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Africa · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Malawi

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


Rising

  1. 1Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Rising

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  2. 2Shadowrocket

    Breakout

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

  3. 3e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  4. 4TxC

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  5. 5CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps


Top today

  1. 1Shadowrocket

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Rising

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  3. 3e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  4. 4CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  5. 5ProCam - Cámara Pro

    Breakout

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

  6. 6737 Flight Simulator

    Breakout

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

  7. Unknown author Unknown author, CC0

    7Chris Brown

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #49 in songs

  8. 8Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Back

    Health & wellness · App Store · #6 in paid apps

  9. 9DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #16 in songs

  10. 10VLC Streamer Pro

    Back

    Movies & TV · App Store · #7 in paid apps

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Tiktok · 1688: Factory Direct · Spotify · Google Maps. 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 607 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 2.1% of the news · usually 1.4% · 1.5× usual · 13 articles

    Survey · 2023 88% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  2. 1.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.8× usual · 9 articles
  3. 1.2% of the news · usually 0.9% · 7 articles
  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 6 articles
  5. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.8% · 4 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 4 articles
  7. 0.2% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1 articles
  8. 0.2% of the news · usually 0.5% · 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.

Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →


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

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 177 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1TurboScan™ Pro

    Back

    App Store · #8 in paid apps

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    Wikipedia · 177 reads

  3. 3Voice Recorder - Audio Record

    App Store · #25 in paid apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Distance & Area Measure On Map

    Back

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2SkyView®

    Back

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  3. 3Star Walk 2 Pro: Sky Map Live

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Salatuk - صلاتك

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2Fliqlo

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

  3. 3Universalis

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Back

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  2. 3AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Mo626 Digital+

    Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

  2. 2Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in free apps

  3. 3First Capital Bank App

    Everyday app

    App Store · #56 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1VLC Streamer Pro

    Back

    App Store · #7 in paid apps

  2. 2Youtify + for Spotify Premium

    App Store · #18 in paid apps

  3. 3ReelyGo - Stream Short Dramas

    App Store · #87 in free apps

Music

  1. Unknown author Unknown author, CC0

    1Chris Brown

    Rising

    Apple Music · #49 in songs

  2. 2DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

    Apple Music · #16 in songs

  3. 3TxC

    Rising

    Apple Music · #23 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Rising

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

  2. 2Eli Njuchi

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    3Onesimus

    Apple Music · #48 in songs

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Mauricio Pochettino

    Wikipedia · 148 reads

  2. HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0

    3J. Cole

    Apple Music · #72 in songs

Tech & AI

  1. 1Shadowrocket

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3ProCam - Cámara Pro

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Airbnb

    App Store · #76 in free apps


Industries here

Music 44Tech & software 33Media & entertainment 13Telecom & internet 12Education 12Advertising & marketing 10Sports & fitness 9Fashion & beauty 8Health & pharma 8Travel & tourism 3Legal & professional services 3Jobs, HR & staffing 3Cars & mobility 2Transport & logistics 2


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

Society


Charts

Apple Music · Artists

  1. 1Eli Njuchi

  2. 3Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Rising

  3. 4Asake

  4. 6Yo Maps & Makhadzi

    Falling

  5. 9Future

    Falling

  6. 10DJ Zinhle, Nayvee Womculo & Young Stunna

Apple Music · 2026-11-13

App Store · Free apps

  1. 1Facebook app

  2. 2WhatsApp

    Rising

  3. 3Tiktok

    Rising

  4. 4My Airtel Africa

  5. 5ChatGPT

  6. 6TNM Smart App

    Falling

  7. 7Spotify

    Rising

  8. 8WhatsApp Business

    Falling

  9. 9Claude by Anthropic

    Rising

  10. 10Google Maps

    Rising

Show the top 100

    App Store · 2026-11-13

    App Store · Paid apps

    1. 1Shadowrocket

      Breakout

    2. 2e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

      Breakout

    3. 3CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

      Breakout

    4. 4ProCam - Cámara Pro

      Breakout

    5. 5737 Flight Simulator

      Breakout

    6. 6Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

      Back

    7. 7VLC Streamer Pro

      Back

    8. 8TurboScan™ Pro

      Back

    9. 9TuneIn

      Back

    10. 10The K53 Learner's Test App

      Back

    Show the top 50

      App Store · 2026-11-13


      Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.

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