Americas · Saturday, 7 November 2026
Costa Rica
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0 Sustained
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Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
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Top today
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Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0 Sustained
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10Jüz
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Everyday apps here: Motion Camera Pro · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV · YouTube app · Procreate · KFC Costa Rica. 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 139 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Telus International Acquires Lionbridge AI For New Technology Solutions (nearshoreamericas.com)
- Dos extranjeros son devueltos y otros dos retenidos por Migración (critica.com.pa)
Survey · 2023 92% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual2.5 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
- Fear0.5× usual0.2 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual3.7 words per 1,000usually 4.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 8.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.2× usual11.2 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
總統府, CC BY 2.0 Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Anna Archivist, CC0
By category
Business & economy
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0
Education & careers
Falling Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
3McDonald's: Cupons e Delivery
Everyday app
Health & wellness
Everyday app
3EDUS
Falling Everyday app
Money & crypto
Falling Everyday app
Banca Móvil BAC
Movies & TV
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Music
Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0
Politics & world affairs
Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain New
總統府, CC BY 2.0
Society & beliefs
Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sports
Like tears in rain derivative work: Kacir, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sustained
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Scoelho86, CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel & places
Everyday app
Industries here
Music 28Media & entertainment 23Tech & software 13Sports & fitness 8Telecom & internet 5Education 4Fashion & beauty 3Government & public sector 3Travel & tourism 2Health & pharma 2Food & beverage 1Gaming 1Advertising & marketing 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
Falling
10Below
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Return to Sender
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2Surviving Hurricane Otis
Falling
3Collision Course
New
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
6Anuel AA
8Køddy G, THE FAVORITES & Fharid On The Beat
9Blessd
Apple Music · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1Meta AI
2BAC
3ChatGPT
4Temu
5BlinkDrama - Short Dramas
6ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
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7WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor
8Google Maps
9CapCut
10YouTube app
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App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1Chromagraph Camera
2Flipcorder: Retro Camcorder
3Guitar Pro
4PeakFinder
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5Monash FODMAP Diet
6Threema for iOS
7Motion Camera Pro
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8Procreate
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9Board Game Stats
10Spark - Ren'Py Novels
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-08
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.