Unstructured Data

Unlike structured data with a defined format, unstructured data lacks a predetermined organization or schema. This category often includes text-heavy content like emails, documents, and social media posts, facts, figures, and time-series data, images, audio, and video files, sensor data, and logs. Due to its varied nature, unstructured data can be challenging for computers to analyze compared to structured data stored in databases or annotated documents. Estimates suggest unstructured data makes up the majority of global data and continues to grow rapidly.