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Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Bahrain

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


Rising

  1. 1Platinumlist: Events & Tickets

    Breakout

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

  2. 2OneDollar: To Do List

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  3. CamilaAlves.raf, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3PinkPantheress

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #36 in songs

  4. 4Avaraachan & Sons

    New

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

  5. 5Obsess

    Breakout

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


Top today

  1. 1Obsess

    Breakout

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

  2. Shanluan, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2West Indies

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. 3Platinumlist: Events & Tickets

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Avaraachan & Sons

    New

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

  5. 5Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

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

  6. 6The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  7. 7OneDollar: To Do List

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  8. Concepcion AMAT ORTA…, CC BY 3.0

    8Real Madrid CF

    Sustained

    Sports · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  9. 9Bangladesh

    Sustained

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  10. CamilaAlves.raf, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10PinkPantheress

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #36 in songs

Everyday apps here: Claude by Anthropic · Slow Shutter Cam · Shadowrocket · Disney+ · Talabat. 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 283 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 2.8% of the news · usually 1.3% · 2.1× usual · 8 articles
  2. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles
  3. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 0 articles
  4. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.1% · 0 articles
  5. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 0 articles
  6. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 0 articles
  7. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.5% · 0 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 3.1% · 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.

Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Batelco

    App Store · #86 in free apps

  2. 2AIVI - Online Fashion Store

    Everyday app

    App Store · #3 in free apps

  3. 3AliExpress - Shopping App

    Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Theodolite

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

  2. 2MilGPS

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #7 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1SkyView®

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

  2. 2Quran Majeed Pro القرآن المجيد

    Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  3. 3Niyat: Quran & Prayer Times

    Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Aura Rewards MENA

    Everyday app

    App Store · #44 in free apps

  2. 2StreamLab - Live Simulator

    Everyday app

    App Store · #94 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Wajba | Save Fresh Meals

    App Store · #20 in free apps

  2. 2Barakah | Fresh Food, Saved

    Everyday app

    App Store · #4 in free apps

  3. 3Keeta - Food Delivery

    Everyday app

    SpanishKeeta - Delivery de comida

    App Store · #9 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Akinator

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Atlas der Humananatomie 2027

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  2. 2Pedi STAT

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  3. 3RunTempo - Runners Metronome

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1BenefitPay

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in free apps

  2. 2Khaleeji Bank

    Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in free apps

  3. 3Taptap Send: Money Transfer

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Obsess

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Avaraachan & Sons

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. CamilaAlves.raf, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1PinkPantheress

    Rising

    Apple Music · #36 in songs

  2. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    2Olivia Dean

    Rising

    Apple Music · #34 in songs

  3. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    3Ariana Grande

    Rising

    Apple Music · #15 in songs

Sports

  1. Concepcion AMAT ORTA…, CC BY 3.0

    1Real Madrid CF

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Manchester City F.C.

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3SK Slavia Prague

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Platinumlist: Events & Tickets

    Breakout

    App Store · #8 in free apps

  2. 2OneDollar: To Do List

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  3. 3Webmail App: IMAP Email Client

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Bangladesh

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    2Afghanistan

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    3Zimbabwe

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Music 42Media & entertainment 23Travel & tourism 10Tech & software 9Sports & fitness 8Nonprofits & NGOs 6Advertising & marketing 4Food & beverage 1Restaurants & hospitality 1Gaming 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

Upcoming national votes

    Economy

    Research

    Most-published fields last month

    • Information Systems
      13 papers
    • Surgery
      11 papers · rising +51%
    • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
      8 papers · rising +80%

    OpenAlex

      Society


      Charts

      Netflix · TV

      1. 1Obsess

        Breakout

      2. 2Lupin

      3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

        New

      4. 4Akka: The Protectors

      5. 5Dead-End Job

      6. 6Doctor X: Mafia in White

        Falling

      7. 8Nobody Wants This

      8. 9Below

        Falling

      Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

      Netflix · Films

      1. 1Manoj Bajpayee

      2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

        Rising

      3. 3Avaraachan & Sons

        New

      4. 4Baththa

      5. 5The Witches

      6. 6Dhoomakethu

      7. 7The Addams Family

      8. 8Collision Course

      9. 9Dorothy

      10. 10The Paradise

        Falling

      Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

      Apple Music · Artists

      1. 1Tate McRae

      2. 2Karol G

      3. 3Adéla

      4. 4Drake

      5. 5Tul8te

      6. 10Ramy Sabry

        Falling

      Apple Music · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Claude by Anthropic

        Rising

      2. 2eKey 2.0

        Falling

      3. 3AIVI - Online Fashion Store

      4. 4Barakah | Fresh Food, Saved

      5. 5ChatGPT

      6. 6FlickReels - AI Story & Drama

      7. 7Google Gemini

      8. 8Platinumlist: Events & Tickets

        Breakout

      9. 9Keeta - Food Delivery

      10. 10DramaWave - Dramas & Reels

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1OneDollar: To Do List

          Breakout

        2. 2Shadowrocket

          Breakout

        3. 3Slow Shutter Cam

          Breakout

        4. 4Webmail App: IMAP Email Client

        5. 5Flipcorder: videocámara retro

        6. 6A32X Tools · A320 ECAM Resets

        7. 7MilGPS

          Falling

        8. 8AnkiMobile Flashcards

          Falling

        9. 9Airports

          Falling

        10. 10Atlas der Humananatomie 2027

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06


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