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Asia · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Lebanon

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


Rising

  1. 1Pearl Brands

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #7 in free apps

  2. 2Access Database Viewer: MDB

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3A Couple of Lies

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 599 reads

  5. Anime kitty45, CC BY-SA 3.0

    5Justice

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #30 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Pearl Brands

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #7 in free apps

  2. 2Access Database Viewer: MDB

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 599 reads

  4. 4الجيل الخامس

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  5. 5A Couple of Lies

    Breakout

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

  6. 6Heist

    New

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

  7. 7Collision Course

    Rising

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

  8. 8H&M MENA - Shop Fashion Online

    Breakout

    Business & economy · App Store · #9 in free apps

  9. 9Threema for iOS

    Back

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

  10. 10Dead-End Job

    New

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

Everyday apps here: ChatGPT · Procreate · Tiktok · AnkiMobile Flashcards · Instagram. 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 354 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. War and security More than usual
    16.1% of the news · usually 6.4% · 2.5× usual · 57 articles
  2. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.2% · 6 articles
  3. 1.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 3.4× usual · 5 articles
  4. 1.1% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3.8× usual · 4 articles

    Survey · 2023 54% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3 articles
  6. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1 articles
  7. 0.3% of the news · usually 1.7% · 1 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1 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. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 599 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 90 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1H&M MENA - Shop Fashion Online

    Breakout

    App Store · #9 in free apps

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    Wikipedia · 90 reads

  3. 3Nexus Care Beauty

    App Store · #88 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Living Earth - Horloge & météo

    Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Quran Majeed Pro القرآن المجيد

    App Store · #49 in paid apps

  2. 2Translate Now *

    App Store · #83 in free apps

  3. 3Aptitude Test Trainer

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2StreamLab - Live Simulator

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #69 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Malak Al Tawouk

    App Store · #34 in free apps

  2. 2Lebrunji

    App Store · #72 in free apps

  3. 3Toters توترز

    Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Rebel Inc: Scenario Creator

    Falling

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  2. 2Jack and the Beanstalk Interactive Storybook

    Falling

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. 3Akinator

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1BO2

    Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in free apps

  2. 2Kirat Gold

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in free apps

  3. 3MetaTrader 5

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1A Couple of Lies

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  2. 2Heist

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  3. 3Collision Course

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

Music

  1. Anime kitty45, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Justice

    Rising

    Apple Music · #30 in songs

  2. Michelangelo, Public domain

    2Adam

    Rising

    Apple Music · #10 in songs

  3. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    3Olivia Rodrigo

    Rising

    Apple Music · #25 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Wikipedia · 599 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Pearl Brands

    Breakout

    App Store · #7 in free apps

  2. 2Access Database Viewer: MDB

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3Threema for iOS

    Back

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Simly: eSIM Travel Data Plans

    Everyday app

    App Store · #78 in free apps


Industries here

Music 43Media & entertainment 22Tech & software 9Gaming 6Food & beverage 2Restaurants & hospitality 2Retail & e-commerce 1Fashion & beauty 1Telecom & internet 1Government & public sector 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

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    63 papers · rising +291%
  • Surgery
    39 papers · rising +47%
  • Clinical Neurology
    24 papers · rising +86%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

    2. 2A Couple of Lies

      Breakout

    3. 3Dead-End Job

      New

    4. 7Black Doves

    5. 8The Rainmaker

    6. 9Taken: Natalee Holloway

    7. 10The One About Matthew Perry

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Rising

    2. 2Heist

      New

    3. 3A Dog's Perfect Christmas

      New

    4. 4My Best Friend

    5. 5The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    6. 6The Alto Knights

    7. 7Nowhere to Run

    8. 8The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    9. 9The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

    10. 10Me Before You

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Al Shami

    2. 2Al Walid Hallani

    3. 3Tate McRae

    4. 4Elissa

    5. 6Marwan Pablo

    6. 7Zaid Khaled & Nasser

    7. 8akhras & Nordo

    8. Michelangelo, Public domain

      10Adam

      Rising

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Claude by Anthropic

    2. 2Ishtari

    3. 3Whish Money

    4. 4ChatGPT

      Rising

    5. 5Meta AI

    6. 6noknok - ONE TOUCH.

    7. 7Pearl Brands

      Breakout

    8. 8Google Gemini

    9. 9H&M MENA - Shop Fashion Online

      Breakout

    10. 10CapCut

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Database Manager for MS Access

      2. 2Procreate

        Breakout

      3. 3AnkiMobile Flashcards

        Breakout

      4. 4Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

        Breakout

      5. 5Access Database Viewer: MDB

        Breakout

      6. 6Threema for iOS

        Back

      7. 7Chromagraph Camera

        Back

      8. 8TeamSpeak 3

        New

      9. 9Chord Lab

        New

      10. 10Remove Metadata: Photo & Video

        New

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-12


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