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Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Algeria

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


Rising

  1. 1The Noble Quran - recited Ali Jabar

    Breakout

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

  2. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Karol G

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,089 reads

  4. 4L'After Foot

    Rising

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #32 in podcasts

  5. Alberto Cabello Mayero, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Abde Rebbach

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 1,999 reads


Top today

  1. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps

  2. 2Gmail

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · App Store · #11 in free apps

  3. 3The Noble Quran - recited Ali Jabar

    Breakout

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

  4. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,089 reads

  5. Alberto Cabello Mayero, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Abde Rebbach

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 1,999 reads

  6. 6Houari Manar

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #11 in songs

  7. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

    7Karol G

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  8. Mathis.aclr, CC0

    8Aya Nakamura

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #13 in songs

  9. Вячеслав Евдокимов / ФК «Зенит», CC BY-SA 3.0

    9Mohamed Azzi

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 765 reads

  10. 10Facebook

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 770 reads

Everyday apps here: Tiktok · Facebook app · Snapchat · Instagram · YouTube app. 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 1,322 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.2% of the news · usually 3.6% · 56 articles
  2. Democracy and elections More than usual
    2.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 2.2× usual · 30 articles
  3. 1.4% of the news · usually 0.3% · 4.5× usual · 19 articles

    Survey · 2023 60% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  4. 1.1% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1.7× usual · 14 articles
  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1.7× usual · 12 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 9 articles
  7. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.9% · 6 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 4 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. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps

  2. 2Gmail

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · App Store · #11 in free apps

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,089 reads

  4. 4Facebook

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 770 reads

  5. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    5ChatGPT

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 1,522 reads

  6. 6Google

    Weekly

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 640 reads

  7. 7YouTube

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 354 reads

  8. Restored by Riad Salih, Public domain

    8Larbi Ben M'hidi

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 188 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Google

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 640 reads

  2. InvadingInvader, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Meta Platforms

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 234 reads

  3. Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Oil

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1iAmor Family Location Tracker

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #74 in free apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1HVF - Histoires Vraies et Flippantes

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #42 in podcasts

  2. 2Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    Arabicسوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

  3. 3L’heure du crime : les archives de Jacques Pradel

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 2قصص غريبة مسموعة

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 16 Minute English

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #18 in podcasts

  2. 2Deutsch lernen durch Hören

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #34 in podcasts

  3. 3The Road to Success – Dr. Ibrahim El-Fiky

    Rising

    Arabicالطريق إلى النجاح - د. إبراهيم الفقي

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Berk: Ski Tracker & Community

    App Store · #83 in free apps

  2. 2StreamLab - Live Simulator

    Everyday app

    App Store · #51 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Akinator

    App Store · #32 in paid apps

  2. 2Free Fire

    Wikipedia · 167 reads

Health & wellness

  1. 1Somnifère, le podcast pour s'endormir

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #47 in podcasts

  2. 2الضوضاء البيضاء للنوم

    Apple Podcasts · #57 in podcasts

  3. George Cruikshank [artist]; George Humphrey [publisher], Public domain

    3Headache

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Money & crypto

  1. 1BaridiMob

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in free apps

  2. 2RedotPay: Crypto Card & Pay

    Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. Hablemos de Cine MX, CC BY 3.0

    1XXX: Return of Xander Cage

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 355 reads

  2. 2The Remarried Empress

    New

    Wikipedia · 233 reads

  3. Studio Harcourt, CC BY 3.0

    3Laurent Baffie

    Apple Podcasts · #44 in podcasts

Music

  1. 1Houari Manar

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #11 in songs

  2. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Karol G

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

  3. Mathis.aclr, CC0

    3Aya Nakamura

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #13 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1SDM

    Weekly

    Apple Music · #22 in songs

  2. 2Mauvais Djo

    Apple Music · #8 in songs

  3. Saber68, Public domain

    3Hassiba Ben Bouali

    Wikipedia · 170 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,089 reads

  2. Restored by Riad Salih, Public domain

    2Larbi Ben M'hidi

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 188 reads

  3. Madame Grinderche, Public domain

    3Algerian War

    Wikipedia · 215 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1The Noble Quran - recited Ali Jabar

    Breakout

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

  2. 2المصحف المرتل

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  3. 3قراءت خاشعة - قرآن كريم

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

Sports

  1. Alberto Cabello Mayero, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abde Rebbach

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,999 reads

  2. Вячеслав Евдокимов / ФК «Зенит», CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Mohamed Azzi

    New

    Wikipedia · 765 reads

  3. 3Como 1907

    New

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

    App Store · #2 in free apps

  2. 2Gmail

    Weekly

    App Store · #11 in free apps

  3. 3Facebook

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 770 reads

Travel & places

  1. Pierre Blaché from Paris, France, CC0

    1France

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    2Algeria

    Wikipedia · 444 reads

  3. Pxhere, CC0

    3Como

    Google Trends · 500+ searches


Industries here

Music 22Tech & software 12Media & entertainment 10Sports & fitness 8Travel & tourism 5Education 5Advertising & marketing 3Government & public sector 2AI 1Health & pharma 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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    79 papers
  • Water Science and Technology
    54 papers · rising +59%
  • Materials Chemistry
    52 papers
  • Food Science
    33 papers · rising +28%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1TIFF

    2. 2Vacra

    3. Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0

      3Karol G

      Breakout

    4. 4Ninho

      Rising

    5. 5Drake

    6. 6Werenoi

      Breakout

    7. 8Mauvais Djo

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1أ. ياسر الحزيمي

    2. 2The Holy Quran, Sheikh Maher Al-Muaiqly | القران الكريم ماهر المعيقلي

      Rising

    3. 3El Daheeh - الدحيح

      Falling

    4. 4المصحف المرتل

      Rising

    5. 5DUPAMICAFFEINE | دوباميكافين

    6. 6The Holy Quran, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Ajmi | القران الكريم أحمد العجمي

      Rising

    7. 7قصص الأنبياء

    8. 8كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس

    9. 9The Noble Quran - recited Ali Jabar

      Breakout

    10. 10ياسر الدوسري | Yasser Al Dosari

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1ChatGPT

      2. 2WhatsApp

        Breakout

      3. 3Google Gemini

        Falling

      4. 4Telegram

      5. 5Tiktok

        Breakout

      6. 6Facebook app

        Rising

      7. 7Snapchat

        Rising

      8. 8CapCut

      9. 9Google Maps

        Falling

      10. 10Instagram

        Rising

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Morphix Synthesizer

        2. 2DynaSynth

        3. 3ANALOGyGR

        4. 4ANALOGyXS

        5. 5Shadowrocket

          Falling

        6. 6Salatuk - صلاتك

          Falling

        7. 7Atlas der Humananatomie 2027

          Falling

        8. 8DynaSinth

          Falling

        9. 9ANALOGySTR

          Falling

        10. 10Kauldron Synthesizer

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06


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