Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026
Maldives
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
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Top today
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 Rising
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Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Cosmopolitan UK, CC BY 3.0 Breakout
Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Everyday apps here: Storage Cleaner* · Money Manager (Remove Ads) · ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera · FlickReels - AI Story & Drama · CapCut. 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 899 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.1positive minus negative words per 100usually +1.0The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.5 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual3.5 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual4.7 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 7.3The 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.
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New Zealand Labour Party, CC BY-SA 4.0
By category
Business & economy
Everyday app
3Voice Recorder - Audio Record
Everyday app
Cars & transport
Everyday app
Everyday app
Education & careers
Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Everyday app
3Berk: Ski Tracker & Community
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Everyday app
Gaming
Rising
3Ghost Detector Radar Simulator
Falling
Health & wellness
1AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker
Everyday app
2StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Celebrities & creators
Mike M. Cohen, CC BY 3.0
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New Zealand Labour Party, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sports
1AiScore - Livescore for Sports
Falling Everyday app
Tech & AI
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Travel & places
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Industries here
Music 61Media & entertainment 25Tech & software 12Advertising & marketing 7Gaming 4Education 2Government & public sector 2Legal & professional services 2Jobs, HR & staffing 2Fashion & beauty 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
- Inflation-1.3%Dec 2020 · −0.4 pts since Nov 2020World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment4.5%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth6.3%2025 · +2.8 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment15.7%2025 · +0.9 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Society
- People online85.2%2024 · +0.7 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
Breakout
2Akka: The Protectors
New
3Doctor X: Mafia in White
Falling
4The One About Matthew Perry
6Nobody Wants This
7Roadies Rebirth
Falling
8Dead-End Job
9The Great Indian Kapil Show
10Below
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 1Manoj Bajpayee
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2The Paradise
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3Surviving Hurricane Otis
Rising
4M3GAN 2.0
5The Addams Family
6Baththa
7Dorothy
8English Vinglish
9The Addams Family 2
10Dhoomakethu
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Karol G
2Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, Arslan Nizami & Irshad Kamil
Saturnmondays, CC BY 4.0 3Adéla
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Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0 4Ariana Grande
Rising
5Hamza Malik & Zain Zohaib
6Ashe
7Faouzia
Rising
8BTS
9Dave & Tems
Breakout
10Billie Eilish
Show the top 100
Apple Music · 2026-11-07
App Store · Free apps
1Meta AI
2Storage Cleaner*
Rising
3STELCO
Falling
4Translate Now *
5Remoto – Universal TV Remote
6YELO | MDP Official
Falling
7Malé Taxi Line
Rising
8Avas App
9Kids Thaana
10ChatGPT
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-07
App Store · Paid apps
1Money Manager (Remove Ads)
Breakout
2ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera
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3SP Camera
4Graphic for iPhone
5PadLab - Live Pads
6Plezy: Media Server Client
7Shadowrocket
Falling
8Duty Rota
Falling
9Chromagraph Camera
Falling
10SimpleMind Pro - Mind Mapping
Falling
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-07
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.