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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Italy

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Italy’s attention is Football (8.2%, 3.8× the world). The news sounds brighter than usual.

Italy’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Covered more than readEducation and skills0.1×
Reading and news · 15.9m · Solid

Italy · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula, which extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino.

From Wikipedia: Italy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Palazzo Madama in Rome, seat of the Senate of the Republic, the upper house of the Italian Parliament
    Palazzo Madama in Rome, seat of the Senate of the Republic, the upper house of the Italian ParliamentMerulana · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • An ETR 500 train on the Florence–Rome high-speed line, the first high-speed railway built in Europe[230]
    An ETR 500 train on the Florence–Rome high-speed line, the first high-speed railway built in Europe[230]Pil56 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Amalfi Coast is one of Italy's major tourist destinations.[253]
    The Amalfi Coast is one of Italy's major tourist destinations.[253]Mihael Grmek · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Bologna University, established in 1088 AD, is the world's oldest university in continuous operation.
    Bologna University, established in 1088 AD, is the world's oldest university in continuous operation.Wwikiwalter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The Last Supper (1494–1499), Leonardo da Vinci, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
    The Last Supper (1494–1499), Leonardo da Vinci, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, MilanLeonardo da Vinci · Public domain
  • Prada shop at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan
    Prada shop at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in MilanPavel Gromov ( Pagan ) · CC BY 3.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Italy · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    727 stories

  2. Vladimir Putin

    2.5× last week

    573 stories

  3. Jared Kushner

    New

    331 stories

  4. Zinedine Zidane

    13.2× last week

    329 stories

  5. Sonia Gandhi

    New

    281 stories

  6. Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0

    Pope Francis

    280 stories

  7. Steve Witkoff

    New

    246 stories

  8. Aston Villa

    244 stories

  9. Silvio Berlusconi

    7.7× last week

    231 stories

  10. Michael Carrick

    225 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    358 stories

  2. Champions League

    150 stories

  3. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    95 stories

  4. European Political Community

    4.1× last week

    77 stories

  5. U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain

    United Nations

    74 stories

  6. Jebulon, CC0

    Catholic Church

    72 stories

  7. Nations League

    6.9× last week

    69 stories

  8. European Council

    3.3× last week

    66 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Italy · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in Italy

What Italy’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos the most-liked Bluesky posts in Italian shared this week.

Shared from TikTok

  1. Wedding Dj Italy Gianpiero Fatica Salsa Mix

    weddingdj.it

    Shared in 1 post · 2 likes and reposts

Shared from Instagram

  1. Wonderful Mina❤️

    Translated from Italian

    Enzo Varone

    Shared in 1 post · 6 likes and reposts

  2. The fifth winter is coming. And for Ukraine, this winter risks being the darkest, coldest, fiercest. For almost five years, the land...

    Translated from Italian

    Associazione La Memoria Viva

    Shared in 1 post · 4 likes and reposts

Shared from YouTube

  1. Farewell to Tina Anselmi, partisan courier and first woman to serve as a minister

    Translated from Italian

    TG2000

    Shared in 1 post · 103 likes and reposts

  2. Neil Young - Love and War (Live at Farm Aid 2011)

    Farm Aid

    Shared in 1 post · 85 likes and reposts

  3. El Niño: what exactly is it? | with Giulio Betti

    Translated from Italian

    Mondadori Education

    Shared in 1 post · 72 likes and reposts

  4. [MLP Halloween Special] Forever Faithful Revamped (DARKFIC/TRAGEDY)

    Scribbler Productions

    Shared in 2 posts · 52 likes and reposts

  5. Serbia: students win!

    Translated from Italian

    Matteo Saudino - BarbaSophia

    Shared in 1 post · 52 likes and reposts

  6. What do I know about happiness? ❤️ Unica, Monica Vitti

    Translated from Italian

    Film e Motivazione

    Shared in 1 post · 45 likes and reposts

  7. James Senese: the musical soul of Naples #shorts

    Translated from Italian

    That's all Folks!

    Shared in 1 post · 40 likes and reposts

  8. Rino Gaetano - But the sky is always bluer (Official Video)

    Translated from Italian

    RinoGaetanoVEVO

    Shared in 1 post · 40 likes and reposts

  9. Alda Merini — Love is the only remedy for evil

    Translated from Italian

    Mark Torres

    Shared in 1 post · 39 likes and reposts

  10. Gigi Proietti - Don’t Bother Me (A me gli occhi, Please 2000)

    Translated from Italian

    Gigi Proietti Fans

    Shared in 1 post · 38 likes and reposts

  11. The Kiffness - Eating the Cats ft. Donald Trump (Debate Remix)

    The Kiffness

    Shared in 1 post · 35 likes and reposts

  12. Weird Days: Dark Tales by Warm Light | Official Trailer Showcase 2026

    DarkCocooningGames

    Shared in 3 posts · 31 likes and reposts

Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

Italy

Discussion

Italy · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Startups people read about

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week

  1. Facebook

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2004 · 4,731 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  2. Anthropic

    Startups and building things · founded 2021 · 2,709 page views

    Backed by Spark Capital

  3. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    OpenAI

    Startups and building things · founded 2015 · 1,655 page views

    Backed by a16z, Sequoia +2

  4. Palantir

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2003 · 247 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

Backers according to Wikidata

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