Europe · Friday, 6 November 2026
Iceland
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Breakout
Breakout
New
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
Top today
Breakout
New
Breakout
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
Rising
Anna Archivist, CC0 Rising
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0 Breakout
Breakout
Everyday apps here: Meta AI · Procreate · Suno - AI Songs, Music, Lyrics · HBO Max · Ísland.is - Stafrænt Ísland. 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 1,686 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Letters to the editor: Democracy: Use it or lose it (cambridgetimes.ca)
- NATO Genel Sekreteri Trump'ı böyle teselli etti! Türkiye'ye dikkat çekti (turkiyegazetesi.com.tr)
- Szef MSZ Niemiec o Europie: Stawką jest wojna lub pokój (dw.com)
- Инфляция в ОЭСР в сентябре ускорилась до 4,5% (interfax.ru)
- AIの代わりに「手編み職人」が会議に出席、要点を1語に編む アイスランド発の無料サービス (cnet.com)
- Using an AI agent as my personal assistant (businesstimes.com.sg)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.2The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.2 words per 1,000usually 2.1The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual4.7 words per 1,000usually 4.1The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual21.0 words per 1,000usually 20.2The GDELT Project
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.
Anna Archivist, CC0 Rising
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0
By category
Cars & transport
Everyday app
Nature, climate & disasters
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Crime & justice
Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain
Education & careers
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Gaming
Falling
Health & wellness
Falling Everyday app
2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Money & crypto
1indó
Everyday app
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Movies & TV
Breakout
New
Music
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0 Breakout
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sports
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Travel & places
Everyday app
Everyday app
Industries here
Music 58Media & entertainment 25Tech & software 8Cars & mobility 3Government & public sector 3Travel & tourism 2Fashion & beauty 2Advertising & marketing 2Transport & logistics 2Retail & e-commerce 1Gaming 1Education 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 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 euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +0.6% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
Society
- People online98.2%2024 · +0.3 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government36.4%OECD Trust Survey2023 · −14.0 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
Breakout
2Nobody Wants This
Falling
3Lupin
Rising
4A Couple of Lies
5Love Is Blind
6Minimum wage
7The Fall of El Mayo
8The Diplomat
Falling
Press photo, Public domain 9East of Eden
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1The Drop
Breakout
2Money Train
New
3Surviving Hurricane Otis
4Collision Course
5Animals
Falling
6Man Up
7Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex
Falling
8Far and Away
9White Chicks
10Unabomber
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 1Tate McRae
Breakout
2Hafdís Huld
3Adéla
Falling
The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0 4Drake
Breakout
Apple Music · 2026-11-07
App Store · Free apps
1Óskar
2ZEESAM
3Claude by Anthropic
4Electronic Travel Authorisation
5Hreyfill
6ChatGPT
7Takk
8Auðkenni
9Landspítali
10WhatsApp
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-07
App Store · Paid apps
1Universe in a Nutshell
2Chromagraph Camera
3Calm Harm
Falling
4Pedi STAT
Breakout
5play_music_theory
6Procreate
Breakout
7Dog Monitor
8Reeder
9MapOut
10Frost-Warner
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-07
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.