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Americas · Friday, 6 November 2026

Costa Rica

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Rising

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Return to Sender

    Breakout

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

  3. Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

    3Santiago Peña

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 681 reads

  4. 4warriors - heat

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  5. 5The Fall of El Mayo

    New

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


Top today

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Return to Sender

    Breakout

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

  3. Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

    3Santiago Peña

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 681 reads

  4. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Russell Brand

    New

    Music · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  5. 5The Fall of El Mayo

    New

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

  6. 6Lupin

    Rising

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

  7. 7Collision Course

    New

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

  8. 8Ueno Bank

    New

    Money & crypto · Wikipedia · 202 reads

  9. 9warriors - heat

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  10. 10Paraguay

    New

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 500+ searches

Everyday apps here: Rush Align · Chromagraph Camera · Google Maps · iVerify Basic · Uber. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


Franchises and brands here

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 137 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.4% of the news · usually 6.5% · 6 articles
  2. 2.9% of the news · usually 2.3% · 4 articles
  3. 2.9% of the news · usually 3.2% · 4 articles
  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.9× usual · 2 articles
  5. 0.7% of the news · usually 1.4% · 1 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1 articles
  7. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles

    Survey · 2023 92% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 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. Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

    1Santiago Peña

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 681 reads

  2. 2Ueno Bank

    New

    Money & crypto · Wikipedia · 202 reads

  3. 3Clima

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  4. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    4ChatGPT

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 210 reads

  5. 5Colorado Party

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 166 reads

  6. Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Pope Leo XIV

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 141 reads

  7. 72026 United States elections

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 121 reads

  8. Anna Archivist, CC0

    8Anna's Archive

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 108 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Clima

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2CCSSmóvil

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in free apps

  3. 3Meme Maker

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Sismo Detector

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #44 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Open English: Aprende Inglés

    App Store · #46 in free apps

  2. 2English to Phonetics Converter

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

  3. 3Una palabra al día

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1OmTV daily video

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 in free apps

  2. 2Amigo Secreto 22: ¡Sortéalo!

    Everyday app

    App Store · #81 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Pizza Hut CR

    App Store · #100 in free apps

  2. 2KFC Costa Rica

    Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in free apps

  3. 3McDonald's: Cupons e Delivery

    Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Pocket God

    Falling

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Seconds Pro Interval Timer

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

  2. 2Nject

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

  3. 3Monash FODMAP Diet

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Ueno Bank

    New

    Wikipedia · 202 reads

  2. 2Davivienda Costa Rica

    App Store · #88 in free apps

  3. 3BAC Mobile Banking

    Everyday app

    SpanishBanca Móvil BAC

    App Store · #20 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Return to Sender

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  3. 3The Fall of El Mayo

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

Music

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    New

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Karol G

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

    1Santiago Peña

    New

    Wikipedia · 681 reads

  2. 2Colorado Party

    Wikipedia · 166 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Wikipedia · 121 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pope Leo XIV

    Wikipedia · 141 reads

Sports

  1. Danilo Borges/Portal da Copa, CC BY 3.0 br

    1Giancarlo González

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. 2Ronaldo Cisneros

    Wikipedia · 146 reads

  3. 3Liga FPD

    Wikipedia · 143 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Moon Globe HD

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  3. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    3ChatGPT

    Wikipedia · 210 reads

Travel & places

  1. 1Paraguay

    New

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2Costa Rica

    Wikipedia · 105 reads

  3. 3Airbnb

    Everyday app

    App Store · #39 in free apps


Industries here

Media & entertainment 28Music 27Tech & software 14Sports & fitness 8Education 7Advertising & marketing 5Government & public sector 5Travel & tourism 3Telecom & internet 3Health & pharma 2AI 1Finance & banking 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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

Business

  • Business confidence100.4100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
    19 papers · rising +30%
  • Sociology and Political Science
    18 papers · rising +55%
  • Education
    15 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

      Breakout

    2. 2Lupin

      Rising

    3. 3The Fall of El Mayo

      New

    4. 4Nobody Wants This

    5. 6Doctor X: Mafia in White

    6. 8Dead-End Job

    7. 9Dragon Ball Super: Beerus

      Falling

    8. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Return to Sender

      Breakout

    2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Falling

    3. 3Collision Course

      New

    4. 4Corpse Bride

    5. 5This Is Not a Test

    6. 6Animals

      Falling

    7. 7Anyone but You

    8. 8Ice Age

    9. 9Armored

    10. 10Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

      1Karol G

    2. 2W Sound, Hades66 & Ovy On the Drums

    3. 3Omar Courtz

    4. 4Bad Bunny

    5. 7Anuel AA

    6. 8Blessd

    7. 9Køddy G, THE FAVORITES & Fharid On The Beat

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Meta AI

    2. 2BAC

    3. 3ChatGPT

    4. 4Temu

    5. 5WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor

    6. 6Google Maps

      Rising

    7. 7BlinkDrama - Dramas y series

      Rising

    8. 8Claude by Anthropic

    9. 9FlickReels - AI Story & Drama

      Falling

    10. 10EDUS

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      2. 2Moon Globe HD

      3. 3ticoneXion

      4. 4TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

      5. 5Monash FODMAP Diet

        Falling

      6. 6AnkiMobile Flashcards

        Falling

      7. 7Threema for iOS

      8. 8iVerify Basic

        Breakout

      9. 9iReal Pro

      10. 10Money Manager (Remove Ads)

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-07


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