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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Australia

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Australia’s attention is AI everywhere (5.7%, 1.8× the world). The news sounds darker than usual.

Australia’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Streaming and screen culture

39.3% of attention this week

Most readWikipedia

Top storiesThe news

Open the Streaming and screen culture page

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Covered more than readAI everywhere0.2×
Reading and news · 7.5m · Solid

Australia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world, and is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, including large deserts centrally and tropical rainforests along the coast.

From Wikipedia: Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • HMAS Canberra (L02), a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, and HMAS Arunta, an Anzac-class frigate, sailing in formation
    HMAS Canberra (L02), a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, and HMAS Arunta, an Anzac-class frigate, sailing in formationU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erica Bechard · Public domain
  • St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney belongs to the Catholic Church, Australia's largest religious denomination.
    St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney belongs to the Catholic Church, Australia's largest religious denomination.File:St Mary's Cathedral as viewed from Hyde Park, Sydney.jpg : Dxwkx derivativ… · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Australia has the highest ratio of international students per capita in the world, with Melbourne ranking fifth among the 2023 QS Best Student Cities…
    Australia has the highest ratio of international students per capita in the world, with Melbourne ranking fifth among the 2023 QS Best Student Cities…Donaldytong · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, making it the youngest building to have received the…
    The Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, making it the youngest building to have received the…Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0
  • Arising from the Australian pub rock scene, AC/DC ranks among the world's best-selling music acts.
    Arising from the Australian pub rock scene, AC/DC ranks among the world's best-selling music acts.Lost Parables from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. ©jameshughes · CC BY 2.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Australia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    463 stories

  2. The White House, Public domain

    Jensen Huang

    New

    207 stories

  3. NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Usman Khawaja

    New

    204 stories

  4. YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0

    David Warner

    30.0× last week

    180 stories

  5. Steve Smith

    13.3× last week

    160 stories

  6. SirWellsy99, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Pat Cummins

    4.6× last week

    158 stories

  7. Wayne Rooney

    4.7× last week

    142 stories

  8. Alice Huang

    New

    136 stories

  9. Cameron Bancroft

    New

    133 stories

  10. David Jones

    119 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    241 stories

  2. United Nations

    2.0× last week

    234 stories

  3. Supreme Court

    156 stories

  4. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    2.0× last week

    148 stories

  5. Exchange Online

    New

    136 stories

  6. Federal Reserve

    2.2× last week

    110 stories

  7. CEBIT AUSTRALIA, CC BY 2.0
  8. Victoria Police

    2.1× last week

    78 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Australia · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos the most-liked Bluesky posts in English shared this week.

Shared from Instagram

Shared from YouTube

  1. Could This Actually End Citizens United?

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 2 posts · 12,541 likes and reposts

  2. LIVE: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

    Shared in 9 posts · 10,539 likes and reposts

  3. We're just normal men, we're just innocent men (Lauren and Hacker: full clip)

    Antigone Journal

    Shared in 1 post · 8,384 likes and reposts

  4. Investigating Jared Kushner's Empire of Fraud & Corruption

    Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan

    Shared in 2 posts · 8,106 likes and reposts

  5. Mystery Skulls Animated - When I'm With You

    MysteryBen27

    Shared in 1 post · 6,960 likes and reposts

  6. NYC is Suffering from Halalflation

    Zohran Mamdani for NYC

    Shared in 1 post · 5,973 likes and reposts

  7. The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 1 post · 5,033 likes and reposts

  8. AG Blanche’s DELAY Attempt REJECTED BY APPEALS Court In My EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 4,515 likes and reposts

  9. Patrick Stewart Gives Passionate Response to Question At Comicpalooza 2013

    Heather Skye

    Shared in 2 posts · 4,432 likes and reposts

  10. President Obama at GA Rally to Support Keisha Lance Bottoms & Jon Ossoff

    Barack Obama

    Shared in 1 post · 3,474 likes and reposts

Trending on Bluesky

Topics Bluesky lists as trending this week (worldwide, mostly in English)

Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

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Discussion

Australia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Startups people read about

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week

  1. Anthropic

    Startups and building things · founded 2021 · 1,795 page views

    Backed by Spark Capital

  2. Facebook

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2004 · 1,754 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  3. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    OpenAI

    Startups and building things · founded 2015 · 982 page views

    Backed by a16z, Sequoia +2

  4. Reddit

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2005 · 899 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia

  5. Palantir

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2003 · 206 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

Backers according to Wikidata

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