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Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Niger

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Rising

  1. Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Burna Boy

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  2. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Werenoi

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #33 in songs

  3. Capital FM Kenya, CC BY 3.0

    3Ayra Starr

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #43 in songs

  4. 4DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #5 in songs

Top today

  1. Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Burna Boy

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #23 in songs

  2. 2DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #5 in songs

  3. Capital FM Kenya, CC BY 3.0

    3Ayra Starr

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #43 in songs

  4. Fab_Photo_29, CC BY-SA 2.0

    4Ninho

    Weekly

    Music · Apple Music · #20 in songs

  5. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Werenoi

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #33 in songs

  6. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Tiakola

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  7. Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0

    7Blaqbonez

    Music · Apple Music · #32 in songs

  8. 8Camera+ Legacy

    Tech & AI · App Store · #17 in paid apps

  9. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    9Leto

    Music · Apple Music · #7 in songs

  10. 10AsapJo

    Weekly

    Music · Apple Music · #8 in songs

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Quran Majeed Pro القرآن المجيد · Tiktok · Wave - Mobile Money · Snapchat. 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 305 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. War and security
    2.6% of the news · usually 2.5% · 8 articles
  2. Democracy and elections
    2.3% of the news · usually 3.8% · 7 articles
  3. Health
    2.0% of the news · usually 1.6% · 6 articles
  4. AI
    1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 4 articles
  5. Climate
    1.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1.5× usual · 3 articles
  6. Immigration
    0.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.8× usual · 2 articles
  7. Jobs and work
    0.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 2 articles
  8. Cost of living
    0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 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 →

By category

Business & economy

  1. 1LinkedIn: Community & Network

    App Store · #64 in free apps

  2. 2SA Contacts

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in paid apps

  3. 3Scanner App: Scan Documents

    Everyday app

    App Store · #55 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1GPS & Map Toolbox

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Living Earth - Clock & Weather

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Wattpad - Read & Write Stories

    App Store · #63 in free apps

  2. 2Coran Tajwid : Français, Arabe

    Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in paid apps

  3. 3200+ Islamic Stories (Pro)

    Everyday app

    App Store · #48 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Deengo - Islam Study

    App Store · #67 in free apps

  2. 2YayTalk: Learn & Speak English

    App Store · #72 in free apps

  3. 3Google Translate

    App Store · #98 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Près de toi : dessin à deux

    App Store · #91 in free apps

  2. 269 Positions Pro for Kamasutra

    Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

  3. 3Wassi Wassi

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #62 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1E-cardiac

    App Store · #83 in free apps

  2. 2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  3. 3Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Everyday app

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1iMoney Finance

    App Store · #79 in free apps

  2. 2Gocrypto: Crypto Trading

    App Store · #88 in free apps

  3. 3Wave - Mobile Money

    Everyday app

    App Store · #1 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1FlickReels - AI Story & Drama

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in free apps

  2. 2VLC Streamer Pro

    Everyday app

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  3. 3AVPlayer

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Music

  1. Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Burna Boy

    Rising

    Apple Music · #23 in songs

  2. 2DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

    Apple Music · #5 in songs

  3. Capital FM Kenya, CC BY 3.0

    3Ayra Starr

    Rising

    Apple Music · #43 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Mauvais Djo

    Apple Music · #22 in songs

  2. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2SDM

    Apple Music · #59 in songs

Sports

  1. 11xPartners Dashboard

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in free apps

  2. 2BeSoccer Plus

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

  3. 3FotMob - Football Live Scores

    Everyday app

    App Store · #58 in free apps

Tech & AI

  1. 1Camera+ Legacy

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2Video Downloader - Saver

    App Store · #66 in free apps

  3. 3Video Downloader ~ Video Saver

    App Store · #81 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. 1畅游最美的臺灣吃喝玩乐全攻略 - 台湾自由行必去旅游景点实用指南

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  2. 2French Dictionary + ©

    Everyday app

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

  3. 3Nusuk | نسك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #77 in free apps

Industries here

Music 34Media & entertainment 6Tech & software 5Education 5Advertising & marketing 4Legal & professional services 4Jobs, HR & staffing 4Fashion & beauty 3Finance & banking 3Crypto & digital assets 3Travel & tourism 2Sports & fitness 1Health & pharma 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

Society

Charts

Apple Music · Artists

  1. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Tiakola

  2. 5DJ Maphorisa

    Rising

  3. J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Leto

  4. 8AsapJo

    Falling

  5. 9Asake

Apple Music · 2026-11-06

App Store · Free apps

  1. 1Wave - Mobile Money

    Rising

  2. 2ChatGPT

    Falling

  3. 3Tiktok

    Rising

  4. 4WhatsApp

    Breakout

  5. 5Snapchat

    Rising

  6. 6Facebook app

    Rising

  7. 7TestFlight

    Falling

  8. 8YouTube app

  9. 9WhatsApp Business

  10. 10Xender: Transfer, Share Files

Show the top 100

    App Store · 2026-11-06

    App Store · Paid apps

    1. 1Shadowrocket

    2. 2Quran Majeed Pro القرآن المجيد

      Rising

    3. 3iPray: Adhan · Prayer · Qibla

    4. 4CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

    5. 5TuneIn

    6. 6Print to ALL Printers

    7. 7المكتبة الإسلاميه الشامله

      Falling

    8. 8Badoo Premium

    9. 9French Dictionary + ©

    10. 10VLC Streamer Pro

    Show the top 50

      App Store · 2026-11-06

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