Americas · Monday, 9 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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Everyday apps here: BirdSounds Costa Rica · Flipcorder: videocámara retro · Board Game Stats · TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome · ChatGPT. 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 151 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
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× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.7× usual3.5 words per 1,000usually 5.1The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.8× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual10.9 words per 1,000usually 9.6The 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.
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Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain Gio Antonio, Public domain Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Anna Archivist, CC0 Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0
By category
Business & economy
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Books, arts & history
Falling Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
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Food & drink
Everyday app
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Health & wellness
Everyday app
Movies & TV
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Music
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Politics & world affairs
Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain
Society & beliefs
Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sports
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Travel & places
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Haakon S. Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
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Industries here
Music 31Media & entertainment 20Tech & software 11Travel & tourism 5Sports & fitness 5Education 5Fashion & beauty 3Telecom & internet 3Legal & professional services 3Jobs, HR & staffing 3Health & pharma 2Government & public sector 2Food & beverage 1Restaurants & hospitality 1AI 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
- 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
- Education
- Sociology and Political Science
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
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Return to Sender
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2Surviving Hurricane Otis
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3Collision Course
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4Corpse Bride
5This Is Not a Test
6Animals
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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
7Køddy G, THE FAVORITES & Fharid On The Beat
10Blessd
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1Meta AI
2BAC
3Temu
4ChatGPT
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5BlinkDrama - Short Dramas
6Claude by Anthropic
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7Knowunity: KI-Lern-App
8Google Gemini
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9EDUS
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10Google Maps
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1Fongo World Edition
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2Threema for iOS
3play_music_theory
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4Procreate
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5Chromagraph Camera
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6PadLab - Live Pads
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7Flipcorder: videocámara retro
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8BirdSounds Costa Rica
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9PhET Simulations
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10PeakFinder
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App Store · 2026-11-10
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.