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Europe · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Bulgaria

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


Rising

  1. 1eMAG онлайн пазаруване

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in free apps

  2. 2Diona & Silver

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Vassil Mihajlov

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches


Top today

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Vassil Mihajlov

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  4. 4Diona & Silver

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  5. 5Lupin

    Rising

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

  6. Preslaven, CC0

    6Karlos Nasar

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 6,887 reads

  7. 7Jagiellonia Białystok

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 2,389 reads

  8. 8eMAG онлайн пазаруване

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in free apps

  9. Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    9Leda Mileva

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,336 reads

  10. Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0

    10Ivet Lalova-Collio

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 200+ searches

Everyday apps here: TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome · PureTrack GPS Tracker · Chromagraph Camera · ЕОN TV Bulgaria · Procreate. 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 1,898 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.1% of the news · usually 4.4% · 78 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 18% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  2. 1.8% of the news · usually 2.9% · 34 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  3. Cost of living More than usual
    1.2% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.3× usual · 22 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 52% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.3% · 19 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  5. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 18 articles
  6. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3.0× usual · 18 articles

    Survey · 2023 74% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

    Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  7. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 18 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 5 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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. 1Vassil Mihajlov

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Leda Mileva

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,336 reads

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 934 reads

  4. Julian P Guffogg, CC BY 2.0

    4Michaelmas

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 738 reads

  5. Ivan Karastoyanov, Public domain

    5Christo Popov

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 733 reads

  6. 6Aleksandar Yordanov

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 685 reads

  7. 72026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 616 reads

  8. Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0

    8Lasha Talakhadze

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 444 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1efootwear Shoes and fashion

    App Store · #83 in free apps

  2. 2Marshall Plan

    Wikipedia · 220 reads

  3. Eye Steel Film from Canada, CC BY 2.0

    3John Vincent Atanasoff

    Wikipedia · 130 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1Bergamo BGY Airport

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

  2. 2Solocator - GPS Field Camera

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  3. 3Kruger Nav

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. Unknown (printed for P. Brooksby, I. Deacon, I. Blare, I. Back.), Public domain

    2Gunpowder Plot

    Wikipedia · 102 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    1Elisaveta Bagryana

    New

    Wikipedia · 988 reads

  2. Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Boris Georgiev

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 732 reads

  3. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    3Dora Gabe

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 620 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Official Car/Bike DTT-Ireland

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 2VerbForms Deutsch

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  3. 3Enigma Operator

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain

    1Melania Trump

    Wikipedia · 227 reads

  2. 2Glovo: Food delivery

    Everyday app

    ItalianGlovo: Cibo a domicilio

    App Store · #36 in free apps

  3. 3SSTV Slow Scan TV

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #48 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Maja Vase

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

Gaming

  1. 1Battle.net

    App Store · #21 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Modern Essentials Plus

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  2. 2Andrey Iotov

    Wikipedia · 151 reads

  3. 3еЗдраве

    Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Bulbank Mobile

    App Store · #99 in free apps

  2. 2Postbank

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 in free apps

  3. 3tbi bank

    Everyday app

    App Store · #77 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  3. 3Lupin

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

Music

  1. 1Diona & Silver

    Rising

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  2. Karon Liu at https://www.flickr.com/people/32153970@N07, CC BY 2.0

    2Jennifer Connelly

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,010 reads

  3. Jorrosss, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Medi

    Apple Music · #18 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 678, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Gabriel of Lovech

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 512 reads

  2. 2Ivo Karamanski

    Wikipedia · 673 reads

  3. File:BASA-600K-1-1865-15-Vasil Levski.jpeg : Unknown author Unknown author deri…, Public domain

    3Vasil Levski

    Wikipedia · 166 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Vassil Mihajlov

    New

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Leda Mileva

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,336 reads

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 934 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Andreĭ Raĭchev

    Wikipedia · 125 reads

  2. 2Boân Nikolaev

    Wikipedia · 103 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. Julian P Guffogg, CC BY 2.0

    1Michaelmas

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 738 reads

  2. William Warby, CC BY 2.0

    2Guy Fawkes Night

    Wikipedia · 241 reads

  3. MosMajorum, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3International Men's Day

    Wikipedia · 206 reads

Sports

  1. Preslaven, CC0

    1Karlos Nasar

    New

    Wikipedia · 6,887 reads

  2. 2Jagiellonia Białystok

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,389 reads

  3. Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Ivet Lalova-Collio

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1eMAG онлайн пазаруване

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in free apps

  2. 2Facebook

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 352 reads

  3. 3Tampermonkey

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. Commonists, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1San Marino

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,231 reads

  2. Emilia Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Białystok

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 892 reads

  3. Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Gaza City

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 552 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 27Sports & fitness 17Music 16Government & public sector 16Tech & software 9Travel & tourism 5Nonprofits & NGOs 4Advertising & marketing 2Education 2Fashion & beauty 1Gaming 1Telecom & internet 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 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

Business

  • Business confidence100.7100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.1 since Mar 2026OECD
  • New businesses102.82021 = 100Q2 2026Eurostat
  • Bankruptcy declarations91.52021 = 100Q2 2026Eurostat

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Mechanical Engineering
    47 papers · rising +133%
  • Information Systems
    43 papers · rising +39%
  • Artificial Intelligence
    38 papers
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
    31 papers · rising +31%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

      Breakout

    2. 2Lupin

      Rising

    3. 3Nobody Wants This

    4. Press photo, Public domain

      5East of Eden

      Falling

    5. 6Below

      Falling

    6. 8A Couple of Lies

    7. 9Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

    3. 3Weapon

    4. 4Animals

      Falling

    5. 5Constantine

      Falling

    6. 6White Chicks

    7. 7The Last House

    8. 8KPop Demon Hunters

    9. 9Unabomber

    10. 10The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1KSIOR & SISS

    2. 2Diona & Silver

      Rising

    3. 3Emanuela

      Falling

    4. 4VAYA

    5. 5Djordan

    6. 6Bandata Na Ruba & MOMO RECORDS

    7. 7Tate McRae

    8. 8Selina

    9. 9Dara

    10. 10Galin

    Show the top 100

      Apple Music · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1SAMEDAY България

      2. 2ЕОN TV Bulgaria

        Rising

      3. 3Trendyol: Online Shopping

      4. 4eMAG онлайн пазаруване

        Breakout

      5. 5Speedy Mobile

      6. 6Google Gemini

      7. 7DSK Mobile

      8. 8TollTracker: Speed Cameras

        Falling

      9. 9Claude by Anthropic

      10. 10Instants, an Instagram app

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Chromagraph Camera

          Breakout

        2. 2Blitzer.de PRO

          Falling

        3. 3Tampermonkey

        4. 4Threema for iOS

          Falling

        5. 5Procreate

          Breakout

        6. 6Manager for Scooters

          Falling

        7. 7iVerify Basic

        8. 8TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

          Rising

        9. 9PureTrack GPS Tracker

          Rising

        10. 10Geometry Calculator.

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06


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