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Africa · Friday, 6 November 2026

Kenya

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


Rising

  1. 1The Mics Are Open

    Rising

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. 2How to Ruin Diwali

    New

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

  3. Jadnapac, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Isaya Yunge

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 647 reads

  4. 4Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  5. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Future

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #16 in songs


Top today

  1. Jadnapac, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Isaya Yunge

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 647 reads

  2. 2Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  3. 3How to Ruin Diwali

    New

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

  4. 4Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Charlene Ruto

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 370 reads

  6. 6Blackout

    Rising

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

  7. 7Dj Joe Mfalme

    Rising

    Music · Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  8. 8Bnxn

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #33 in songs

  9. 9YPlayer

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #6 in free apps

  10. 102026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 276 reads

Everyday apps here: Bolt · Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet · Telegram · Google Maps · Crib hunter. 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 305 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 3.6% of the news · usually 2.8% · 11 articles
  2. 3.0% of the news · usually 1.6% · 1.9× usual · 9 articles
  3. 2.3% of the news · usually 2.1% · 7 articles
  4. 2.0% of the news · usually 2.3% · 6 articles
  5. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1.7× usual · 3 articles

    Survey · 2023 74% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  6. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 3 articles
  7. 0.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 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. 12026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 276 reads

  2. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    2Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 306 reads

  3. 3United States midterm election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 233 reads

  4. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 242 reads

  5. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Marseille

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  6. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    6ChatGPT

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 176 reads

  7. 7Kenya Revenue Authority

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  8. 8Betika

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 163 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Marseille

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2The Diary of a CEO

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

  3. 3Kenya Railways Corporation

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Aviator Weather

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  2. 2Living Earth - Clock & Weather

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Swindled

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #50 in podcasts

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  3. 3The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions

    Apple Podcasts · #44 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The97sPodcast

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

  2. 2The SCP Experience

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

  3. 3Real Dictators

    Apple Podcasts · #20 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. Sdkb, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Kenya Medical Training College

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  3. 3Jim Rohn Motivation Daily

    Apple Podcasts · #57 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1El Secreto del Dinero

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 269 Positions Pro for Kamasutra

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

  3. 3Pendova - Discover People.

    App Store · #93 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Baba Mboga

    App Store · #85 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Pocket Glasses PRO

    App Store · #47 in paid apps

  2. 2On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #26 in podcasts

  3. 3Kabasho

    Apple Podcasts · #72 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Nedbank

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. 2Exness Trade: Online Trading

    App Store · #90 in free apps

  3. 3Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2How to Ruin Diwali

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. 1Dj Joe Mfalme

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  2. 2Bnxn

    Rising

    Apple Music · #33 in songs

  3. Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Future

    Rising

    Apple Music · #16 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. Jadnapac, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Isaya Yunge

    New

    Wikipedia · 647 reads

  2. 2Charlene Ruto

    New

    Wikipedia · 370 reads

  3. 3The Mics Are Open

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 12026 United States elections

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 276 reads

  2. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    2Jon Ossoff

    New

    Wikipedia · 306 reads

  3. 3United States midterm election

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 233 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Vincent Ogutu

    Wikipedia · 98 reads

  2. 2Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #77 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1The Documentary Podcast

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  2. 2The Feeling Station

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

  3. 3So This Is Love

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

Sports

  1. Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Jesús de Miguel

    New

    Wikipedia · 283 reads

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Cristiano Ronaldo

    Wikipedia · 128 reads

  3. 3Maccabi Tel Aviv

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1YPlayer

    Rising

    App Store · #6 in free apps

  2. 2Rarevision VHS: Retro Cam

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3ASCCP Management Guidelines

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Ethiopia

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. DiAuras, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Leverkusen

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0

    3Bolton

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Music 30Media & entertainment 20Government & public sector 9Tech & software 6Sports & fitness 3Travel & tourism 2Fashion & beauty 1AI 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 news6reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 2 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news30reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 13 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Education
    83 papers
  • Sociology and Political Science
    74 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    69 papers
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
    49 papers · rising +65%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

    2. 2How to Ruin Diwali

      New

    3. 5Nobody Wants This

    4. 7A Couple of Lies

    5. 8The One About Matthew Perry

    6. 9Doctor X: Mafia in White

    7. 10The Fall of El Mayo

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Breakout

    3. 3Blackout

      Rising

    4. 4Animals

      Falling

    5. 5Seriously Single Too

      Falling

    6. 6Doing Life

      Falling

    7. 7Armored

    8. 8Nowhere to Run

    9. 9The Paradise

    10. 10Manoj Bajpayee

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Bien-Aimé Baraza

    2. 2Asake

    3. 4Wizkid

    4. 5DJ Maphorisa

    5. 7Ywaya Tajiri

    6. 9Burna Boy

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Dj Shinski New Mixes

    2. 2Supremacy sounds Mixes

      Rising

    3. 3So This Is Love

      Falling

    4. 4DJ TOPHAZ MIXES

    5. 5Dj Joe Mfalme

      Rising

    6. 6DJ KYM NICKDEE MIXES

    7. 7The97sPodcast

      Rising

    8. 8DJ FESTA MIXES

      Falling

    9. 9Mic Cheque Podcast

      Falling

    10. 10Global News Podcast

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

      2. 2My-OneApp

      3. 3ChatGPT

      4. 4Telegram

        Rising

      5. 5Bolt

        Rising

      6. 6YPlayer

        Rising

      7. 7CapCut

      8. 8Google Maps

        Rising

      9. 9Facebook app

      10. 10WhatsApp

        Falling

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Chromagraph Camera

        2. 2Shadowrocket

        3. 3Rarevision VHS: Retro Cam

        4. 4El Secreto del Dinero

        5. 5ASCCP Management Guidelines

        6. 6DXB Dubai Airport

        7. 7Threema for iOS

          Falling

        8. 8Badoo Premium

          Falling

        9. 9e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

          Falling

        10. 10Procreate

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07


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