called correctly
Predicted range: ✗ Actual fell outside it

Interval 4.0-9.4 missed the observed 0.0 (down) in 2026-W34; point estimate was 6.7 (down).

Observed history

data scientist — the series behind the fit

Jun 15–21, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 22–28, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 29–Jul 5, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 6–12, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 13–19, 2026: 4 mentionsJul 20–26, 2026: 3 mentions

How we know

Evidence

33+

Confidence

Early signal

Source diversity

0 sources

Last updated

2026-07-26

Reality validation

Predicted: 6.71
Actual: 0
Accuracy: 0%
Direction: called correctly

How this forecast was made

Approach: Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
How far ahead: 4 weeks
Checked against reality by: 2026-08-23
Can it be edited?: No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is

Track record for data scientist

4 forecasts published, 4 scored, mean accuracy 57%.

No source documents resolve for this artefact.