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Europe · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Iceland

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


Rising

  1. 1Battle.net

    Rising

    Gaming · App Store · #11 in free apps

  2. 22AM CAM

    Breakout

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

  3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Money Train

    New

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

  5. Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0

    5Jade Thirlwall

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #4 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Battle.net

    Rising

    Gaming · App Store · #11 in free apps

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Money Train

    New

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

  4. Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0

    4Adéla

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  5. 5The Drop

    Breakout

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

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

    6Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 255 reads

  7. 7Calm Harm

    Breakout

    Health & wellness · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  8. Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0

    8Jade Thirlwall

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #4 in songs

  9. 9Lupin

    Rising

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

  10. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 228 reads

Everyday apps here: rejsekort · Chromagraph Camera · Claude by Anthropic · Google Gemini · WhatsApp. 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 1,669 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 1.7% of the news · usually 2.3% · 29 articles
  2. 0.9% of the news · usually 1.3% · 15 articles
  3. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.8% · 12 articles
  4. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 5 articles
  5. 0.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 4 articles
  6. 0.2% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3 articles
  7. 0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 3 articles
  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.1% · 1 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. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    1Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 255 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 228 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 205 reads

  4. Anna Archivist, CC0

    4Anna's Archive

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 523 reads

  5. Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5James Talarico

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 119 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Tesla, Inc.

    App Store · #65 in free apps

  2. 2N1 - meira í leiðinni

    Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in free apps

  3. 3Costco Wholesale Iceland

    Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Isorka

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in free apps

  2. 2GPX-Viewer

    Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

  3. 3Autopay - Park & Charge

    Everyday app

    App Store · #57 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1AeroWeather Pro

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in paid apps

  2. 2My Aurora Forecast Pro

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Scott Colom

    Wikipedia · 95 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Nudos 3D (Knots 3D)

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  2. 2WolframAlpha Classic

    App Store · #49 in paid apps

  3. 3Attensi SKILLS

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Big Day - Event Countdown

    App Store · #46 in paid apps

  2. 2Sinna

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  3. 3Ravit - Ravelry on the hop

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Humble

    Everyday app

    App Store · #69 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Battle.net

    Rising

    App Store · #11 in free apps

  2. 2Evolytes

    App Store · #87 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Calm Harm

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  3. 3Speech Assistant AAC

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1indó

    App Store · #85 in free apps

  2. 2Landsbankinn

    Everyday app

    App Store · #49 in free apps

  3. 3Spesía

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #90 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Money Train

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  3. 3The Drop

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

Music

  1. Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0

    1Adéla

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0

    2Jade Thirlwall

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #4 in songs

  3. Katherine Shaw at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5

    3Hafdís Huld

    Weekly

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

Politics & world affairs

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

    1Jon Ossoff

    New

    Wikipedia · 255 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 228 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    New

    Wikipedia · 205 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1NYTimes: US and World News

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in free apps

Sports

  1. 1SmartRider

    App Store · #47 in paid apps

  2. 23stig – íslenskur körfubolti

    App Store · #72 in free apps

  3. 3Bike Repair

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

Tech & AI

  1. 1Miniature Studio

    Rising

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  2. 22AM CAM

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. Anna Archivist, CC0

    3Anna's Archive

    Wikipedia · 523 reads

Travel & places

  1. 1rejsekort

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in free apps

  2. 2WikiCamps Australia

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  3. 3easyJet: Travel App

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in free apps


Industries here

Music 53Media & entertainment 27Tech & software 17Telecom & internet 5Advertising & marketing 4Government & public sector 4Health & pharma 3Education 3Fashion & beauty 2Legal & professional services 2Jobs, HR & staffing 2Gaming 1Sports & fitness 1Energy & utilities 1Cars & mobility 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

  • Inflation5.4%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Unemployment5.9%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Central bank rate8.00%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices-2.4%Q2 2026 · −0.4 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth1.3%2025 · +2.6 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment8.7%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro136.8ISK per euro5 Nov 2026 · euro +0.7% since 29 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • New businesses91.52021 = 100Q3 2026 · −4.1 since Q2 2026Eurostat
  • Bankruptcy declarations108.92021 = 100Q3 2026 · −7.2 since Q2 2026Eurostat

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Genetics
    11 papers
  • Physiology
    10 papers · rising +117%
  • Geophysics
    9 papers · rising +40%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1The One About Matthew Perry

      Breakout

    2. 2Nobody Wants This

      Falling

    3. 3Lupin

      Rising

    4. 4A Couple of Lies

    5. 5Love Is Blind

    6. 6Minimum wage

    7. 7The Fall of El Mayo

    8. 8The Diplomat

      Falling

    9. Press photo, Public domain

      9East of Eden

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1The Drop

      Breakout

    2. 2Money Train

      New

    3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    4. 4Collision Course

    5. 5Animals

      Falling

    6. 6Man Up

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

      Falling

    8. 8Far and Away

    9. 9White Chicks

    10. 10Unabomber

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0

      1Adéla

      Rising

    2. Katherine Shaw at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5

      2Hafdís Huld

      Rising

    3. Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0

      4Jade Thirlwall

      Breakout

    4. 5Kamari Larion

      Falling

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Óskar

    2. 2ZEESAM

    3. 3Claude by Anthropic

      Rising

    4. 4Electronic Travel Authorisation

    5. 5Takk

      Falling

    6. 6ChatGPT

      Rising

    7. 7Auðkenni

    8. 8Landspítali

    9. 9WhatsApp

      Rising

    10. 10Icelandair

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Calm Harm

        Breakout

      2. 2Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      3. 32AM CAM

        Breakout

      4. 4Plezy: Media Server Client

      5. 5Miniature Studio

        Rising

      6. 6HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

      7. 7Leaf Spy Pro

      8. 8TeamSpeak 3

      9. 9Amazing Slow Downer

      10. 10Nudos 3D (Knots 3D)

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-06


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