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Europe · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Iceland

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


Rising

  1. 1Takk

    Rising

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

  2. 22AM CAM

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  3. 3Noa Colli

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #7 in songs

  4. 4Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  5. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 356 reads


Top today

  1. 12AM CAM

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Noa Colli

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #7 in songs

  3. 3Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  4. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 356 reads

  5. 5Heist

    Breakout

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

  6. 6Revol9

    Rising

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

  7. 7A Couple of Lies

    Rising

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

  8. Neitram, CC BY-SA 3.0

    8Árni Björnsson

    New

    Books, arts & history · Wikipedia · 323 reads

  9. Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0

    9Max Richter

    Back

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  10. 10A Dog's Perfect Christmas

    New

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

Everyday apps here: SmartThings · Microsoft Authenticator · Aiko · Netgíró · Google Maps. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


Franchises and brands here

Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.


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 1,694 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.3% · 20 articles
  2. 1.2% of the news · usually 2.0% · 20 articles
  3. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.8× usual · 11 articles
  4. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.5% · 11 articles
  5. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.6× usual · 8 articles
  6. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 7 articles
  7. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.1% · 1 articles
  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.8% · 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.

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. Anna Archivist, CC0

    1Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 306 reads

  2. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Remembrance Day

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 90 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Kjarni

    App Store · #41 in free apps

  2. 2Amazon Prime Video

    App Store · #63 in free apps

  3. 3Tikk App

    App Store · #88 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Hopp - Go Further

    App Store · #87 in free apps

  2. 2GPX-Viewer

    Everyday app

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

  3. 3Isorka

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #79 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1AeroWeather Pro

    Back

    App Store · #8 in paid apps

  2. 2Iceland at Night

    Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in free apps

  3. 3Weather Mate Pro - Forecast

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. Neitram, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Árni Björnsson

    New

    Wikipedia · 323 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Complete Vocal Technique

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

  2. 2Boeing 737 NG Diagrams

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

  3. 3Nefna

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1OVMS Connect

    New

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 2Roborock

    App Store · #93 in free apps

  3. 3SmartThings

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Domino's Iceland

    App Store · #90 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1ARcheology - Dig Up History

    Rising

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1SimMon

    New

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  2. 2CoPE Paediatric Emergency

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  3. 3seca myAnalytics

    App Store · #97 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Netgíró

    Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in free apps

  2. 2Spesía

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in free apps

  3. 3Landsbankinn

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #86 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Heist

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  3. 3A Couple of Lies

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

Music

  1. 1Noa Colli

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #7 in songs

  2. Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Max Richter

    Back

    Apple Music · #23 in songs

  3. 3play_music_theory

    Back

    App Store · #7 in paid apps

Society & beliefs

  1. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Remembrance Day

    Wikipedia · 90 reads

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Wikipedia · 356 reads

  2. 2Abler

    Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

  3. 3SmartRider

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

Tech & AI

  1. 12AM CAM

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Revol9

    Rising

    App Store · #5 in free apps

  3. Anna Archivist, CC0

    3Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 306 reads

Travel & places

  1. 1ESTA Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #45 in free apps

  2. 2Icelandair

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in free apps

  3. 3Hreyfill

    Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in free apps


Industries here

Music 55Media & entertainment 27Tech & software 14Advertising & marketing 6Telecom & internet 3Fashion & beauty 2Sports & fitness 2Health & pharma 2Education 2Retail & e-commerce 1Gaming 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 euro11 Nov 2026 · euro ±0.0% since 4 Nov 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
    7 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    7 papers · rising +41%
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    7 papers · rising +90%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Taken: Natalee Holloway

      Breakout

    2. 2A Couple of Lies

      Rising

    3. 3The One About Matthew Perry

      Falling

    4. 4Black Doves

    5. 5Nobody Wants This

      Falling

    6. 6Anesthesia

    7. 7Lupin

      Falling

    8. 8Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell

    9. 9Love Is Blind

      Falling

    10. Press photo, Public domain

      10East of Eden

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Heist

      Breakout

    2. 2Sing 2

      New

    3. 3A Dog's Perfect Christmas

      New

    4. 4Collision Course

    5. 5Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

    6. 水性ペン, CC BY-SA 4.0

      6Sing

    7. 7Christmas at the Palace

    8. 8Evil Dead Burn

    9. 9Return to Christmas Creek

    10. 10Christmas in Love

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Tate McRae

    2. 2Hafdís Huld

    3. 7Noa Colli

      Breakout

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Óskar

    2. 2ZEESAM

    3. 3Claude by Anthropic

    4. 4Takk

      Rising

    5. 5Revol9

      Rising

    6. 6ChatGPT

    7. 7Electronic Travel Authorisation

      Falling

    8. 8Boozt.com

    9. 9Auðkenni

      Falling

    10. 10GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1CoPE Paediatric Emergency

        Breakout

      2. 22AM CAM

        Breakout

      3. 3Iceland Driving test 2026

        Rising

      4. 4Unora

        Falling

      5. 5Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      6. 6Aiko

        Breakout

      7. 7play_music_theory

        Back

      8. 8AeroWeather Pro

        Back

      9. 9iReal Pro

        Breakout

      10. 10Things 3 (iOS)

        Falling

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-12


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