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Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Egypt

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Rising

  1. 1iVerify Basic

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2Hamo El Morshedy

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. 3The Holy Quran, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Ajmi | القران الكريم أحمد العجمي

    Rising

    Books, arts & history · Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

  4. 4Dead-End Job

    New

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

  5. 5The Witches

    Breakout

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


Top today

  1. 1Hamo El Morshedy

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 13,846 reads

  3. 3Lupin

    Rising

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

  4. 4Dead-End Job

    New

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

  5. 5The Witches

    Breakout

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

  6. 6Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

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

  7. 7Collision Course

    New

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

  8. 8Buy from Me

    Rising

    Arabicاشتري مني

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  9. 9The Addams Family

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #5 in films

  10. 10iVerify Basic

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · FlipClock + · HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor · Tiktok · Salatuk - صلاتك. 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 2,388 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 7.2% of the news · usually 5.6% · 171 articles
  2. 2.7% of the news · usually 2.1% · 65 articles
  3. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.2% · 40 articles
  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.1% · 35 articles
  5. Cost of living More than usual
    1.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 31 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 17 articles
  7. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3 articles

    Survey · 2023 59% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2 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. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 13,846 reads

  2. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain

    2Barack Obama

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. derivative work: Hidro ( talk ) USDnotes.jpg : The original uploader was Andyhi…, Public domain

    3United States dollar

    Money & crypto · Google Trends · 500+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1The Diary of a CEO

    Apple Podcasts · #49 in podcasts

  2. 2G.Talks - The Podcast for Dreamers

    Apple Podcasts · #30 in podcasts

  3. 3El-Podcasters

    Apple Podcasts · #34 in podcasts

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Earthquake Network

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  2. 2AeroWeather Pro

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #60 in podcasts

  2. 2Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani

    Arabicسوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني

    Apple Podcasts · #57 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1روائع المسلسلات الإذاعية

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

  2. 2Ron's Stories

    Rising

    Arabicقصص رون

    Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1El Daheeh - الدحيح

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  2. 2أ. ياسر الحزيمي

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  3. 3SkyView®

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Muzz: Where Muslims Marry

    Everyday app

    App Store · #52 in free apps

  2. 2StreamLab - Live Simulator

    Everyday app

    App Store · #89 in free apps

  3. 3Berk: Ski Tracker & Community

    Everyday app

    App Store · #94 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Breadfast: Groceries And More

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

  2. 2Fast App

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #59 in free apps

  3. 3McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #74 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Streaks Workout

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

  2. 2AutoSnore: Snore Recorder

    GermanAutoSnore: Schnarch-Rekorder

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

  3. 3NEJM Image Challenge

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. derivative work: Hidro ( talk ) USDnotes.jpg : The original uploader was Andyhi…, Public domain

    1United States dollar

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2TRU

    App Store · #92 in free apps

  3. 3mylo: Buy Now Pay Later

    App Store · #99 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Lupin

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  3. 3The Witches

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. 1Hamo El Morshedy

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. Benchmark ksa, CC BY 3.0

    2Wegz

    Falling

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  3. 3abulhawa

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Buy from Me

    Rising

    Arabicاشتري مني

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  2. 2Kabbirni Podcast

    Rising

    Arabicكبرني بودكاست

    Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

  3. 3مع كامل احترامي - Ma3 Kamel A7terami

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 13,846 reads

  2. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain

    2Barack Obama

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. Akhbar El yom TV, CC BY 3.0

    3Mortada Mansour

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Society & beliefs

  1. 1الشيخ المنشاوي

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #20 in podcasts

  2. 2تلاوات نادرة

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  3. 3تلاوات من الجنة

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #46 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1AC Sparta Prague

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Cristiano Ronaldo

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. Sherbo24, CC BY 4.0

    3Egypt Cup

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1iVerify Basic

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2PhotoUnlocked

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3Fongo World Edition

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Bournemouth

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. Legohun, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Ferencváros

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Milan

    Google Trends · 500+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 26Music 21Sports & fitness 11Tech & software 7Education 7Travel & tourism 4Advertising & marketing 3Telecom & internet 3Health & pharma 2Government & public sector 2Nonprofits & NGOs 2Fashion & beauty 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

  • Surgery
    158 papers
  • Plant Science
    147 papers
  • Materials Chemistry
    116 papers
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
    75 papers · rising +84%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

      Rising

    2. 3Dead-End Job

      New

    3. 4Nobody Wants This

    4. 5The One About Matthew Perry

    5. 6Below

      Falling

    6. 8Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    7. 10The Trap

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Rising

    2. 2The Witches

      Breakout

    3. 3Collision Course

      New

    4. 4Animals

      Falling

    5. 5The Addams Family

      Rising

    6. 6Family Business

    7. 7Siko Siko

    8. 8Money Train

    9. 9Armored

      Falling

    10. 10Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Hamo El Morshedy

      Rising

    2. Benchmark ksa, CC BY 3.0

      2Wegz

      Falling

    3. 3abulhawa

    4. 5Marwan Pablo

    5. 6Afroto & Hamo El Morshedy

    6. 7Amr Mostafa

    7. 9Zaid Khaled & Nasser

    8. 10Tamer Ashour

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1El Daheeh - الدحيح

    2. 2الشيخ أمجد سمير

    3. 3Mishary Al-Afasy - مشاري العفاسي

    4. 4Buy from Me

      Rising

    5. 5مشاري العفاسي - Mishary Alafasi |

      Falling

    6. 6فاهم

    7. 7Fe El Hadara - في الحضارة

    8. 8أ. ياسر الحزيمي

      Falling

    9. 9الطريق إلى النجاح - د. إبراهيم الفقي

    10. 10Kabbirni Podcast

      Rising

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Nusuk | نسك

      2. 2noon Shopping, Food, Grocery

      3. 3Claude by Anthropic

      4. 4ChatGPT

        Rising

      5. 5Google Gemini

      6. 6Elezaby ™

        Falling

      7. 7Amazon Shopping

      8. 8CapCut

      9. 9InstaPay

      10. 10Tiktok

        Breakout

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

        2. 2Melkah: Find Your Life Partner

        3. 3PhotoUnlocked

        4. 4iVerify Basic

          Breakout

        5. 5Chromagraph Camera

        6. 6Tiny Computers

        7. 7HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

          Rising

        8. 8FlipClock +

          Rising

        9. 9AnkiMobile Flashcards

          Rising

        10. 10Procreate

          Rising

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06


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