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Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026

United Arab Emirates

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Rising

  1. 1TypeDraw

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 10,958 reads

  4. 4Baththa

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  5. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Future

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #8 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 10,958 reads

  2. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Future

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #8 in songs

  3. 3TypeDraw

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  4. 4Akka: The Protectors

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  5. 5Baththa

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  6. 6Lupin

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  7. 7Scene

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 5,122 reads

  8. 8The One About Matthew Perry

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  9. 9Avaraachan & Sons

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  10. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,069 reads

Everyday apps here: LICENSE DXB APP · Parkin · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV · Claude by Anthropic · Tiny Computers. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


What the news is talking about

How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 312 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 3.5% of the news · usually 5.8% · 11 articles
  2. 3.5% of the news · usually 2.6% · 11 articles
  3. 2.6% of the news · usually 2.4% · 8 articles
  4. 1.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.5× usual · 5 articles
  5. 1.3% of the news · usually 1.7% · 4 articles
  6. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2 articles

    Survey · 2023 70% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 1.1% · 1 articles

How the news sounds

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

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Issues people are looking up

The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,069 reads

  2. Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Edsger W. Dijkstra

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,401 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1The Diary of a CEO

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

  2. Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Edsger W. Dijkstra

    Wikipedia · 1,401 reads

  3. 3TurboScan™ Pro: PDF scanner

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Solocator - GPS Field Camera

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

  2. 2Blitzer.de PRO

    Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

  3. 3Sun Seeker Golden Hour Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Casefile

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #28 in podcasts

  2. 2Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    Arabicسوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  3. 3Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The Rest Is History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    3Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 2,036 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1أ. ياسر الحزيمي

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

  2. 2SkyView®

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

  3. 3El Daheeh - الدحيح

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1LICENSE DXB APP

    Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in free apps

  2. 2Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1رشف | Rashf

    App Store · #86 in free apps

  2. 2Keeta - Food Delivery

    Everyday app

    SpanishKeeta - Delivery de comida

    App Store · #14 in free apps

  3. 3Peekabox: Food & groceries

    Everyday app

    App Store · #41 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

  2. 2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

  3. 3Huberman Lab

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  2. 2Tabby: Send, spend and save

    Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in free apps

  3. 3Ziina: Send. Spend. Get Paid.

    Everyday app

    App Store · #48 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Wikipedia · 10,958 reads

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Baththa

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Future

    Rising

    Apple Music · #8 in songs

  2. 2Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  3. Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Amr Diab

    Rising

    Apple Music · #32 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #42 in podcasts

  2. 2The Joe Rogan Experience

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  3. 3My Therapist Ghosted Me

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 3,069 reads

  2. 2The Rest Is Politics: US

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  3. 3Global News Podcast

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Boring History for Sleep

    Apple Podcasts · #77 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1السودان بودكاست

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  2. 2The Ezra Klein Show

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

  3. 3فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Gurnoor Brar

    Google Trends · 50,000+ searches

  2. Afghanistan Cricket Board, CC BY 3.0

    2Rahmat Shah

    Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  3. Aitorval, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Deportivo Alavés

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1TypeDraw

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2EICAS Ref

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3UAE Park مواقف الإمارات

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. Tim.Reckmann, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Burj Khalifa

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Burnley

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. 3Nusuk | نسك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in free apps


Industries here

Media & entertainment 30Music 24Tech & software 9Sports & fitness 6Education 4Government & public sector 4Finance & banking 2Crypto & digital assets 2Travel & tourism 1Fashion & beauty 1Advertising & marketing 1Telecom & internet 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1


The numbers behind the mood

The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.

Economy

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Artificial Intelligence
    129 papers
  • Sociology and Political Science
    87 papers · rising +28%
  • Information Systems
    73 papers
  • Ocean Engineering
    51 papers · rising +92%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

      Rising

    2. 2Akka: The Protectors

      New

    3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

      New

    4. 4Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    5. 5Nobody Wants This

    6. 7Dead-End Job

    7. 8Obsess

    8. 9The Great Indian Kapil Show

    9. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Manoj Bajpayee

    2. 2Baththa

      New

    3. 3Avaraachan & Sons

      New

    4. 4Dhoomakethu

    5. 5Surviving Hurricane Otis

    6. 6Dorothy

    7. 7The Paradise

      Falling

    8. 8The Witches

    9. 9Collision Course

    10. 10The Addams Family

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Karol G

    2. 2Tate McRae

    3. 3Adéla

    4. 4Drake

    5. 5Hamza Malik & Zain Zohaib

    6. 6Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran, Madhubanti Bagchi & Kumaar

    7. 7Ashe

    8. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

      8Future

      Rising

    9. 9Dave & Tems

    Apple Music · 2026-11-08

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    2. 2Global News Podcast

      Rising

    3. 3The Diary of a CEO

      Falling

    4. 4The Rest Is History

      Rising

    5. 5The Rest Is Politics: US

      Rising

    6. 6The Joe Rogan Experience

      Falling

    7. 7El Daheeh - الدحيح

    8. 8Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy

      Rising

    9. 9The Mel Robbins Podcast

    10. 10The Holy Quran, Sheikh Maher Al-Muaiqly | القران الكريم ماهر المعيقلي

      Rising

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Claude by Anthropic

      2. 2ChatGPT

      3. 3DARB - Urban mobility

      4. 4Disney+

      5. 5Parkin

        Rising

      6. 6CapCut

      7. 7Google Gemini

      8. 8Etihad Credit Bureau

        Falling

      9. 9Google Maps

      10. 10Tiktok

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-08

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Tiny Computers

        2. 2TypeDraw

          Breakout

        3. 3Chromagraph Camera

          Falling

        4. 4Shadowrocket

        5. 5EICAS Ref

        6. 6Pocket Mac Lab

        7. 7Procreate

        8. 8Deck-Man: Cassette Player

          Falling

        9. 9SkyView®

        10. 10UAE Park مواقف الإمارات

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-08


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