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Africa · Monday, 9 November 2026

Kenya

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


Rising

  1. 1QR Code Scanner - Smart Scan

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Nusuk | نسك

    Rising

    Travel & places · App Store · #5 in free apps

  3. 3How to Ruin Diwali

    New

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

  4. 4Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  5. Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Kendrick Lamar

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #38 in songs


Top today

  1. 1QR Code Scanner - Smart Scan

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  3. The White House, Public domain

    3Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 619 reads

  4. 4atlético madrid vs fc barcelona standings

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  5. 5How to Ruin Diwali

    New

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

  6. 6Al Quran Translation

    Breakout

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

  7. 7Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

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

  8. Jadnapac, CC BY-SA 4.0

    8Isaya Yunge

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 570 reads

  9. 9GCSE

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  10. Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Lyle Conrad, Public domain

    10Ebola

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Everyday apps here: ChatGPT · Telegram · Facebook app · Crib hunter · Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet. 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 318 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.1% of the news · usually 2.3% · 1.8× usual · 13 articles
  2. 2.8% of the news · usually 3.0% · 9 articles
  3. 1.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.6× usual · 5 articles

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

  4. 1.6% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1.6× usual · 5 articles
  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 1.6% · 3 articles
  6. 0.6% of the news · usually 2.1% · 2 articles
  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 1.0% · 2 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 619 reads

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 185 reads

  3. Sidhanta Khuntia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Central Bank of Kenya

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  4. 4M-Pesa

    Tech & AI · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  5. 5Betika

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 160 reads

  6. יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio‬‏), CC BY-SA 3.0

    6Gadi Eisenkot

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 158 reads

  7. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    7ChatGPT

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 147 reads

  8. Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0

    8Benjamin Netanyahu

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 139 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 619 reads

  2. 2The Diary of a CEO

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

  3. 3Good Bad Billionaire

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #46 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. 1Msafiri Kenya

    App Store · #87 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Living Earth - Clock & Weather

    Everyday app

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Swindled

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

  3. 3Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The Rest Is History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #34 in podcasts

  2. 2Short History Of...

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

  3. 3The97sPodcast

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. 2SOLVED with Mark Manson

    Apple Podcasts · #77 in podcasts

  3. 3Coffee Break French

    Apple Podcasts · #89 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Pendova - Discover People.

    App Store · #96 in free apps

  2. 2Crib hunter

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in free apps

  3. 3Glovo: Food delivery

    Everyday app

    ItalianGlovo: Cibo a domicilio

    App Store · #18 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Huberman Lab

    Apple Podcasts · #61 in podcasts

  2. 2On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

  3. 3The Mindset Mentor

    Apple Podcasts · #53 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #12 in free apps

  2. 2CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

    Everyday app

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  3. 3Sulu Cash - Loan App Kenya

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 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. Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain

    1Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    New

    Wikipedia · 335 reads

  2. 2IvyPod

    New

    App Store · #8 in paid apps

  3. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Russell Brand

    New

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Celebrities & creators

  1. Jadnapac, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Isaya Yunge

    New

    Wikipedia · 570 reads

  2. 2Charlene Ruto

    New

    Wikipedia · 269 reads

  3. 3ShxtsNGigs

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #36 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Global News Podcast

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. Sidhanta Khuntia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Central Bank of Kenya

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3The Daily

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #33 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1So This Is Love

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  2. 2This American Life

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #47 in podcasts

  3. 254 TV, CC BY 3.0

    3Adelle Onyango

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Juventus FC

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2S.L. Benfica

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. UK Prime Minister, CC BY 2.0

    3Harry Maguire

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1QR Code Scanner - Smart Scan

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Al Quran Translation

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  3. 3Tenvis FC

    New

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Nusuk | نسك

    Rising

    App Store · #5 in free apps

  2. vivali, CC BY 3.0

    2Israel

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Rititaneves, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Porto

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Music 22Media & entertainment 21Sports & fitness 8Government & public sector 8Tech & software 6Travel & tourism 4Nonprofits & NGOs 4Retail & e-commerce 1AI 1Finance & banking 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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    102 papers
  • Education
    102 papers
  • Sociology and Political Science
    73 papers
  • Accounting
    36 papers · rising +77%

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. 7Future

    6. 10Rema

    Apple Music · 2026-11-10

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Dj Shinski New Mixes

    2. 2So This Is Love

      Rising

    3. 3Supremacy sounds Mixes

      Falling

    4. 4DJ TOPHAZ MIXES

    5. 5Dj Joe Mfalme

    6. 6Mic Cheque Podcast

    7. 7The Diary of a CEO

      Rising

    8. 8Global News Podcast

      Rising

    9. 9The97sPodcast

    10. 10Joel Osteen Podcast

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1ChatGPT

        Rising

      2. 2Meta AI

        Falling

      3. 3My-OneApp

      4. 4Telegram

        Rising

      5. 5Nusuk | نسك

        Rising

      6. 6Facebook app

        Rising

      7. 7CapCut

      8. 8Jumia Online Shopping

        Falling

      9. 9Claude by Anthropic

      10. 10Bolt

        Falling

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-10

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1QR Code Scanner - Smart Scan

          Breakout

        2. 2CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

        3. 3LiveATC Air Radio

          Falling

        4. 4Al Quran Translation

          Breakout

        5. 5SPL Meter

          Falling

        6. 6YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera

          Falling

        7. 7Hairy Words 1

        8. 8IvyPod

          New

        9. 9Tenvis FC

          New

        10. 10Shadowrocket

          Falling

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-10


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