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Asia · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Iraq

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


Rising

  1. 1Panda Trans-Offline Languages

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,628 reads

  3. Marc E., CC BY 2.0

    3Adele

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #24 in songs

  4. Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0

    4France national football team

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  5. User:Karim wahdan, CC BY-SA 3.0

    5Ragheb Alama

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #22 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Panda Trans-Offline Languages

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,628 reads

  3. 3Blok3

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  4. Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0

    4France national football team

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  5. 5Alook Browser - 8x Speed

    New

    Tech & AI · App Store · #9 in paid apps

  6. Elliot Verhaeren, CC BY 3.0 us

    6Travel

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  7. 7Fart Together!

    New

    Tech & AI · App Store · #10 in paid apps

  8. 8Marwan Pablo

    Weekly

    Music · Apple Music · #4 in songs

  9. Marc E., CC BY 2.0

    9Adele

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #24 in songs

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

    10Iran

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 500+ searches

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Quwet El Hob · ChatGPT · Tiktok · Telegram. 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 1,539 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 11.4% of the news · usually 9.5% · 176 articles
  2. 2.5% of the news · usually 2.2% · 39 articles
  3. 1.6% of the news · usually 1.6% · 24 articles
  4. Health Anxious
    1.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 24 articles
  5. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.0% · 18 articles
  6. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 16 articles
  7. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.0× usual · 12 articles

    Survey · 2023 58% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  8. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 7 articles

How the news sounds

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →


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. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,628 reads

  2. U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain

    2Lou Correa

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 200+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Asiacell

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in free apps

  2. 2Savana - Fashion from London

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

  3. 3مرمرة للعطور والكوزماتيك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1AeroWeather Pro

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1منصة قدّم

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  2. 2HEPIQ

    App Store · #91 in free apps

  3. 3PhET Simulations

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  2. 2Beby – Baby Gender Predictor

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

  3. 3Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Toters توترز

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in free apps

  2. 2Talabatey طلباتي

    Everyday app

    App Store · #68 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Cinerna Box: Movie Truth Quest

    App Store · #50 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Posture up

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2Atlas der Humananatomie 2027

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

  3. 3AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1WalletApp

    Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  2. 2ZainCash Iraq - زين كاش عراق

    Everyday app

    App Store · #76 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1بطههه

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. one3sport, CC BY 3.0

    2Mohye Ismail

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. 3WOLF Qanawat

    App Store · #36 in free apps

Music

  1. 1Blok3

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Marwan Pablo

    Weekly

    Apple Music · #4 in songs

  3. Marc E., CC BY 2.0

    3Adele

    Rising

    Apple Music · #24 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Wikipedia · 3,628 reads

  2. U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain

    2Lou Correa

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Sports

  1. Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1France national football team

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2FC Bayern Munich

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. Timmy96, CC0

    3Michael Carrick

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Panda Trans-Offline Languages

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Alook Browser - 8x Speed

    New

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

  3. 3Fart Together!

    New

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

Travel & places

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

    1Iran

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain

    2Sri Lanka

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Bangladesh

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Music 52Tech & software 12Sports & fitness 9Media & entertainment 8Advertising & marketing 7Travel & tourism 3Gaming 3Nonprofits & NGOs 3Education 2Government & public sector 2Fashion & beauty 1Telecom & internet 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

  • Materials Chemistry
    169 papers
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    157 papers
  • Plant Science
    127 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    114 papers · rising +25%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Blok3

      Rising

    2. 2Tul8te

      Falling

    3. 4Marwan Pablo

      Rising

    4. 5Elissa

    5. 6Amr Diab

    6. 9Karol G

      Rising

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1ChatGPT

      Rising

    2. 2SuperQi

      Falling

    3. 3WhatsApp

      Breakout

    4. 4CapCut

    5. 5Telegram

      Rising

    6. 6Tiktok

      Rising

    7. 7Snapchat

      Rising

    8. 8Baly حجز تكسي،توصيل طعام | بلي

      Falling

    9. 9Instagram

      Rising

    10. 10Google Discover

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Panda Trans-Offline Languages

        Breakout

      2. 2CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

        Breakout

      3. 3Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

        Falling

      4. 4Unora

      5. 5AnkiMobile Flashcards

        Rising

      6. 6Shadowrocket

        Rising

      7. 7Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      8. 8ProCam - Câmera Pro

        Rising

      9. 9Alook Browser - 8x Speed

        New

      10. 10Fart Together!

        New

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-12


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