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Asia · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Brunei

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


Rising

  1. Bella Hakim, CC0

    1Noraniza Idris

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #9 in songs

  2. 2Hotlink

    Back

    Tech & AI · App Store · #28 in free apps

  3. KazeQal, CC BY 4.0

    3Fujii Kaze

    New

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  4. 4AirAsia MOVE: Flights & Hotels

    Back

    Travel & places · App Store · #30 in free apps

  5. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    5Ariana Grande

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs


Top today

  1. Bella Hakim, CC0

    1Noraniza Idris

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #9 in songs

  2. 2Hotlink

    Back

    Tech & AI · App Store · #28 in free apps

  3. KazeQal, CC BY 4.0

    3Fujii Kaze

    New

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  4. 4AirAsia MOVE: Flights & Hotels

    Back

    Travel & places · App Store · #30 in free apps

  5. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    5Ariana Grande

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  6. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    6Billie Eilish

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #27 in songs

  7. Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

    7Daniel Caesar

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #17 in songs

  8. Palembang Baru, CC BY 3.0

    8Mahalini Raharja

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  9. GARUDA TV, CC BY 3.0

    9Naykilla

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #8 in songs

  10. Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0

    10Adéla

    Weekly

    Music · Apple Music · #6 in songs

Everyday apps here: Google Photos: Backup & Edit · Temu · Claude by Anthropic · CapCut · BruHealth. 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 354 articles that mention the country today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. Jobs and work More than usual
    5.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 13.8× usual · 20 articles
  2. 4.5% of the news · usually 5.2% · 16 articles
  3. 3.7% of the news · usually 3.0% · 13 articles
  4. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.8× usual · 3 articles
  5. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.0% · 1 articles
  6. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles
  7. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.0% · 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

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 108 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    Wikipedia · 108 reads

  2. 2Booking.com

    App Store · #51 in free apps

  3. 3AliExpress - Shopping App

    App Store · #67 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1育之有道

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  2. 2儒家幼教

    App Store · #85 in free apps

  3. 3Tazrah

    App Store · #95 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1BruneiID

    Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in free apps

  2. 2MyDST

    Everyday app

    App Store · #72 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Jollibee Brunei

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

  2. 2GoMamam

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in free apps

  3. 3McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #48 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Plato

    App Store · #88 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

    App Store · #90 in free apps

  2. 2BruHealth

    Everyday app

    App Store · #12 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1BigPay – financial services

    App Store · #73 in free apps

  2. 2Touch ‘n Go eWallet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #3 in free apps

  3. 3BIBD Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #61 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Fazley Yaakob

    Wikipedia · 193 reads

  2. 2VisionQuest

    Wikipedia · 101 reads

  3. 3Syida Melvin

    Wikipedia · 92 reads

Music

  1. Bella Hakim, CC0

    1Noraniza Idris

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #9 in songs

  2. KazeQal, CC BY 4.0

    2Fujii Kaze

    New

    Apple Music · #23 in songs

  3. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    3Ariana Grande

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. Mike M. Cohen, CC BY 3.0

    1Alex Warren

    Apple Music · #39 in songs

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Mauricio Pochettino

    Wikipedia · 176 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Hotlink

    Back

    App Store · #28 in free apps

  2. 2imagineGo

    App Store · #31 in free apps

  3. 3Canva

    App Store · #44 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. 1AirAsia MOVE: Flights & Hotels

    Back

    App Store · #30 in free apps

  2. 2Nusuk | نسك

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in free apps

  3. 3Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train

    Everyday app

    App Store · #13 in free apps


Industries here

Music 72Tech & software 11Media & entertainment 8Fashion & beauty 7Advertising & marketing 5Telecom & internet 5Retail & e-commerce 3Education 3Travel & tourism 2Gaming 2Sports & fitness 2Legal & professional services 2Jobs, HR & staffing 2Finance & 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

Society


Charts

Apple Music · Artists

  1. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    1Ariana Grande

    Breakout

  2. Palembang Baru, CC BY 3.0

    2Mahalini Raharja

    Rising

  3. 3Harry Styles

    Falling

  4. 4Tulus

  5. 5Olivia Dean

  6. Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0

    6Adéla

    Rising

  7. 7Aziz Harun

  8. GARUDA TV, CC BY 3.0

    8Naykilla

    Rising

  9. Bella Hakim, CC0

    9Noraniza Idris

    Breakout

  10. 10Akbar Chalay & Mingse

    Falling

Show the top 100

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Pinduoduo

    2. 2Shopee MY: 11.11 Big Sale

    3. 3Touch ‘n Go eWallet

    4. 4BEUTEA

    5. 5Temu

      Rising

    6. 6Threads

    7. 7Claude by Anthropic

      Rising

    8. 8Google Photos: Backup & Edit

      Breakout

    9. 9Meta AI

      Falling

    10. 10ChatGPT

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12


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