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Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026

ChinaLimited data

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


Rising

  1. 1Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #3 in top sellers

  2. 2Sons of the Forest

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #9 in top sellers

  3. 3Moon Sweepers

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #17 in top sellers

  4. 4Age of Empires IV: Raiders of the North

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #20 in top sellers

  5. 5The Outlast Trials

    Back

    Gaming · Steam · #24 in top sellers


Top today

  1. 1Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #3 in top sellers

  2. 2Sons of the Forest

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #9 in top sellers

  3. 3Age of Empires IV: Raiders of the North

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #20 in top sellers

  4. 4Moon Sweepers

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #17 in top sellers

  5. 5Age of Empires IV

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #16 in top sellers

  6. 6The Outlast Trials

    Back

    Gaming · Steam · #24 in top sellers

  7. 7Nomad Drive

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #28 in top sellers

  8. 8Crimson Desert

    Rising

    Gaming · Steam · #15 in top sellers

  9. 9Football Manager 27

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #30 in top sellers

  10. 10Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown

    Rising

    Gaming · Steam · #26 in top sellers

Everyday apps here: CamScanner + | PDF Scanner · Hongguo Short Dramas - Watch a vast selection of popular short dramas anytime · Hongguo Comic Dramas - Popular, Exciting Comic Dramas · 芒果TV · 伯虎光影 - AI构图&复古胶片相机. 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 14,471 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 8.7% of the news · usually 8.4% · 1,256 articles
  2. 2.6% of the news · usually 2.1% · 378 articles
  3. Democracy and elections More than usual
    1.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 3.8× usual · 244 articles
  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.1% · 144 articles
  5. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 99 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 97 articles
  7. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 50 articles
  8. Immigration Anxious
    0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 33 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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By category

Business & economy

  1. 1山姆会员商店

    App Store · #97 in free apps

  2. 2Dou Sheng Sheng - Douyin's Official Group-Buying Platform

    Everyday app

    Chinese抖省省 - 抖音官方团购平台

    App Store · #14 in free apps

  3. 3Agricultural Bank of China

    Everyday app

    App Store · #26 in free apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Daily Picks - The Beauty of Astronomy, Geography, Culture, Nature & Photography

    Everyday app

    Chinese每日精选-天文地理人文自然之美&摄影

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

  2. 2Bika Manga Island - A Complete Collection of Japanese and Korean, Danmei and Other Manga

    Everyday app

    Chinese哔咔漫岛-二次元日韩耽美漫画大全

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

  3. 3Tomato Novel - Popular Comic Dramas, Complete Novels and E-Book Reader

    Everyday app

    Chinese番茄小说 - 热门漫剧全本小说电子书阅读器

    App Store · #69 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1ئېلىپبە

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

  2. 2西语背单词

    App Store · #45 in paid apps

  3. 3Daily English Reading

    Everyday app

    Chinese每日英语阅读

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1屋序

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

  2. 2Auday - All-Day Watch Recorder

    Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  3. 3Traffic Management 12123

    Everyday app

    Chinese交管12123

    App Store · #21 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Hema - Fresh, Delicious Living

    Everyday app

    Chinese盒马 - 鲜美生活

    App Store · #88 in free apps

  2. 2小象超市

    Everyday app

    App Store · #99 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Steam · #3 in top sellers

  2. 2Sons of the Forest

    Breakout

    Steam · #9 in top sellers

  3. 3Age of Empires IV: Raiders of the North

    New

    Steam · #20 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  2. 2AutoSnore: Snore Recorder

    Everyday app

    GermanAutoSnore: Schnarch-Rekorder

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. 3HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Tonghuashun Premium - Stock Trading Software

    Everyday app

    Chinese同花顺至尊版-股票软件

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2电子税务局

    Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in free apps

  3. 3Jinshi Data Pro - Built for Trading

    Everyday app

    Chinese金十数据专业版-为交易而生

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

Movies & TV

  1. GEM_Ady, CC BY 2.5

    1G.E.M.

    Apple Music · #15 in songs

  2. 2芒果TV

    Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in free apps

  3. 3BiuBiuBiu - Air Gun

    Everyday app

    ChineseBiuBiuBiu - 空气枪

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

Music

  1. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1The Weeknd

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. User:Thejymw, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Stefanie Sun

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  3. 3A2O & A2O LITE

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Phoenix News Pro

    Everyday app

    Chinese凤凰新闻专业版

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

Sports

  1. 1AirBasket

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Startups

  1. 1Kuaishou

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in free apps

Tech & AI

  1. 1VNPlayer-视觉小说模拟器

    App Store · #48 in paid apps

  2. 2Wallpaper Engine

    Steam · #14 in top sellers

  3. 3BeautyCam

    App Store · #96 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. 1飞常准PRO-全球航班查询机票酒店预订

    Everyday app

    App Store · #47 in paid apps

  2. 2Tongcheng Travel - Book Hotels, Flights and Train Tickets; Low-Cost Rides

    Everyday app

    Chinese同程旅行-订酒店机票火车票,低价打车

    App Store · #86 in free apps


Industries here

Gaming 63Music 31Tech & software 3Education 3Media & entertainment 2Telecom & internet 2Fashion & beauty 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 news10reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 5 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news29reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 25 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

  • Inflation0.5%Jul 2026 · −0.5 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Unemployment3.9%Dec 2021 · +0.0 pts since Nov 2021World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Consumer confidence95.3100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.2 since Mar 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate3.00%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices-7.0%Q2 2026 · +0.1 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth5.0%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment15.8%2025 · +0.8 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro7.485CNY per euro5 Nov 2026 · euro +0.9% since 29 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence99.0100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · +0.3 since Mar 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    5,731 papers
  • Molecular Biology
    4,952 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    4,461 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

      1The Weeknd

    2. User:Thejymw, CC BY-SA 3.0

      2Stefanie Sun

    3. 3A2O & A2O LITE

    4. 4Jay Chou

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1抖音商城-下单返积分、退货包运费

    2. 2National online identity authentication

    3. 3Hongguo Short Dramas - Watch a vast selection of popular short dramas anytime

      Rising

    4. 4Hongguo Comic Dramas - Popular, Exciting Comic Dramas

      Rising

    5. 5千问 - 阿里最强模型官方AI助手

      Falling

    6. 6豆包 - 隨時提供協助的 AI 助理

    7. 7汽水音乐 - 随时听好歌

    8. 8Apple Developer

      Falling

    9. 9WorkBuddy - AI 办公我帮你

    10. 10中国移动

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

        Rising

      2. 2BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

        Falling

      3. 3花皮 - 同城约会,无面具社交,解压释放正念素颜

      4. 4Tonghuashun Premium - Stock Trading Software

      5. 5Alook Browser - 8x Speed

      6. 6航旅纵横PRO-民航官方直销平台

      7. 7盛世天下:女王的游戏

      8. 8时间规划局 - 倒计时与提醒事项

      9. 9炭炭背单词|四六级考研等英语单词学习

      10. 10AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        Steam · Top sellers

        1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

        2. 2PUBG: Battlegrounds

          Rising

        3. 3Probably Stolen

          Breakout

        4. 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

          Falling

        5. 5Apex Legends

        6. 6NBA 2K27

          Rising

        7. 7Counter-Strike 2

        8. 8Dota 2

        9. 9Sons of the Forest

          Breakout

        10. 10Warframe

        Show the top 100

          Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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