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Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026

Malaysia

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


Rising

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

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

  2. 2CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast

    Rising

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

  3. 3霓达播客

    Rising

    Crime & justice · Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

  4. 4Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Tengku Puteri Zainah

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 2,967 reads


Top today

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

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

  2. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2The Weeknd

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. 3Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  4. 4Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Miss Delicious: Untie Me and I'll Return You to Your True Form

    Rising

    Chinese好味小姐開束縛我還你原形

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  6. 6Kong Tao

    New

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

  7. 7CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast

    Rising

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

  8. 8Tengku Puteri Zainah

    New

    Celebrities & creators · Wikipedia · 2,967 reads

  9. Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0

    9Manoj Bajpayee

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #4 in films

  10. 10Suamiku Anak Mak

    Rising

    Other · Wikipedia · 4,889 reads

Everyday apps here: Money Manager (Remove Ads) · NetShort · eCOSS · PadLab - Live Pads · Google Maps. 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 1,068 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.6% of the news · usually 3.9% · 49 articles
  2. 3.0% of the news · usually 2.5% · 32 articles
  3. 1.4% of the news · usually 2.1% · 15 articles
  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.7% · 11 articles
  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.8% · 10 articles
  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.6% · 8 articles

    Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.7% · 6 articles
  8. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.7% · 5 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. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,704 reads

  2. Government of Malaysia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Najib Razak

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,094 reads

  3. 3WhatsApp

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · App Store · #50 in free apps

  4. 42026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,039 reads

  5. C.W. Tan, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Anthony Loke

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  6. 6Rosmah Mansor

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,157 reads

  7. 7Nizar Najib

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 790 reads

  8. 8United States midterm election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 742 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. chelsea vs man utdBreakout
  2. barcelona vs alavés+3,550%
  3. chelsea f.c. vs manchester united f.c. standings+3,000%
  4. man utd+2,200%
  5. chelsea f.c. lwn manchester united f.c.+2,000%
  6. chelsea vs man united+1,450%
  7. haris ismail+1,450%
  8. mu vs chelsea+1,250%
  9. spurs vs palace+1,150%
  10. bayern vs dortmund+1,150%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Sounding Early Coffee

    Chinese声动早咖啡

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  2. 2Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  3. 3BT Group

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1TuJu

    App Store · #68 in free apps

  2. Dinkun Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Honda Avancier

    Wikipedia · 231 reads

  3. © M 93, CC BY-SA 3.0 de

    3Honda City

    Wikipedia · 136 reads

Crime & justice

  1. 1霓达播客

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

  2. 2黑猫侦探社

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  3. 3Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,796 reads

  2. Sahibdin, Public domain

    2Ramayana

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 677 reads

  3. 3The Segment Podcast - Markas Puaka

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. 26 Minute English

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

  3. 3大人的Small Talk

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Fliqlo

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

  2. Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0

    2Miranda Kerr

    Wikipedia · 140 reads

  3. 3LokBox - Movies & Series

    Everyday app

    App Store · #63 in free apps

Food & drink

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

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 188 reads

  2. Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Heston Blumenthal

    Wikipedia · 146 reads

  3. 3ZUS Coffee

    Everyday app

    App Store · #23 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Guzheng Master

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

  2. 3Grand Theft Auto VI

    Wikipedia · 182 reads

Health & wellness

  1. 1Cardiogram

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 2On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Apple Podcasts · #35 in podcasts

  3. 3姐妹悄悄話|SistersTalkTalkShow

    Apple Podcasts · #64 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Bank Rakyat

    Google Trends · 20,000+ searches

  2. Img by Calvin Teo, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Maybank

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. 3CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

    Everyday app

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  2. 2Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

Music

  1. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1The Weeknd

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Russell Brand

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,163 reads

  3. 3After Hours til Dawn Tour

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,034 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Tengku Puteri Zainah

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,967 reads

  2. 2自我进化论

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #45 in podcasts

  3. Nithya Raman, Public domain

    3Nithya Raman

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 784 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 3,704 reads

  2. Government of Malaysia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Najib Razak

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 2,094 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,039 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Miss Delicious: Untie Me and I'll Return You to Your True Form

    Rising

    Chinese好味小姐開束縛我還你原形

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  2. 2Tang Yang’s Chicken Wine House

    Rising

    Chinese唐陽雞酒屋

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  3. 3馬克信箱 (Dear Marcy)

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #50 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 12026 Korea Open

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,325 reads

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Cristiano Ronaldo

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 1,456 reads

  3. Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Jesús de Miguel

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 680 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast

    Rising

    App Store · #6 in free apps

  2. 2WhatsApp

    Weekly

    App Store · #50 in free apps

  3. 3TikTok Shop

    App Store · #1 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Malaysia

    Falling

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2maxim — order taxi & delivery

    App Store · #58 in free apps

  3. Craig, Public domain

    3Kuala Lumpur International Airport

    Wikipedia · 229 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 32Government & public sector 21Music 15Sports & fitness 5Tech & software 4Telecom & internet 2Finance & banking 2Advertising & marketing 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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

  • Sociology and Political Science
    340 papers
  • Education
    334 papers
  • Information Systems
    237 papers
  • Accounting
    227 papers · rising +43%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Doctor X: Mafia in White

    2. 2Dead-End Job

      New

    3. 3Kudrat 1968: High Council

      Falling

    4. 4Where the Mask Ends

    5. 5Lupin

    6. 6100 Days of Deception

    7. 8Take Charge of My Heart

      Falling

    8. 9Akka: The Protectors

    9. 10Dragon Ball Super: Beerus

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Breakout

    2. 2Kuyank

      Falling

    3. 3Kong Tao

      New

    4. Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0

      4Manoj Bajpayee

      Rising

    5. 5Jangan Buang Ibu

    6. 6Cerita Lila

      Falling

    7. 7The Djinn's Curse 2

      Falling

    8. 8The Paradise

    9. 9Warkop DKI: Viralin Doooong..!!

    10. 10Baththa

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

      1The Weeknd

    2. 2Sienna Spiro

    3. 8Swedish House Mafia

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Keluar Sekejap

    2. 2Miss Delicious: Untie Me and I'll Return You to Your True Form

      Rising

    3. 3偷聽史多利 Talking Story

    4. 4BBK新闻随便看 - 带你了解马来西亚的有趣时事!

      Falling

    5. 5Global News Podcast

    6. 6Sounding Early Coffee

    7. 7瘋女人聊天室

    8. 8Tang Yang’s Chicken Wine House

      Rising

    9. 9凹凸电波

    10. 10霓达播客

      Rising

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1TikTok Shop

      2. 2Pinduoduo

        Falling

      3. 3ShopeePay

      4. 4Disney+

      5. 5MyDigital ID

      6. 6CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast

        Rising

      7. 7sooka - Sports, Dramas, Movies

        Falling

      8. 8Google Maps

        Rising

      9. 9Threads

        Falling

      10. 10NetShort

        Rising

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

        2. 2Al Quran Translation

        3. 3Chromagraph Camera

        4. 4iman Pro - Prayer Time & Qibla

        5. 5iFake - Funny Fake Messages Creator

        6. 6Money Manager (Remove Ads)

          Rising

        7. 7AnkiMobile Flashcards

        8. 8YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera

        9. 9Tiny Computers

        10. 10CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07


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