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Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026

Israel

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


Rising

  1. 1Stop Motion Studio Pro

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid 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. Nitaigr, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Shelly Yachimovich

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  5. 5Sigd

    New

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 6,941 reads


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. Nitaigr, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Shelly Yachimovich

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  4. 4Sigd

    New

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 6,941 reads

  5. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    5Weather

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  6. 6Collision Course

    New

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

  7. 7פודקאסט ברצלונה: בארסה מאניה

    Back

    Sports · Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  8. The White House, Public domain

    8Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  9. 9Stop Motion Studio Pro

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  10. נועם עטייה, CC BY-SA 3.0

    10Yonatan Shalev

    Weekly

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

Everyday apps here: Fawri · Tiny Computers · Koala Sampler • Beat Maker · IRIS Hebrew Russian Dictionary · Procreate. 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 2,527 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 10.1% of the news · usually 10.8% · 254 articles
  2. 2.0% of the news · usually 4.5% · 50 articles
  3. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.6% · 44 articles
  4. Health More than usual
    1.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1.9× usual · 42 articles
  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.6% · 22 articles
  6. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 16 articles
  7. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.9× usual · 13 articles

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

  8. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 10 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. Nitaigr, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Shelly Yachimovich

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. 2Sigd

    New

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 6,941 reads

  3. The White House, Public domain

    3Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  4. נועם עטייה, CC BY-SA 3.0

    4Yonatan Shalev

    Weekly

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

  5. 5Elisha Medan

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,706 reads

  6. ספיר ברונזברג / Bamahane, CC BY-SA 3.0

    6Hadar Goldin

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  7. Itzhak Harari, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Avraham Burg

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 100+ searches

  8. Ran Yehezkel, CC BY-SA 3.0

    8אביעד גליקמן

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Google Trends · 500+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. Lishkee, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Michal Tsur

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,013 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1Moovit: Public Transport Live

    Everyday app

    App Store · #60 in free apps

Crime & justice

  1. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    1Kristallnacht

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 667 reads

  2. 2Shlomo Helbrans

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 265 reads

  3. 3Murder Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #30 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1לשבת לקחת

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

  2. יהב טרודלר, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Alex Rif

    Wikipedia · 485 reads

  3. 3The Rest Is History

    Apple Podcasts · #52 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1תכנית ה-1000

    Back

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 2בונים נכון

    App Store · #25 in paid apps

  3. 3תחוּשת בּטן

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

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

    2Lia Elalouf

    Wikipedia · 684 reads

  3. 3Neshama - נשמה

    App Store · #98 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1HAAT

    Everyday app

    App Store · #76 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Grand Theft Auto VI

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Health & wellness

  1. 1SnoreClock - Do you snore?

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2ECG Atlas

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Bank Hapoalim

    Wikipedia · 157 reads

  2. 2ניהול החשבון - בנק הפועלים

    Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in free apps

  3. 3תלוש אונליין

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #57 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. 3Collision Course

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2One Song

    Breakout

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  3. Dean Stockings, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Boy George

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 874 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Shira Shapira

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,081 reads

  2. 2Free the Bear

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Nitaigr, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Shelly Yachimovich

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. נועם עטייה, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Yonatan Shalev

    Weekly

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. 3הקרנף - עם יואב רבינוביץ׳

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Osim Historia With Ran Levi

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  2. 2Gabriela Shalev

    Wikipedia · 335 reads

  3. 3Alice S. Huang

    Wikipedia · 333 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Sigd

    New

    Wikipedia · 6,941 reads

  2. 2חוק וסדר

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  3. Ran Yehezkel, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3אביעד גליקמן

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Sports

  1. 1פודקאסט ברצלונה: בארסה מאניה

    Back

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  2. 2הענק הירוק

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  3. 3La Liga

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Startups

  1. 1Wiz, Inc.

    Wikipedia · 185 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Stop Motion Studio Pro

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  2. 2Pocket Mac Lab

    Rising

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3The Jerusalem Post

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Travel & places

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

    1Spain

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Pakistan

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain

    3Sri Lanka

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 24Government & public sector 20Sports & fitness 12Music 10Travel & tourism 3Tech & software 3Gaming 1Education 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.

Politics in the news

  • Protests in the news15reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 10 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news71reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 108 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 euro3.549ILS per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro +0.8% since 2 Nov 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
    123 papers
  • Molecular Biology
    119 papers
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    117 papers
  • Literature and Literary Theory
    60 papers · rising +177%

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 · 2026-11-10

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1אחד ביום

    2. 2סויסה + 1

    3. 3הקרנף - עם יואב רבינוביץ׳

      Rising

    4. 4הפודיום

    5. 5פודקאסט שולחן 4

    6. 6One Song

      Breakout

    7. 7קיקטוק

    8. 8הפודקאסט של נדב פרי

    9. 9בוקר חדש - טל ברמן, תם אהרון, אביה פרחי

      Falling

    10. 10Free the Bear

      Rising

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

      2. 2Claude by Anthropic

      3. 3Google Gemini

      4. 4Temu

      5. 5Ween - وين

        Falling

      6. 6ChatGPT

      7. 7DramaWave - Dramas & Reels

      8. 8WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor

      9. 9Disney+

      10. 10הפניקס

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-10

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1AnkiMobile Flashcards

        2. 2תמרי - Module E

        3. 3Stop Motion Studio Pro

          Breakout

        4. 4Tiny Computers

          Rising

        5. 5Pocket Mac Lab

          Rising

        6. 6Chromagraph Camera

        7. 7Shadowrocket

          Falling

        8. 8IRIS Hebrew Russian Dictionary

          Breakout

        9. 9Threema for iOS

        10. 10Mentor Fit Pro

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-10


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