Americas · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Costa Rica
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
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Thomas Benjamin Kennington, Public domain Sustained
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Top today
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Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
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Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Thomas Benjamin Kennington, Public domain Sustained
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Everyday apps here: Meta AI · WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor · FlickReels - AI Story & Drama · Monash FODMAP Diet · play_music_theory. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
Franchises and brands here
- Ice Age franchise
Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.
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 140 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Costa Rica's Domestic Workers to Receive 5.88% Minimum-Wage Increase in 2027 (qcostarica.com)
- Desempleo en Costa Rica sube a 6,5% y alcanza a 155.000 personas (elfinancierocr.com)
Survey · 2023 92% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual4.7 words per 1,000usually 4.6The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.8× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 8.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.9× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 9.7The GDELT Project
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.
Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Gio Antonio, Public domain 總統府, CC BY 2.0
By category
Business & economy
Everyday app
3Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)
Everyday app
Cars & transport
1GPS Diagnostic:Prueba Satélite
Everyday app
Nature, climate & disasters
Falling Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Food & drink
2BeerSmith Mobile Home Brewing
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
PedidosYa: Comida a Domicilio
Gaming
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Falling
Health & wellness
Everyday app
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Everyday app
Movies & TV
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Music
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0
Politics & world affairs
Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
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Industries here
Music 28Media & entertainment 23Tech & software 12Sports & fitness 9Government & public sector 7Telecom & internet 5Travel & tourism 3Advertising & marketing 2Health & pharma 2Education 2Nonprofits & NGOs 2Retail & e-commerce 1Gaming 1AI 1Finance & banking 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
- Inflation-0.2%Jul 2026 · +0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment6.8%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence105.4100 = long-run averageFeb 2026 · +0.5 since Jan 2026OECD
- GDP growth4.6%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment19.9%2025 · −0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Business
- Business confidence100.4100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Sociology and Political Science
- Education
Society
- People online87.2%2024 · +1.8 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government34.8%OECD Trust Survey2023OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change55.8%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority87.7%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Lupin
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3The Fall of El Mayo
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4Nobody Wants This
6Doctor X: Mafia in White
8Dead-End Job
9Dragon Ball Super: Beerus
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10Below
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Return to Sender
Breakout
2Surviving Hurricane Otis
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3Collision Course
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4Corpse Bride
5This Is Not a Test
6Animals
Falling
7Anyone but You
8Ice Age
9Armored
10Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0 1Karol G
2W Sound, Hades66 & Ovy On the Drums
3Omar Courtz
4Bad Bunny
6Feid
8Anuel AA
9Blessd
10Køddy G, THE FAVORITES & Fharid On The Beat
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1Meta AI
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2BAC
Falling
3ChatGPT
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4FlickReels - AI Story & Drama
Rising
5Temu
Falling
6WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor
Rising
7EDUS
8Claude by Anthropic
9CapCut
10Google Gemini
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Monash FODMAP Diet
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2Aquarium Camera
3AnkiMobile Flashcards
4ticoneXion
5Threema for iOS
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6PadLab - Live Pads
Falling
7Pocket God
Breakout
8play_music_theory
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9PilotProTest PRO: Aviación
10TV Cast Pro for Sony TV
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-06
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.