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Europe · Friday, 6 November 2026

Italy

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Rising

  1. 1Blitzer.de PRO

    Rising

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

  2. 2Golden Boy

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  3. 3You, Me, Us

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #4 in top sellers

  5. Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs


Top today

  1. Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  2. 2You, Me, Us

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Veronica Gentili

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 18,768 reads

  4. 4Lupin

    Weekly

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

  5. 5Phantom Blade Zero

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #1 in top sellers

  6. 6Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #4 in top sellers

  7. 7Collision Course

    New

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

  8. 8Blitzer.de PRO

    Rising

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

  9. Sirobi, CC BY-SA 3.0

    9Magnus Norman

    Breakout

    Sports · Wikipedia · 10,190 reads

  10. Olga Shcherbytska, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10Ferencvárosi TC

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 9,303 reads

Everyday apps here: Pocket Mac Lab · Threema for iOS · Satispay: Conto e investimenti · PhotoPills · iVerify Basic. 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 16,109 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. Democracy and elections More than usual
    2.4% of the news · usually 1.3% · 1.9× usual · 380 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  2. Jobs and work More than usual
    2.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 1.6× usual · 315 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  3. 1.8% of the news · usually 2.5% · 286 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 19% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.3% · 233 articles
  5. 1.4% of the news · usually 1.2% · 223 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 126 articles

    Survey · 2023 79% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

    Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  7. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 112 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 13% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  8. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 106 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 31% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 21% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

Also in the news

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. Camera dei Deputati, CC BY 4.0

    1Trifone Altieri

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 6,212 reads

  2. 2United States midterm election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,738 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,478 reads

  4. Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

    4Santiago Peña

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 5,096 reads

  5. 5Letizia Moratti

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,886 reads

  6. Daniel Torok, Public domain

    6Donald Trump

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,697 reads

  7. 7Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 3,849 reads

  8. Sailko, Public domain

    8Leonard of Noblac

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 3,667 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. udinese romaBreakout
  2. nonna silvi+4,600%
  3. luna ward+4,050%
  4. silvana bini+2,900%
  5. barcellona alavés+2,650%
  6. uova salmonella+2,150%
  7. classifica di udinese calcio as roma+2,100%
  8. chelsea manchester united+1,900%
  9. le havre psg+1,900%
  10. bologna monza+1,500%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 3,849 reads

  2. 2Black Box - La scatola nera della finanza

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  3. Uccio “Uccio2” D'Ago…, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Intesa Sanpaolo

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Crime & justice

  1. 1Melania Rea

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Murder of Giulia Cecchettin

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 7,507 reads

  3. 3Elisa True Crime

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 2Alessandro Barbero Podcast - La Storia

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Federico Rampini

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Education & careers

  1. 1Quiz Antincendio Livello 3

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

  2. 2StudyWrist

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

  3. 36 Minute English

    Apple Podcasts · #91 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. SkinGlow by Kimmarie / Dr. Billy Ingram [1], CC BY 4.0

    1Kimmarie Johnson

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 5,326 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Georgina Rodríguez

    Wikipedia · 1,713 reads

  3. 3Martine Rose

    Wikipedia · 1,469 reads

Food & drink

  1. 1Just Eat: Food and Shops

    App Store · #89 in free apps

  2. 2Deliveroo: Food & Shopping

    Everyday app

    App Store · #33 in free apps

  3. 3McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #53 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

    Breakout

    Steam · #1 in top sellers

  2. 2Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Steam · #4 in top sellers

  3. 3Probably Stolen

    New

    Steam · #17 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 15Rhythms

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

  2. 2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    App Store · #45 in paid apps

  3. Unknown, i.e. either Bernhard Walther or Ernst Hofmann or Karl-Friedrich Höcker, Public domain

    3Josef Mengele

    Wikipedia · 934 reads

Money & crypto

  1. 1Satispay: Conto e investimenti

    Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in free apps

  2. 2buddy UniCredit

    Everyday app

    App Store · #13 in free apps

  3. 3Poste Italiane

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1You, Me, Us

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2Veronica Gentili

    New

    Wikipedia · 18,768 reads

  3. 3Lupin

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

  2. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Russell Brand

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 6,402 reads

  3. Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

    3Bob Dylan

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 5,290 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. Basilica Cattedrale di Como, CC BY 3.0

    1Alberto Ravagnani

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 4,057 reads

  2. 2Lo Zoo di 105

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  3. 3De Core Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Camera dei Deputati, CC BY 4.0

    1Trifone Altieri

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 6,212 reads

  2. 2United States midterm election

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 4,738 reads

  3. 3Altri Orienti

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #35 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Geopop - Le Scienze nella vita di tutti i giorni

    Apple Podcasts · #32 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1ONE MORE TIME di Luca Casadei

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  2. 2Golden Boy

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  3. Sailko, Public domain

    3Leonard of Noblac

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 3,667 reads

Sports

  1. Sirobi, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Magnus Norman

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 10,190 reads

  2. Olga Shcherbytska, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Ferencvárosi TC

    New

    Wikipedia · 9,303 reads

  3. Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Kimi Antonelli

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 7,091 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Blitzer.de PRO

    Rising

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2SoundCloud

    App Store · #6 in free apps

  3. 3Just Press Record

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Paraguay

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 5,404 reads

  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    2Uruguay

    Wikipedia · 3,075 reads

  3. Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain

    3Italy

    Wikipedia · 2,100 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 31Gaming 17Government & public sector 11Music 10Sports & fitness 9Tech & software 4Telecom & internet 2Travel & tourism 1Fashion & beauty 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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.

Politics in the news

  • Protests in the news2reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 5 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news11reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 13 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

  • Inflation5.6%Oct 2026 · +1.4 pts since Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Unemployment6.3%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Consumer confidence97.9100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate2.50%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices1.0%Q2 2026 · −2.7 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth0.5%2025 · −0.2 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment20.5%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Job postings137.71 Feb 2020 = 10023 Oct 2026 · +3.3 since 24 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0

Business

  • Business confidence100.0100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.1 since Mar 2026OECD
  • New businesses98.42021 = 100Q3 2026 · −0.5 since Q2 2026Eurostat
  • Bankruptcy declarations118.32021 = 100Q3 2026 · +8.4 since Q2 2026Eurostat

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    741 papers · rising +33%
  • Surgery
    577 papers
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    566 papers
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    532 papers · rising +28%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

    2. 3Nobody Wants This

    3. 6A Couple of Lies

    4. 7The One About Matthew Perry

    5. 8Real Men

      Falling

    6. 9Dead-End Job

    7. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1You, Me, Us

      Breakout

    2. 2Collision Course

      New

    3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Falling

    4. 4Animals

    5. 5The Guardian

    6. 6Cortina Express

      Falling

    7. 7Nowhere to Run

    8. 8The Drop

      Falling

    9. 9Halloween

    10. 10Clown in A Cornfield

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Kid Yugi

    2. 2Geolier

    3. Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 4.0

      3Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

      Breakout

    4. 4Tony Boy

    5. 5Sfera Ebbasta

    6. 7Karol G

    7. 8Alfa

    8. 10Shiva

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1La Zanzara

    2. 2Non hanno un amico

    3. 3Elisa True Crime

    4. 4Indagini

    5. 5Black Box - La scatola nera della finanza

    6. 6Stories

    7. 7SEIETRENTA - La rassegna stampa di Chora Media

    8. 8Lo Zoo di 105

    9. 9Passa dal BSMT

    10. 10Giorno per giorno

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1CieID

      2. 2Google Gemini

      3. 3Claude by Anthropic

      4. 4ChatGPT

      5. 5Shop

      6. 6SoundCloud

      7. 7Vinted: Sell vintage clothes

      8. 8Instants, an Instagram app

      9. 9Meta AI

      10. 10Legalmail Mobile

        Falling

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1e-Connect

        2. 2Blitzer.de PRO

          Rising

        3. 3Threema for iOS

          Rising

        4. 4Metronet

          Falling

        5. 5Veicolo+: info targa (no ads)

          Falling

        6. 6Tiny Computers

        7. 7Rupteur Sensor

        8. 8Pocket Mac Lab

          Rising

        9. 9Manager for Scooters

        10. 10Shadowrocket

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

            Breakout

          2. 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

            Falling

          3. 3Aion 2

          4. 4Football Manager 27

            Breakout

          5. 5EA Sports FC 27

          6. 7Aniimo

            Rising

          7. 8Crimson Desert

            Rising

          8. 10Counter-Strike 2

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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