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Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026

Israel

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


Rising

  1. 1ForReal – Celebs Gossip

    Rising

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

  2. 2Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Breakout

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

  3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  4. 4The Escape

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 5,487 reads

  5. 5IRIS Hebrew Russian Dictionary

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #5 in paid apps


Top today

  1. 1Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Breakout

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

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  3. 3The Escape

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 5,487 reads

  4. 4ForReal – Celebs Gossip

    Rising

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

  5. 5Collision Course

    New

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

  6. ITSIK, CC BY 2.0

    6Shlomo Nitzan

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 3,708 reads

  7. 7פודקאסט שולחן 4

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

  8. 8עושים NBA

    Rising

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  9. 9משה הלל

    New

    Music · Wikipedia · 1,980 reads

  10. Dean Stockings, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10Boy George

    Rising

    Music · Wikipedia · 2,414 reads

Everyday apps here: LiveATC Air Radio · WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor · Kino · iReal Pro · SHEIN - Compras Online. 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 1,862 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 9.6% of the news · usually 11.0% · 178 articles
  2. 3.8% of the news · usually 4.6% · 71 articles
  3. 1.8% of the news · usually 1.5% · 33 articles
  4. Immigration More than usual
    1.1% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1.8× usual · 20 articles
  5. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 13 articles
  6. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.1× usual · 10 articles

    Survey · 2023 72% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  7. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.5% · 9 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 6 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. ישעיהו ל, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Neria Kraus

    New

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 1,750 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,787 reads

  3. Sharon Hasson (שרון חסון), CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Dan Illouz

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  4. Yaakov Saar, CC BY-SA 3.0

    4Colette Avital

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,114 reads

  5. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    5Jon Ossoff

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,078 reads

  6. Matty Stern, Public domain

    6Roni Bar-On

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 972 reads

  7. U.S. Department of State, Public domain

    7Isaac Herzog

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,072 reads

  8. The White House, Public domain

    8Stephen Miller

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 686 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Lev Tahor

    Wikipedia · 1,903 reads

  2. 2Green Glam

    App Store · #46 in free apps

  3. דיגיטל כאן תאגיד השידור הישראלי, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Hayot Kiss

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. 1Moovit: Public Transport Live

    Everyday app

    App Store · #84 in free apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Shlomo Helbrans

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 582 reads

  2. 2Murder Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  3. 3Let's Talk Murder

    Apple Podcasts · #34 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Sasha Sokolov

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 744 reads

  2. 2אש!

    Apple Podcasts · #46 in podcasts

  3. 3לשבת לקחת

    Apple Podcasts · #40 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1GENKI Vocab for 3rd Ed.

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

  2. 2חושבים טוב

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

  3. 3ספריית פיג'מה קוראת לכם!

    Apple Podcasts · #62 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Mor Maman

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,459 reads

  2. עמית נעים (Amit Naim), CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Lia Elalouf

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 1,637 reads

  3. 3Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1HAAT

    Everyday app

    App Store · #49 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Teach Your Monster to Read

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  2. 2Sound Touch

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1HealthFit

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

  2. 2Monash FODMAP Diet

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

  3. 3כללית active+

    Everyday app

    App Store · #71 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. PLBechly, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Morgan Stanley

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. 2Isracard - ישראכרט

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in free apps

  3. 3Blink - Invest

    Everyday app

    App Store · #39 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3The Escape

    New

    Wikipedia · 5,487 reads

Music

  1. 1משה הלל

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,980 reads

  2. Dean Stockings, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Boy George

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,414 reads

  3. Ilan Besor, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Yehudit Ravitz

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,873 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1The answer with Doron Fischler

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

  2. 2מה יש בזה

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #35 in podcasts

  3. 3לא סותמים

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #50 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1פודקאסט שולחן 4

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

  2. 2סויסה + 1

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  3. 3הברזייה | בר זגה

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #36 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Osim Historia With Ran Levi

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  2. ערוץ 1, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Moshe Kroy

    Wikipedia · 268 reads

  3. NASA, Public domain

    3Ilan Ramon

    Wikipedia · 214 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. ישעיהו ל, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Neria Kraus

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,750 reads

  2. 2תרגעו

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  3. 3נלי ולירון

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1עושים NBA

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  2. Botend, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Eitan Tibi

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,564 reads

  3. 3קיקטוק

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #20 in podcasts

Startups

  1. 1Lime

    App Store · #99 in free apps

  2. 2Wiz, Inc.

    Wikipedia · 256 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1ForReal – Celebs Gossip

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in free apps

  2. 2IRIS Hebrew Russian Dictionary

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3מתמחה כיס - בחינות לשכה

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

Travel & places

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

    1Iran

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Janusz J., CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Jericho

    Wikipedia · 479 reads

  3. vivali, CC BY 3.0

    3Israel

    Wikipedia · 427 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 30Government & public sector 22Music 18Tech & software 7Sports & fitness 5Fashion & beauty 2Advertising & marketing 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.

Politics in the news

  • Protests in the news7reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 11 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news67reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 115 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

  • Inflation1.5%Jul 2026 · −0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Unemployment3.1%Jul 2026 · +0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Consumer confidence98.3100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.5 since Mar 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate3.25%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices-3.3%Q2 2026 · −0.2 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth2.9%2025 · +2.0 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment6.0%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro3.572ILS per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +2.2% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence101.7100 = long-run averageMar 2026 · −0.4 since Feb 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Artificial Intelligence
    128 papers
  • Molecular Biology
    122 papers
  • Surgery
    109 papers
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    102 papers · rising +32%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

      Breakout

    2. 2Nobody Wants This

      Falling

    3. 3Lupin

    4. 4The Diplomat

      Falling

    5. 5A Couple of Lies

    6. 7The Fall of El Mayo

    7. Press photo, Public domain

      8East of Eden

      Falling

    8. 10Unforgettable

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Sonic the Hedgehog 3

      Breakout

    2. 2Collision Course

      New

    3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    4. 4Far and Away

    5. 5Animals

      Falling

    6. 6Nowhere to Run

    7. 7Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex

      Falling

    8. 8Money Train

    9. 9The Addams Family

    10. 10You, Me, Us

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Mor

    2. 2Nadav Hanzis

    3. 3Ofek Adanek

    4. 4Roei Adam

    5. 5Odeya

    6. 8Osher Cohen

    7. 9Eden Ben Zaken & Sasson Efram Shaulov

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1אחד ביום

    2. 2סויסה + 1

      Rising

    3. 3פודקאסט שולחן 4

      Breakout

    4. 4השבוע - פודקאסט הארץ

    5. 5הקרנף - עם יואב רבינוביץ׳

      Falling

    6. 6הפודיום

    7. 7The answer with Doron Fischler

      Rising

    8. 8בזמן שעבדתם

      Falling

    9. 9הפודקאסט של נדב פרי

      Falling

    10. 10בוקר חדש - טל ברמן, תם אהרון, אביה פרחי

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

      2. 2WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor

        Rising

      3. 3Claude by Anthropic

      4. 4ForReal – Celebs Gossip

        Rising

      5. 5DramaWave - Dramas & Reels

      6. 6Temu

      7. 7ChatGPT

      8. 8Google Gemini

      9. 9Disney+

      10. 10H&M

        Falling

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1AnkiMobile Flashcards

        2. 2מתמחה כיס - בחינות לשכה

        3. 3LiveATC Air Radio

          Breakout

        4. 4Chromagraph Camera

        5. 5IRIS Hebrew Russian Dictionary

          Breakout

        6. 6iReal Pro

          Rising

        7. 7Photo Vault: Private Album

        8. 8atvTools

        9. 9Procreate

          Falling

        10. 10Kino

          Rising

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07


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