Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026
Oman
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
1Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Breakout
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Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Top today
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Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 New
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Everyday apps here: Noor LMS · MilGPS · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV · Nova AI+ · Claude by Anthropic. 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 640 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- Science Festival showcases AI, robotics and innovation (omanobserver.om)
- الحكومة الفرنسية تدعو لمؤتمر يستمع لمطالب المحتجين غدا (omandaily.om)
Survey · 2023 72% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.6positive minus negative words per 100usually +1.3The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.1 words per 1,000usually 4.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 5.9The 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.
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0 DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0
By category
Business & economy
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0 DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cars & transport
Everyday app
Weekly Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Fashion & beauty
1Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Breakout
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
3Cooking Timer+ Multiple Timers
Everyday app
Health & wellness
Everyday app
2Pediatric Blood Pressure Guide
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Movies & TV
New
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Rising
Music
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Nicolas Völcker, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Sports
Aitorval, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sustained
Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Travel & places
NASA/JPL/NIMA, Public domain Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0
Industries here
Music 31Media & entertainment 22Tech & software 13Sports & fitness 8Travel & tourism 6Telecom & internet 4Nonprofits & NGOs 3Education 2Government & public sector 2Fashion & beauty 1Transport & logistics 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
- Inflation3.2%Jul 2026 · +0.4 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.3%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth2.4%2025 · +0.8 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment13.9%2025 · +0.4 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biomedical Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
Society
- People online95.3%2024 · +0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change33.7%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority66.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
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2Obsess
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3Akka: The Protectors
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4Doctor X: Mafia in White
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6Dead-End Job
8Below
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10The One About Matthew Perry
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Manoj Bajpayee
2Surviving Hurricane Otis
3Baththa
New
4Avaraachan & Sons
5Dhoomakethu
6Collision Course
7The Witches
8Dorothy
9The Paradise
Falling
10The Addams Family
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Karol G
2Ramy Sabry
3Tul8te
4Dave & Tems
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5Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran, Madhubanti Bagchi & Kumaar
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6Abdulaziz Louis & Abdullah Salim
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7Drake
8Tate McRae
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Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 10Future
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Apple Music · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1Claude by Anthropic
2BEANZ - بينز
3Snoonu: Food Delivery・Shopping
4ChatGPT
5Google Gemini
6DramaWave - Dramas & Reels
7CapCut
8Google Flow
Rising
9THEQA ثقة
10Temu
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور
2MilGPS
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3Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Breakout
4Teevy
5AnkiMobile Flashcards
6Speedometer 55 Pro. GPS kit.
7twinme+ private messenger
8SkyView®
9AdGuard
10Kino
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-08
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.