Africa · Monday, 9 November 2026

Libya

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

Rising

1DSLR Camera
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps
2عبود الملك - Aboud Almlk
Breakout
Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs
3ChatGPT
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in free apps
4أتلتيكو مدريد ضد برشلونة
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 20,000+ searches
5Presto
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps

Top today

1DSLR Camera
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps
2عبود الملك - Aboud Almlk
Breakout
Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs
3ChatGPT
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in free apps
4أتلتيكو مدريد ضد برشلونة
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 20,000+ searches
5Presto
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps
6Shadowrocket
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps
7atlético vs barcelona
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Other · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches
8ريم الحنين
Rising
Music · Apple Music · #6 in songs
9CamScanner + | PDF Scanner
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps
10MEAM ميم
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in free apps

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 1,353 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

Immigration
3.6% of the news · usually 2.5% · 48 articles
- ترحيل المهاجرين وضبط الحدود.. الطرابلسي يبحث مع الاتحاد الأوروبي ملفات أمنية (libyaakhbar.com)
- صحيفة «نيا كريتي» اليونانية: نائبة وزير الهجرة واللجوء، سيفي فولوداكي، أعلنت توجه الحكومة (libyaakhbar.com)
War and security
3.6% of the news · usually 5.7% · 48 articles
- مهندس الاتفاقية البحرية الليبية التركية جهاد يايجي: (libyaakhbar.com)
- No basta con someter a juicio político a los criminales de guerra estadounidenses; deben ser juzgados en La Haya (hispantv.com)
Democracy and elections Anxious
2.8% of the news · usually 3.1% · 38 articles
- الأشتر وخوري يبحثان تنفيذ مخرجات 4+4 وترتيبات الانتخابات وتوحيد مؤسسات الدولة (libyaakhbar.com)
- بحثت الممثلة الخاصة للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في ليبيا، هانا تيتيه، مع رئيس حكو (libyaakhbar.com)
Health More than usual
2.7% of the news · usually 1.7% · 1.6× usual · 37 articles
- عضو بدار الإفتاء: لا تجعلوا من منصات التواصل وسيلة لكشف الأسرار (libyaakhbar.com)
- دار الإفتاء الليبية يصدر تحذير بخصوص نشر الخلافات الأسرية والأسرار الشخصية (libyaakhbar.com)
Jobs and work
2.3% of the news · usually 2.1% · 31 articles
- عيسى: نقابة المعلمين تعيد إلى الأذهان الدور التاريخي لنقابات العمال في العالم (libyaakhbar.com)
Cost of living
1.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 17 articles
Climate
0.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.1× usual · 10 articles
- البيع المباشر ونقاط التعبئة الفورية.. شركة البريقة توضح موقف توزيع الوقود والغاز في ليبيا (libyaakhbar.com)
- COP31'e 6 kıtadan 102 lider katılıyor (aa.com.tr)
Survey · 2023 50% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
AI
0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.7× usual · 7 articles

How the news sounds

Tone−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.0The GDELT Project
Anxiety1.0× usual4.3 words per 1,000usually 4.4The GDELT Project
Fear0.8× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
Anger0.9× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
Sadness0.9× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.7 words per 1,000usually 9.1The GDELT Project

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.

1Foreign Currency Booking Platform
Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 578 reads

By category

Business & economy

1SHEIN - Shopping Online
Rising
App Store · #8 in free apps
2Nano Hotel Booking
App Store · #16 in paid apps
3TurboScan™ Pro
App Store · #22 in paid apps

Cars & transport

1Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass
App Store · #29 in paid apps
2Alpin Quest PRO – Outdoor GPS
App Store · #30 in paid apps
3توربو | Turbo: Request a Ride
App Store · #49 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

1Flight Winds
App Store · #21 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

1The complete Holy Quran without internet
القرآن الكريم كاملا دون انترنت
App Store · #62 in free apps

Education & careers

1Quran Qaloon An Nafi Offline
Back
App Store · #13 in paid apps
2مؤذن ليبيا
App Store · #33 in free apps
3A320PDP
App Store · #39 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

1Salatuk - صلاتك
Back
App Store · #6 in paid apps
2Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور
Back
App Store · #11 in paid apps
3Fliqlo
App Store · #17 in paid apps

Food & drink

1CamexEat
App Store · #65 in free apps
2توصيله
App Store · #74 in free apps

Health & wellness

1GymGuide: Workouts & Exercises
Back
App Store · #14 in paid apps
23D Anatomy
Back
App Store · #15 in paid apps
3AnesthoCalc
App Store · #18 in paid apps

Money & crypto

1NAB Mobile
Back
App Store · #30 in free apps
2Spendy - Spendings reimagined
App Store · #38 in paid apps
3مصرفي Plus
App Store · #40 in free apps

Movies & TV

1DramaWave - Dramas & Reels
Back
App Store · #14 in free apps
2ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
Back
App Store · #29 in free apps
3Daha 17
Wikipedia · 101 reads

Music

1عبود الملك - Aboud Almlk
Breakout
Apple Music · #1 in songs
2ريم الحنين
Rising
Apple Music · #6 in songs
Web Summit /Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0
3Pharrell Williams
Rising
Apple Music · #3 in songs

Celebrities & creators

1Laura Harding
Apple Music · #85 in songs

Sports

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
1Lamine Yamal
Sustained
Google Trends · 500+ searches
Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0
2Manchester United F.C.
Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
Dagur Brynjólfsson from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, CC BY-SA 2.0
3Aston Villa F.C.
Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Tech & AI

1DSLR Camera
Breakout
App Store · #1 in paid apps
2ChatGPT
Breakout
App Store · #1 in free apps
3Presto
Breakout
App Store · #2 in free apps

Travel & places

dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
1Barcelona
Rising
Google Trends · 2,000+ searches
Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0
2Egypt
Sustained
Google Trends · 200+ searches
3Istanbul Metro Guide and Route Planner
App Store · #27 in paid apps

Industries here

Tech & software 40 Music 29 Advertising & marketing 13 Media & entertainment 12 Telecom & internet 6 Fashion & beauty 5 Sports & fitness 5 Health & pharma 4 Legal & professional services 4 Jobs, HR & staffing 4 Travel & tourism 3 Education 3 Nonprofits & NGOs 2 Finance & banking 1 Crypto & digital assets 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

Inflation1.1%May 2014 · +1.8 pts since Apr 2014World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
Unemployment18.8%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
GDP growth13.4%2025 · +11.5 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
Youth unemployment50.1%2025 · −0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0

Research

Most-published fields last month

Education
54 papers
Law
26 papers
Language and Linguistics
25 papers

OpenAlex

Society

People online82.0%2024 · −0.2 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
Say humans mainly cause climate change28.3%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Want climate made a high government priority51.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)

Charts

Apple Music · Artists

1عبود الملك - Aboud Almlk
Breakout
2DJ MENOR DA ZN & MC MTOODIO
Rising
Web Summit /Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0
3Pharrell Williams
Breakout
4Ariana Grande
Falling
5Smallx
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6ريم الحنين
Breakout
7Adele
Falling
8Dua Lipa
Breakout
9Empire of the Sun
Falling
10Andromeda
Falling

Show the top 100

Apple Music · 2026-11-10

App Store · Free apps

1ChatGPT
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2Presto
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3MEAM ميم
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4Google Maps
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5Google Discover
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6Google Gemini
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7CapCut
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8SHEIN - Shopping Online
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9Telegram
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10Mataa متاع
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