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Europe · Friday, 6 November 2026

Switzerland

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


Rising

  1. 1ANOTR

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #46 in songs

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  3. 3Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #8 in top sellers

  5. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Music · Wikipedia · 2,530 reads


Top today

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  3. 3Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #8 in top sellers

  4. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Music · Wikipedia · 2,530 reads

  5. 5Lupin

    Weekly

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

  6. 6Lanz & Precht

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  7. 7Phantom Blade Zero

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #4 in top sellers

  8. 8The Birthday Gift

    New

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

  9. Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0

    9Hubert Aiwanger

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,349 reads

  10. 10Probably Stolen

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #11 in top sellers

Everyday apps here: Blitzer.de PRO · DOSENBACH · Uber · Uber Eats · Babyphone 3G. 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 1,538 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 2.9% of the news · usually 2.2% · 45 articles
  2. 2.5% of the news · usually 2.7% · 38 articles
  3. Climate More than usual
    1.8% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1.8× usual · 28 articles

    Survey · 2023 72% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  4. Jobs and work More than usual
    1.8% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1.8× usual · 28 articles
  5. 1.6% of the news · usually 2.0% · 25 articles
  6. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.8% · 16 articles
  7. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 15 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 5 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. Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Hubert Aiwanger

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,349 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,917 reads

  3. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    3Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,507 reads

  4. 42026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,229 reads

  5. Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5James Talarico

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,110 reads

  6. The White House, Public domain

    6Stephen Miller

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,017 reads

  7. 72026 United States House of Representatives elections

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 857 reads

  8. United States Senate, Public domain

    8United States Senate

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 782 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. baur au lac hotel+4,300%
  2. michelle gisin+3,900%
  3. bayern – dortmund+3,700%
  4. st. gallen – servette+2,900%
  5. alain prost+2,800%
  6. bayern dortmund+2,800%
  7. barcelona – alaves+2,600%
  8. barcelone – deportivo alavés+2,150%
  9. otto waalkes+1,850%
  10. le havre – paris-sg+1,550%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. KovacsDaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Peter Zumthor

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 761 reads

  2. 2Live Nation Entertainment

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Ochsner Shoes

    App Store · #57 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 14WD Maps - Offline Topo Maps

    App Store · #44 in paid apps

  2. 2Autobahn Map

    App Store · #45 in paid apps

  3. 3Polestar

    Wikipedia · 125 reads

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1WeatherPro

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1TRUE CRIME 187

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

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

    2Joran van der Sloot

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 639 reads

  3. 3Beatrice van de Graaf

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 632 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. The original uploader was Drozdp at Polish Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Janosch

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 599 reads

  2. Abbildungen: Kai Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Maria Innocentia Hummel

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 463 reads

  3. 3Films based on works by Edgar Wallace

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1Team Shake

    App Store · #25 in paid apps

  2. 2One Hour of History – Deutschlandfunk Nova

    GermanEine Stunde History - Deutschlandfunk Nova

    Apple Podcasts · #53 in podcasts

  3. 3Bootstheorie A+D Schweiz

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain

    1Melania Trump

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 552 reads

  2. SkinGlow by Kimmarie / Dr. Billy Ingram [1], CC BY 4.0

    2Kimmarie Johnson

    Wikipedia · 392 reads

  3. 3SmartThings

    App Store · #95 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Marco Pierre White

    Wikipedia · 122 reads

  2. 2Just Eat CH

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

  3. 3McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Steam · #8 in top sellers

  2. 2Phantom Blade Zero

    Breakout

    Steam · #4 in top sellers

  3. 3Probably Stolen

    New

    Steam · #11 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Solange Peters

    Wikipedia · 323 reads

  2. Frank Gaillard, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2ALS

    Wikipedia · 109 reads

  3. 3Monash FODMAP Diet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Klarna: Smarter everyday money

    Everyday app

    App Store · #41 in free apps

  2. 2PostFinance TWINT

    Everyday app

    App Store · #55 in free apps

  3. 3myAXA CH

    Everyday app

    App Store · #74 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Lupin

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 2,530 reads

  2. Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Leonard Cohen

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,508 reads

  3. Andemaya, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Pink

    Rising

    Apple Music · #6 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Baywatch Berlin

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  2. Nithya Raman, Public domain

    2Nithya Raman

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 843 reads

  3. Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Ariel (Reality-TV-Teilnehmerin)

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 336 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Lanz & Precht

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  2. Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Hubert Aiwanger

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,349 reads

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,917 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Knowledge | SWR

    GermanDas Wissen | SWR

    Apple Podcasts · #59 in podcasts

  2. G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Dafroza Gauthier

    Wikipedia · 376 reads

  3. 3Aha! Ten Minutes of Everyday Knowledge

    GermanAha! Zehn Minuten Alltags-Wissen

    Apple Podcasts · #62 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Relationship Universe

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

  2. 2Hotel Matze

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  3. 3Gülsha & Maja Podcast

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

Sports

  1. Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Kimi Antonelli

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 279 reads

  2. 2UEFA Europa League

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Wendy Holdener

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Startups

  1. 1Anthropic

    Wikipedia · 145 reads

Tech & AI

  1. Anna Archivist, CC0

    1Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,214 reads

  2. 2Whisper Notes: Speech to Text

    GermanWhisper Notes: Sprache zu Text

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    3ChatGPT

    Wikipedia · 845 reads

Travel & places

  1. 1Paraguay

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 529 reads

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

    2United States

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 320 reads

  3. 3Blaue Parkscheibe

    App Store · #13 in paid apps


Industries here

Government & public sector 27Gaming 17Media & entertainment 16Music 16Travel & tourism 3Sports & fitness 3Fashion & beauty 1Tech & software 1Energy & utilities 1Education 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

  • Inflation1.2%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Unemployment3.1%Jul 2026 · +0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Consumer confidence96.9100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.4 since Apr 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate0.00%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices3.0%Q2 2026 · −1.6 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth1.3%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment9.0%2025 · +0.8 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro0.914CHF per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro −0.6% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence99.9100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.3 since Mar 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Molecular Biology
    296 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    289 papers
  • Surgery
    228 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

    2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

      New

    3. 3Nobody Wants This

      Falling

    4. 4A Couple of Lies

    5. 7The Fall of El Mayo

    6. 9The Diplomat

      Falling

    7. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Falling

    3. 3The Birthday Gift

      New

    4. 4Animals

      Falling

    5. 5A Minecraft Movie

      Falling

    6. 6Unabomber

    7. 7You, Me, Us

    8. 8Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex

      Falling

    9. 9Far and Away

    10. 10Armored

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Tate McRae

    2. 2Karol G

    3. 3HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté

    4. 4Shakira

    5. 5Adéla

    6. Andemaya, CC BY-SA 4.0

      6Pink

      Rising

    7. 7Temper City

    8. 9Ashe

    9. 10Olivia Rodrigo

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Echo der Zeit

    2. 2Lanz & Precht

      Breakout

    3. 3RONZHEIMER.

      Falling

    4. 4Les Grosses Têtes

    5. 5Apropos – der tägliche Podcast

      Falling

    6. 6Baywatch Berlin

      Breakout

    7. 7Mord auf Ex

    8. 8Kaulitz Hills - Senf aus Hollywood

    9. 9Podcast am Pistenrand

    10. 10The Daily

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Raiffeisen

      2. 2Claude by Anthropic

      3. 3DOSENBACH

        Rising

      4. 4debiX+

      5. 5AGOV access

      6. 6Die Schweizerische Post

      7. 7ChatGPT

      8. 8Shop

      9. 9Allianz

      10. 10C&A Mode Online Shop

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Blitzer.de PRO

          Rising

        2. 2iTheorie Auto Theorie Schweiz

          Falling

        3. 3Threema for iOS

        4. 4AnkiMobile Flashcards

        5. 5AutoTheorie in 7 Minuten CH

        6. 6iTheorie Mofa & E-Bike Schweiz

        7. 7Auto Theorie Fahrlehrer24

        8. 8PeakFinder

        9. 9Mofa Theorie Fahrlehrer24

        10. 10iTheorie Lastwagen CH Premium

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1Aion 2

            Rising

          2. 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

            Falling

          3. 3Counter-Strike 2

          4. 4Phantom Blade Zero

            Breakout

          5. 6EA Sports FC 27

            Falling

          6. 7Aniimo

            Rising

          7. 8Football Manager 27

            Breakout

          8. 9War Thunder

          9. 10Crimson Desert

            Breakout

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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