Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026
Malaysia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 Rising
8Hongguo Short Dramas - Watch a vast selection of popular short dramas anytime
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红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0
Everyday apps here: Google Maps · Chromagraph Camera · Pocket Mac Lab · Moment Pro Camera II · Snapchat. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
Franchises and brands here
- Godzilla franchise
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 850 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- When the AI bubble bursts (thestar.com.my)
- Traffic builds up ahead of Deepavali, LLM advises motorists to plan journeys (thestar.com.my)
- 【砂州选举】法迪拉：近四成为首投族 砂政盟积极争取青年选民 | 国内 (orientaldaily.com.my)
- Onn Hafiz defends remarks PH wasting time in Melaka polls (freemalaysiatoday.com)
- 【甲州选举】阿当阿里揭：在考量基层心声后 希盟决定单独上阵州选 | 国内 (orientaldaily.com.my)
- 【甲州选举】巫伊合作＋马来票最高！黄渼沄：爱极乐是火箭最难打一席 | 国内 (orientaldaily.com.my)
- Lula viajará às Filipinas para cúpula da Asean em novembro (planetaosasco.com)
Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.9The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual6.2 words per 1,000usually 5.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual6.3 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.2 words per 1,000usually 7.2The 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 Rising
Government of Malaysia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
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Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
The White House, Public domain Rising
Vedolique, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Daniel Torok, Public domain Rising
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Cars & transport
Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 de 3Navigasi: Malaysia Maps & GPS
Everyday app
Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain Rising
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Sahibdin, Public domain Rising
Food & drink
Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 1XXXX
Money & crypto
Everyday app
2CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator
Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
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Music
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Danielle Ernst, CC BY 4.0
Politics & world affairs
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Government of Malaysia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
Society & beliefs
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Sports
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Tech & AI
2Hongguo Short Dramas - Watch a vast selection of popular short dramas anytime
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红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看
Industries here
Media & entertainment 37Government & public sector 16Music 10Sports & fitness 7Tech & software 6Travel & tourism 3Nonprofits & NGOs 3Fashion & beauty 1Advertising & marketing 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
- Inflation1.8%Jul 2026 · −0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.8%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Central bank rate2.75%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-1.0%Q2 2026 · −1.4 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth5.2%2025 · +0.1 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment12.0%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro4.532MYR per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro −0.0% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Sociology and Political Science
- Education
- Information Systems
- Accounting
Society
- People online98.0%2024 · +0.3 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change29.2%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority59.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Doctor X: Mafia in White
2Dead-End Job
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3Kudrat 1968: High Council
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4Where the Mask Ends
5Lupin
6100 Days of Deception
8Take Charge of My Heart
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9Akka: The Protectors
10Dragon Ball Super: Beerus
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
Breakout
2Kuyank
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3Kong Tao
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 4Manoj Bajpayee
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5Jangan Buang Ibu
6Cerita Lila
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7The Djinn's Curse 2
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8The Paradise
9Warkop DKI: Viralin Doooong..!!
10Baththa
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 1The Weeknd
Danielle Ernst, CC BY 4.0 2Sienna Spiro
7Swedish House Mafia
10Tulus
Apple Music · 2026-11-08
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Keluar Sekejap
2好味小姐開束縛我還你原形
3BBK新闻随便看 - 带你了解马来西亚的有趣时事！
4偷聽史多利 Talking Story
5Global News Podcast
6唐陽雞酒屋
7凹凸电波
8Rotten Mango
9Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy
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10呱吉
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1TikTok Shop
2Pinduoduo
3ShopeePay
4Disney+
5Google Maps
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6MyDigital ID
7Hongguo Short Dramas - Watch a vast selection of popular short dramas anytime
Rising
8NetShort
9Threads
10CarTV - M3U IPTV Auto
Falling
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App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2Chromagraph Camera
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3YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera
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4Al Quran Translation
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5iman Pro - Prayer Time & Qibla
6Duo Aquarium
7Pocket Mac Lab
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8FaST Guide
9Tiny Computers
10iFake - Funny Fake Messages Creator
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App Store · 2026-11-08
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.