Facebook Marketplace not showing new listings?

Facebook Marketplace shows you what its ranking decides you should see, not what was posted last. That is why you can refresh for an hour, see the same tired listings, and later find that the thing you wanted was posted at 9:05 and sold by 9:40 without ever appearing in your feed. Some of it is fixable on your end: location, filters, a stale app. Most of it is how Marketplace works, and the fix for that is not refreshing harder. Here is what to check, then the part that is not yours to fix.

1. Things on your end

1. Location. Marketplace uses the location set inside Marketplace, not your phone's GPS. Tap the location name at the top of Marketplace and set your town and radius. A wrong town or a tiny radius hides most new listings. "Not showing listings near me" is almost always this.
2. Filters that stuck. A price range, condition, category or "shipping only" filter from an earlier search stays on. Clear filters and search again.
3. Sort. On search results, change the sort to date listed, newest first, where the app offers it. The default sort is relevance, which favors listings Facebook thinks you want, not the latest. Not every category offers the date sort on every version of the app.
4. A stale app. Update Facebook, force-close it, reopen. On Android, Settings → Apps → Facebook → Storage → Clear cache.
5. Feed vs search. The Marketplace home feed is a recommendation feed. New listings for a specific item only show reliably in a search for that item, sorted by date.
6. Hidden and recently sold. Listings marked pending or sold drop out; listings from sellers who blocked you or whom you blocked never show.

2. Things that are not yours to fix

• Ranking, not recency. Even with the date sort, Marketplace's results are a ranked set, and new listings can take time to appear in it. Two people searching the same thing in the same town see different results.
• Listing delay. A listing is not always visible to everyone the moment the seller posts it. Facebook does not publish how long it takes.
• Saved-search notifications are late. The built-in fix, a saved search with notifications on, tells you about new listings hours to days later in our use, and turns itself off. The steps and the switches are on saved search notifications not working.

How to see new listings without refreshing

Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist for a search you set, on our servers, around the clock, and buzzes your phone when a listing is posted. Every alert shows when we found it, so "Found 12m ago" means twelve minutes. A low price limit, a radius from your town, and a relevance filter keep the junk out, and a Deal Score on each find says how far under the typical price near you it sits. No Facebook login. $3.99 a month for three searches, cancel anytime. Set the search once, and new listings come to you.

FAQ

Why is Facebook Marketplace not showing new listings?

Marketplace ranks results by what it thinks you want, not by what was posted last, and listings can take time to appear. On your end, check the location set inside Marketplace, clear stuck filters, sort search results by date where offered, and update the app.

Why is Facebook Marketplace not showing listings near me?

The location inside Marketplace (tap the location name at the top) is wrong or the radius is too small. Marketplace does not use your phone's GPS for this.

How do I sort Facebook Marketplace by newest?

On a search results page, open the sort control and choose date listed, newest first. Not every category offers it on every app version, and even sorted, results are a ranked set that new listings join with a delay.

How do I know when a new listing is posted on Facebook Marketplace?

Facebook's saved-search notifications, which in our use arrive hours to days late, or an app that watches for you. Deal Scanner buzzes your phone when a listing is posted and shows when it found it.

Sources checked

Facebook Help Center on Marketplace location and notifications; our own side-by-side use of Marketplace search and saved-search notifications. Checked October 26, 2026.