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Oceania · Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Australia

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


Rising

  1. 1WikiCamps Australia

    Breakout

    Travel & places · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  3. 3The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Loftia

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #11 in top sellers

  5. The White House, Public domain

    5Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 18,099 reads


Top today

  1. 1Black Doves

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  2. Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

    2Foo Fighters

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #28 in songs

  3. 3It Ends with Us

    New

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

  4. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    4Olivia Rodrigo

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  5. 5WikiCamps Australia

    Breakout

    Travel & places · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  6. 6Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  7. 7The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

    Breakout

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

  8. Peculiar Realm, CC BY-SA 4.0

    8David Walliams

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  9. 9The Grade Cricketer

    Back

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  10. 10Loftia

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #11 in top sellers

Everyday apps here: Reddit · EatClub - Restaurant Deals · Wise - Global Money · CommBank · drawnames | Secret Santa app. 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 5,417 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. War and security More than usual
    5.0% of the news · usually 1.4% · 3.6× usual · 269 articles
  2. AI More than usual
    4.9% of the news · usually 2.4% · 2.0× usual · 264 articles
  3. Climate More than usual
    2.1% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3.5× usual · 113 articles

    Survey · 2023 62% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  4. 0.7% of the news · usually 1.5% · 40 articles
  5. 0.6% of the news · usually 1.5% · 34 articles
  6. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 32 articles
  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 1.3% · 30 articles
  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.4% · 4 articles

How the news sounds

Also in the news

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 · 18,099 reads

  2. 2Beaconsfield Mine collapse

    New

    Nature, climate & disasters · Wikipedia · 7,024 reads

  3. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

    3Remembrance Day

    New

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 5,494 reads

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 4,005 reads

  5. 5TradingView

    Rising

    Tech & AI · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  6. Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0

    6Singapore Airlines

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  7. House Creative Services, Public domain

    7Thomas Massie

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,881 reads

  8. U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain

    8Pete Hegseth

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,736 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. prateBreakout
  2. prate meaning+4,900%
  3. maroubra beach hybrid parking policy+3,100%
  4. tonga vs new zealand+2,100%
  5. new zealand vs tonga+2,050%
  6. raglan meaning+1,850%
  7. australian cricket star retires glenn maxwell+1,700%
  8. raglan+1,500%
  9. ringer shirt+1,450%
  10. nz election results+1,400%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 18,099 reads

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    New

    Wikipedia · 4,005 reads

  3. Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0

    3Singapore Airlines

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1Solocator - GPS Field Camera

    Back

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

  2. 2ExplorOz Traveller

    App Store · #42 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Beaconsfield Mine collapse

    New

    Wikipedia · 7,024 reads

  2. 2My Lightning Tracker Pro

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. 3wear.the: weather outfit diary

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1The Case Of

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  2. 2Dateline NBC

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #34 in podcasts

  3. Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain

    3Joran van der Sloot

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,040 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The End of Everything

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,878 reads

  2. Virtual Futures, CC BY 3.0

    2M. John Harrison

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,010 reads

  3. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    3Kahlil Gibran

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Education & careers

  1. 1The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1DuoFridge

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

  2. 2Universalis

    App Store · #45 in paid apps

  3. 3Fresha for customers

    App Store · #90 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1KFC - Order On The Go

    App Store · #81 in free apps

  2. Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Marco Pierre White

    Wikipedia · 1,102 reads

  3. Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Heston Blumenthal

    Wikipedia · 970 reads

Gaming

  1. 1Loftia

    New

    Steam · #11 in top sellers

  2. 2Football Manager 27

    Rising

    Steam · #4 in top sellers

  3. 3Call of Duty®

    Back

    Steam · #16 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Monash FODMAP Diet

    Rising

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  2. 2Opioid Calculator

    Back

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

  3. 3Hers

    App Store · #31 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Budget Direct App

    App Store · #69 in free apps

  2. 2Wise - Global Money

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in free apps

  3. 3CommBank

    Everyday app

    App Store · #43 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Black Doves

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  2. 2It Ends with Us

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  3. 3Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

    1Foo Fighters

    Rising

    Apple Music · #28 in songs

  2. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    2Olivia Rodrigo

    Rising

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

  3. Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Ella Langley

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. Office of the Governor-General of New Zealand, CC0

    1Dai Henwood

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. 2Death of Kumanjayi Walker

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. 3Good Hang with Amy Poehler

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #40 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. House Creative Services, Public domain

    1Thomas Massie

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,881 reads

  2. 2The Rest Is Politics

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

  3. U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain

    3Pete Hegseth

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,736 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Lady Annabel Goldsmith

    Wikipedia · 492 reads

  2. 2Alice S. Huang

    Wikipedia · 402 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Mamamia Out Loud

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  2. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Remembrance Day

    New

    Wikipedia · 5,494 reads

  3. 3Everyone Has An Ex

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #30 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1The Grade Cricketer

    Back

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  2. 2Ball tampering

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  3. Flickerd, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Cameron Bruce

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 7,808 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1TripView

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Threema for iOS

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3Shadowrocket

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1WikiCamps Australia

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. User:Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Floreat, Western Australia

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Manager for Scooters

    App Store · #24 in paid apps


Industries here

Media & entertainment 17Gaming 17Sports & fitness 11Tech & software 11Music 7Travel & tourism 4Health & pharma 3Government & public sector 3Advertising & marketing 2Transport & logistics 2Fashion & beauty 1Telecom & internet 1Cars & mobility 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.

Politics in the news

  • Protests in the news2reports of events, mostly in English10 Nov 2026 · usually 4 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news68reports of events, mostly in English10 Nov 2026 · usually 53 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

  • Unemployment4.4%Jul 2026 · −0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Consumer confidence98.0100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate4.60%Sept 2026 · +0.25 pts since Aug 2026BIS
  • Real house prices4.2%Q2 2026 · −1.8 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth1.4%2025 · −0.0 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment9.6%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Job postings150.41 Feb 2020 = 10030 Oct 2026 · +4.3 since 31 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro1.624AUD per euro10 Nov 2026 · euro +1.5% since 3 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence100.5100 = long-run averageFeb 2026 · +0.0 since Jan 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Artificial Intelligence
    529 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    499 papers
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    472 papers · rising +88%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Taken: Natalee Holloway

      Breakout

    2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

      Falling

    3. 3Nobody Wants This

      Falling

    4. 4Black Doves

    5. 5A Couple of Lies

    6. 6Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell

    7. 7Will Trent

    8. 8The Diplomat

      Falling

    9. 9Dead-End Job

    10. 10East of Eden

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

      Breakout

    2. 2You, Me & Tuscany

      New

    3. 3It Ends with Us

      New

    4. 4A Dog's Perfect Christmas

    5. 5Collision Course

    6. 6Heist

    7. 7The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    8. 8Christmas at the Palace

    9. 9The Pelican Brief

    10. 10Nowhere to Run

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0

      1Ella Langley

      Rising

    2. 2Tate McRae

      Falling

    3. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

      3Olivia Rodrigo

      Rising

    4. 4Olivia Dean

    5. 5Stella Lefty

      Falling

    6. 7Adéla

      Falling

    7. 8Sam Fender

    8. 9Taylor Swift

    9. 10Ashe

    Apple Music · 2026-11-11

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Mamamia Out Loud

      Rising

    2. 2Casefile

      Falling

    3. 3Conversations

    4. 4The Rest Is History

    5. 5The Case Of

      Rising

    6. 6The Rest Is Politics: US

    7. 7Life Uncut

    8. 8Shameless

    9. 9The Daily

    10. 10Hamish & Andy

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-11

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1ING Banking - Do Your Thing

      2. 2Vinted: Sell vintage clothes

      3. 3myGov app

      4. 4ChatGPT

      5. 5CapCut

      6. 6Claude by Anthropic

      7. 7Microsoft Authenticator

      8. 8Shop

      9. 9AXS Tickets

      10. 10AliExpress - Shopping App

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-11

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1WikiCamps Australia

          Breakout

        2. 2TripView

          Breakout

        3. 3Threema for iOS

          Breakout

        4. 4Shadowrocket

          Breakout

        5. 5Monash FODMAP Diet

          Breakout

        6. 6Rain Parrot

          Back

        7. 7Moment Pro Camera II

          Back

        8. 8Chromagraph Camera

          Back

        9. 9AnkiMobile Flashcards

          Back

        10. 10Procreate

          Back

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-11

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

          2. 2Counter-Strike 2

            Rising

          3. 3Phantom Blade Zero

            Falling

          4. 4Football Manager 27

            Breakout

          5. 5Steam Deck

            Rising

          6. 6Aion 2

            Falling

          7. 7Warframe

            Rising

          8. 8Probably Stolen

          9. 9PUBG: Battlegrounds

            Breakout

          10. 10Overwatch® 2: Rose Gold Mercy Bundle

            Rising

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03


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