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Asia · Thursday, 12 November 2026

United Arab Emirates

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. 1Blitzer.de PRO

    Back

    Cars & transport · App Store · #7 in paid apps

  2. 2Parkin

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #8 in free apps

  3. 3Stick to Football

    Back

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

  4. 4Taken: Natalee Holloway

    New

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

  5. 5Collision Course

    Breakout

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


Top today

  1. 1Stick to Football

    Back

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

  2. 2Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 8,657 reads

  4. 4Bangladesh

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  5. 5Akka: The Protectors

    Rising

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

  6. 6Taken: Natalee Holloway

    New

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

  7. 7Dead-End Job

    Rising

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

  8. The White House, Public domain

    8Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 4,972 reads

  9. 9Blitzer.de PRO

    Back

    Cars & transport · App Store · #7 in paid apps

  10. EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    10Belgium

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

Everyday apps here: TypeDraw · Gmail · Temu · Google Maps · Chromagraph Camera. 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 480 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 5.4% of the news · usually 5.4% · 26 articles
  2. 2.3% of the news · usually 2.8% · 11 articles
  3. 2.1% of the news · usually 2.5% · 10 articles
  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.6% · 7 articles
  5. 1.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 6 articles
  6. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3 articles
  7. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.7% · 2 articles

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

  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 1.1% · 0 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 · 4,972 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 2,189 reads

  3. 3Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 100+ searches

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,979 reads

  5. 5Colette Kress

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,720 reads

  6. 6Kalanithi Maran

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,701 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 4,972 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,189 reads

  3. 3Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1Blitzer.de PRO

    Back

    App Store · #7 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    Arabicسوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  2. 2RedHanded

    Apple Podcasts · #47 in podcasts

  3. 3Rotten Mango

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Empire: World History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    2Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 1,204 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

    Back

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 2El Daheeh - الدحيح

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  3. 3The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1LICENSE DXB APP

    App Store · #95 in free apps

  2. 2Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  3. 3DubaiNow

    Everyday app

    App Store · #83 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Costa Club UAE

    App Store · #97 in free apps

  2. 2Peekabox: Food & groceries

    Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in free apps

  3. 3Keeta - Food Delivery

    Everyday app

    SpanishKeeta - Delivery de comida

    App Store · #26 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Fitness Coach FitProSport FULL

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2Little Beaver: Baby Tracker

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. 3On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Money Pro: Personal Finance AR

    App Store · #44 in paid apps

  2. 2Tabby: Send, spend and save

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in free apps

  3. 3Tamara | Own your Dream

    Everyday app

    App Store · #47 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Wikipedia · 8,657 reads

  3. 3Akka: The Protectors

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. MAL MALDIVE, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Yasir al-Dawsari

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

  2. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Anirudh Ravichander

    Wikipedia · 1,628 reads

  3. 3Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1The Joe Rogan Experience

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. 2My Therapist Ghosted Me

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

  3. 3Call Her Daddy

    Apple Podcasts · #68 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1The Tucker Carlson Show

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  2. 2Global News Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  3. 3The Rest Is Politics

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Boring History for Sleep

    Apple Podcasts · #66 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1بودكاست أبجورة

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #26 in podcasts

  2. 2الشيخ عبدالرحمن السديس

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  3. 3What Now? with Trevor Noah

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #40 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Stick to Football

    Back

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

  2. Chubby Chandru, CC BY 2.0

    2New Zealand national cricket team

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. 3Under-19 Men's Asia Cup

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Vinegar - Tube Cleaner

    New

    App Store · #8 in paid apps

  2. 2Parkin

    Rising

    App Store · #8 in free apps

  3. 3Denoise Audio - Remove Noise

    New

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Bangladesh

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  2. EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Belgium

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  3. Hunanuk, CC0

    3Turkey

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 29Travel & tourism 11Sports & fitness 7Tech & software 5Government & public sector 4Music 3Education 3Fashion & beauty 1Advertising & marketing 1Cars & mobility 1Health & pharma 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. 1Akka: The Protectors

      Rising

    2. 2Dead-End Job

      Rising

    3. 3Taken: Natalee Holloway

      New

    4. 4Obsess

      Rising

    5. 5Lupin

      Falling

    6. 6Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    7. 7A Couple of Lies

    8. 8Black Doves

    9. 9The One About Matthew Perry

      Falling

    10. 10Kauriburi: The Cursed Temple

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Baththa

    3. 3Avaraachan & Sons

    4. 4Dilwali Diwali

    5. 5Meethe Mein Kya Hai

    6. 6Don't Trouble the Trouble

    7. 7The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    8. 8Manoj Bajpayee

      Falling

    9. 9Heist

    10. 10Sigma

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    2. 2Global News Podcast

    3. 3The Diary of a CEO

    4. 4The Rest Is Politics

    5. 5El Daheeh - الدحيح

    6. 6The Holy Quran, Sheikh Maher Al-Muaiqly | القران الكريم ماهر المعيقلي

    7. 7The Rest Is History

    8. 8The Joe Rogan Experience

    9. 9Rotten Mango

      Falling

    10. 10The Rest Is Politics: US

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-13

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1ChatGPT

      2. 2Claude by Anthropic

      3. 3DARB - Urban mobility

      4. 4Google Gemini

      5. 5CapCut

      6. 6WhatsApp Business

      7. 7Gmail

        Rising

      8. 8Parkin

        Rising

      9. 9Disney+

      10. 10Tiktok

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-13

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

        2. 2TypeDraw

          Rising

        3. 3Procreate

        4. 4Threema for iOS

          Falling

        5. 5Chromagraph Camera

          Rising

        6. 6Tiny Computers

          Falling

        7. 7Blitzer.de PRO

          Back

        8. 8Vinegar - Tube Cleaner

          New

        9. 9Denoise Audio - Remove Noise

          New

        10. 10AnkiMobile Flashcards

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-13


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