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Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026

Sri Lanka

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


Rising

  1. 1Sereena Batagoda

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Baththa

    Breakout

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

  4. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Pakistan

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  5. 5Ravi Jay

    Back

    Music · Apple Music · #14 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Sereena Batagoda

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Baththa

    Breakout

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

  4. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Pakistan

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  5. 5Scene

    Weekly

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 2,392 reads

  6. 6Ravi Jay

    Back

    Music · Apple Music · #14 in songs

  7. 7Lupin

    Rising

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

  8. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain

    8Sri Lanka

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  9. 9Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 3,405 reads

  10. The White House, Public domain

    10Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 798 reads


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 362 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 1.9% of the news · usually 1.2% · 1.7× usual · 7 articles
  2. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.6% · 6 articles
  3. 1.1% of the news · usually 1.8% · 4 articles
  4. 1.1% of the news · usually 3.4% · 4 articles
  5. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3 articles

    Survey · 2023 90% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 3 articles
  7. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.9× usual · 3 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 798 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Nalin Bandara

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  4. 4University of Kelaniya

    Education & careers · Wikipedia · 303 reads

  5. Louis le Grand, Public domain

    5Cleopatra

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 210 reads

  6. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    6ChatGPT

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 200 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 798 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Namit Malhotra

    Wikipedia · 165 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. Sahibdin, Public domain

    1Ramayana

    New

    Wikipedia · 247 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1University of Kelaniya

    Wikipedia · 303 reads

Food & drink

  1. Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 333 reads

Gaming

  1. 1Project I.G.I.

    New

    Wikipedia · 211 reads

Movies & TV

  1. 1Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Baththa

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  3. 3Scene

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 2,392 reads

Music

  1. 1Sereena Batagoda

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Ravi Jay

    Back

    Apple Music · #14 in songs

  3. 3Piyath Rajapakse & Thishan Shanulka

    Back

    Apple Music · #22 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Nalin Bandara

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. Louis le Grand, Public domain

    2Cleopatra

    Wikipedia · 210 reads

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    Wikipedia · 168 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Alice S. Huang

    Wikipedia · 100 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Diwali

    Wikipedia · 102 reads

Sports

  1. TheCricketer, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Craig Ervine

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. Bassfish22, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Formula One

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. 32026 SAFF Championship

    Wikipedia · 97 reads

Tech & AI

  1. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    1ChatGPT

    Wikipedia · 200 reads

  2. 2WhatsApp

    Wikipedia · 132 reads

  3. 3YouTube

    Wikipedia · 112 reads

Travel & places

  1. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pakistan

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  2. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain

    2Sri Lanka

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  3. Binuka poojan, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Sigiriya

    Wikipedia · 388 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 31Music 31Travel & tourism 3Sports & fitness 2Government & public sector 2Food & beverage 1Gaming 1Tech & software 1AI 1Education 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

  • Plant Science
    34 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    34 papers
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
    23 papers · rising +149%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Akka: The Protectors

      Breakout

    2. 2Lupin

      Rising

    3. 3Nobody Wants This

    4. 4The One About Matthew Perry

    5. 5Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    6. 6Dead-End Job

    7. 8The Diplomat

      Falling

    8. 9100 Days of Deception

    9. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Baththa

      Breakout

    2. 2Dorothy

    3. 3Manoj Bajpayee

    4. 4The Paradise

      Falling

    5. 5Dhoomakethu

    6. 6Sigma

    7. 7English Vinglish

    8. 8The Addams Family

    9. 9Vishwanath & Sons

    10. 10Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Sereena Batagoda

      Breakout

    2. 2Cozzy

    3. 3Karol G

      Falling

    4. 4Uvindu Ayshcharya & DILU Beats

      Rising

    5. 6Channuka & Cozzy

    6. 7Sai Abhyankkar

      Falling

    7. 8Yasas Medagedara

      Falling

    8. 9Anirudh Ravichander

      Falling

    Apple Music · 2026-11-10


    Data credits: Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.

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