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Europe · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Iceland

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


Rising

  1. 1SkyView®

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2OliverMGI

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #49 in songs

  3. 3Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  4. The White House, Public domain

    4Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 489 reads

  5. 5Heist

    Breakout

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


Top today

  1. 1SkyView®

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Taken: Natalee Holloway

    Breakout

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

  3. The White House, Public domain

    3Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 489 reads

  4. 4Heist

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Calm Harm

    Breakout

    Health & wellness · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  6. 6A Couple of Lies

    Rising

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

  7. Anna Archivist, CC0

    7Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 329 reads

  8. 8A Dog's Perfect Christmas

    New

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

  9. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    9Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 306 reads

  10. 10Spirit Talker ®

    Breakout

    Fashion & beauty · App Store · #4 in paid apps

Everyday apps here: Namfus · Snapchat · Hreyfill · Spesía · Microsoft Outlook. 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 322 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 1.6% of the news · 5 articles
  2. 0.9% of the news · 3 articles
  3. 0.6% of the news · 2 articles
  4. 0.6% of the news · 2 articles
  5. 0.6% of the news · 2 articles
  6. 0.3% of the news · 1 articles
  7. 0.3% of the news · 1 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · 0 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 489 reads

  2. Anna Archivist, CC0

    2Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 329 reads

  3. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Nvidia

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 161 reads

  4. 4Colette Kress

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 133 reads

  5. 5SS United States

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 95 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 489 reads

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    Wikipedia · 161 reads

  3. 3Colette Kress

    Wikipedia · 133 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1Isorka

    Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in free apps

  2. 2GPX-Viewer

    Everyday app

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1AeroWeather Pro

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  2. 2Iceland at Night

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #82 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1SkyView®

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2Vala Leikskóli

    App Store · #85 in free apps

  3. 3InfoMentor Hub

    App Store · #94 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Spirit Talker ®

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2SmartThings

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in free apps

  3. 3OVMS Connect

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

Gaming

  1. 1ARcheology - Dig Up History

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Calm Harm

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  2. 2AutoSnore: Snoring Recorder

    Weekly

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3Technogym - training & gym app

    Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Spesía

    Everyday app

    App Store · #12 in free apps

  2. 2Landsbankinn

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in free apps

  3. 3Netgíró

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #93 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. 1Musa Opimin

    Rising

    Apple Music · #27 in songs

  2. 2OliverMGI

    Rising

    Apple Music · #49 in songs

  3. 3Junior Brighe

    Rising

    Apple Music · #36 in songs

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Wikipedia · 306 reads

  2. 2Abler

    Everyday app

    App Store · #26 in free apps

  3. 3SmartRider

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

Tech & AI

  1. Anna Archivist, CC0

    1Anna's Archive

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 329 reads

  2. 2Soro - For Sonos

    New

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  3. 3Worlds smallest violin ™

    New

    App Store · #7 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Klappið

    App Store · #59 in free apps

  2. 2rejsekort

    App Store · #75 in free apps

  3. 3SAS – Scandinavian Airlines

    App Store · #79 in free apps


Industries here

Music 57Media & entertainment 23Tech & software 9Travel & tourism 3Health & pharma 2Education 2Fashion & beauty 1Gaming 1Sports & fitness 1Telecom & internet 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 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 euro136.6ISK per euro12 Nov 2026 · euro −0.1% since 5 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

    Apple Music · 2026-11-13

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Óskar

    2. 2ZEESAM

    3. 3Claude by Anthropic

    4. 4Revol9

    5. 5ChatGPT

    6. 6Electronic Travel Authorisation

    7. 7Auðkenni

    8. 8Takk

      Falling

    9. 9Boozt.com

    10. 10Landspítali

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-13

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Aiko

        Breakout

      2. 2SkyView®

        Breakout

      3. 3Calm Harm

        Breakout

      4. 4Spirit Talker ®

        Breakout

      5. 5AutoSnore: Snoring Recorder

        Breakout

      6. 6Soro - For Sonos

        New

      7. 7Worlds smallest violin ™

        New

      8. 8BLEASS Delay

        New

      9. 9CoPE Paediatric Emergency

        Falling

      10. 102AM CAM

        Falling

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-13


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