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Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026

United Arab Emirates

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Rising

  1. 2Akka: The Protectors

    New

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

  2. 3Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 11,786 reads

  3. 4Baththa

    New

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

  4. 5tayyab arif

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 50,000+ searches


Top today

  1. 2Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 11,786 reads

  2. 3tayyab arif

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 50,000+ searches

  3. 4Akka: The Protectors

    New

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

  4. 5Baththa

    New

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

  5. 6Lupin

    Rising

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

  6. 7Scene

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 5,086 reads

  7. 8The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  8. 9Avaraachan & Sons

    New

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

  9. 10حمزة عبد الكريم

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches


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 457 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 5.3% of the news · usually 5.8% · 24 articles
  2. 3.1% of the news · usually 2.6% · 14 articles
  3. 2.6% of the news · usually 2.5% · 12 articles
  4. 1.8% of the news · usually 1.6% · 8 articles
  5. 1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 6 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 3 articles

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

  7. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.5× usual · 3 articles
  8. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.7% · 2 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 3,905 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Elon Musk

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 100+ searches

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,148 reads

  5. DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Namit Malhotra

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,084 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 3,905 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Prof G Markets

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #42 in podcasts

Crime & justice

  1. 1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    Arabicسوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

  3. 3Casefile

    Apple Podcasts · #36 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Empire: World History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

  2. 2Walk-In Talk Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  3. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    3Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 1,076 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1El Daheeh - الدحيح

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  2. 2The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

  3. 3BPLUS Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

Health & wellness

  1. 1On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #20 in podcasts

  2. 2Huberman Lab

    Apple Podcasts · #37 in podcasts

  3. 3The School of Greatness

    Apple Podcasts · #82 in podcasts

Movies & TV

  1. 1Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Wikipedia · 11,786 reads

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Baththa

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. File:Amitabh Bacchan and Shrinivas Kulkarni.jpg : Shrinivaskulkarni1388 derivat…, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Amitabh Bachchan

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Future

    Apple Music · #9 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1The Romesh Ranganathan Show

    Apple Podcasts · #43 in podcasts

  2. 2LuAnna: The Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #46 in podcasts

  3. 3The Joe Rogan Experience

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1FT News Briefing

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  2. 2The Daily

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

  3. 3The Economist Podcasts

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #49 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Boring History for Sleep

    Apple Podcasts · #76 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 2بودكاست أبجورة

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  2. 3Modern Wisdom

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Jomel Warrican

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Usman Khawaja

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Giuliano Simeone

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts


Industries here

Media & entertainment 28Music 14Sports & fitness 9Government & public sector 5Nonprofits & NGOs 2Tech & software 1Energy & utilities 1Education 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
    172 papers
  • Education
    93 papers
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    88 papers
  • Fuel Technology
    48 papers · rising +91%

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. 4Hamza Malik & Zain Zohaib

    5. 5Drake

    6. 6Ashe

    7. 7Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran, Madhubanti Bagchi & Kumaar

    8. 8Dave & Tems

    9. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

      9Future

    10. 10Olivia Rodrigo

    Show the top 100

      Apple Music · 2026-11-10

      Apple Podcasts · Shows

      1. 1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

      2. 2Global News Podcast

      3. 3The Diary of a CEO

      4. 4El Daheeh - الدحيح

      5. 5The Rest Is History

      6. 6The Joe Rogan Experience

      7. 7The Mel Robbins Podcast

      8. 8Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy

      9. 9بدون ورق

      10. 10Rotten Mango

      Show the top 100

        Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10


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