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Europe · Monday, 9 November 2026

Portugal

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


Rising

  1. 1Chord Lab

    Breakout

    Music · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  3. 3Kiwix Apple

    New

    Tech & AI · App Store · #27 in free apps

  4. 4Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  5. Józef Pitschmann, Public domain

    5Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquise of Alorna

    New

    Books, arts & history · Wikipedia · 5,357 reads


Top today

  1. 1Plutónio

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Chord Lab

    Breakout

    Music · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  3. 3Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  4. Józef Pitschmann, Public domain

    4Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquise of Alorna

    New

    Books, arts & history · Wikipedia · 5,357 reads

  5. 5tempestade charles

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 100,000+ searches

  6. 6The One About Matthew Perry

    New

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

  7. 7Kiwix Apple

    New

    Tech & AI · App Store · #27 in free apps

  8. 8TeamSpeak 3

    Breakout

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

  9. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    9Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Music · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  10. 10Windy.com

    New

    Nature, climate & disasters · App Store · #29 in free apps

Everyday apps here: Organic Maps · Vinted: Sell vintage clothes · ChatGPT · WorkOutDoors · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV. 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 2,131 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. War and security More than usual
    2.5% of the news · usually 1.7% · 1.5× usual · 54 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  2. 2.2% of the news · usually 1.8% · 46 articles
  3. Climate More than usual Anxious
    1.8% of the news · usually 0.2% · 9.2× usual · 39 articles

    Survey · 2023 90% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

    Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.9% · 32 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 40% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  5. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.7% · 25 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 1.1% · 17 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 12 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 44% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 32% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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. 1Renata Cambra

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,181 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 3,696 reads

  3. Unknown photographer, Public domain

    3Cancer

    Breakout

    Health & wellness · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 1,970 reads

  5. 5Maria João Avillez

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 590 reads

  6. 6Workers United

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 451 reads

  7. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Diwali

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 427 reads

  8. יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio‬‏), CC BY-SA 3.0

    8Gadi Eisenkot

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 407 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. sporting moreirenseBreakout
  2. valencia real madridBreakout
  3. nottingham forest city+3,600%
  4. paulo josé ribeiro moita de macedo+3,500%
  5. alverca casa pia+2,950%
  6. terafosídeos+2,750%
  7. nottingham forest football club+2,750%
  8. classificações de sporting clube de portugal x moreirense+2,550%
  9. zaporizhzhya+2,450%
  10. josé castelo branco+2,000%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 3,696 reads

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,970 reads

  3. Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0

    3Lisa Su

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 339 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1Urbexplore Ibérica

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Windy.com

    New

    App Store · #29 in free apps

  2. USGS, Public domain

    21755 Lisbon earthquake

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 199 reads

  3. 3WeatherPro

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. AlvoMaia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Távora affair

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 489 reads

  2. Photo by Max Morse for TechCrunch TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0

    2Elizabeth Holmes

    Wikipedia · 720 reads

  3. Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain

    3Joran van der Sloot

    Wikipedia · 236 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. Józef Pitschmann, Public domain
  2. Frank R. Paul, Public domain

    2The War of the Worlds

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 286 reads

  3. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    3Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 268 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1PANTHEON - Official

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #48 in paid apps

  2. 2Speak & Learn English: Learna

    Everyday app

    App Store · #72 in free apps

  3. 3Inovar Sige

    Everyday app

    App Store · #83 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Diana Pereira

    Wikipedia · 220 reads

  2. 2Nicola Cavanis

    Wikipedia · 185 reads

  3. FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain

    3Melania Trump

    Wikipedia · 98 reads

Food & drink

  1. 1McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #81 in free apps

  2. 2TheFork - Restaurantes

    Everyday app

    App Store · #99 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Quiz de Geografia: GeoGeek

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  2. 2Folium

    App Store · #45 in paid apps

  3. 3Betano - Online Betting

    SpanishBetano - Apuestas en Línea

    App Store · #85 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. Unknown photographer, Public domain

    1Cancer

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2CoPE Paediatric Emergency

    App Store · #32 in paid apps

  3. 3AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Salário Líquido

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

  2. 2Klarna: Smarter everyday money

    Everyday app

    App Store · #25 in free apps

  3. 3MB WAY

    Everyday app

    App Store · #57 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3La bola negra

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,111 reads

Music

  1. 1Plutónio

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Chord Lab

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  3. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Russell Brand

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

Celebrities & creators

  1. Giuseppe Troni / Thomas Hickey, Public domain

    1Maria I of Portugal

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 353 reads

  2. Mike M. Cohen, CC BY 3.0

    2Alex Warren

    Apple Music · #90 in songs

  3. 3João de Almeida Portugal

    Wikipedia · 201 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Renata Cambra

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 4,181 reads

  2. 2Workers United

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 451 reads

  3. יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio‬‏), CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Gadi Eisenkot

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 407 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Alice S. Huang

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 301 reads

  2. Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Orion

    Wikipedia · 728 reads

  3. Oren Jack Turner, Public domain

    3Albert Einstein

    Wikipedia · 111 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Maria João Avillez

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 590 reads

  2. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Diwali

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 427 reads

  3. Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain

    3St. Martin's Day

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 387 reads

Sports

  1. 1Flávio Nazinho

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Олег Батрак, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Paulo Fonseca

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 723 reads

  3. Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Mats Hummels

    New

    Wikipedia · 679 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Kiwix Apple

    New

    App Store · #27 in free apps

  2. 2TeamSpeak 3

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 32Do: To Do List & Task Manager

    Back

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. CIA, Public domain

    1Portugal

    Wikipedia · 540 reads

  2. Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Lisbon

    Wikipedia · 274 reads

  3. 3Paraguay

    Wikipedia · 182 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 17Sports & fitness 13Music 12Government & public sector 8Tech & software 7Health & pharma 1Education 1Science & research 1Security & defence 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

  • Inflation3.9%Oct 2026 · +0.3 pts since Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Unemployment5.6%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Consumer confidence97.4100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate2.50%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices12.8%Q2 2026 · −2.4 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth1.9%2025 · −0.4 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment20.2%2025 · −1.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0

Business

  • Business confidence99.9100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.2 since Mar 2026OECD
  • New businesses128.62021 = 100Q2 2026Eurostat
  • Bankruptcy declarations105.22021 = 100Q2 2026Eurostat

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Education
    177 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    172 papers · rising +37%
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    130 papers · rising +39%
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    83 papers · rising +51%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

    2. 2The One About Matthew Perry

      New

    3. 3Nobody Wants This

    4. 5The Gift of Deceit

    5. 8The Fall of El Mayo

    6. 9Fading Grandeur

    7. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Falling

    3. 3Weapon

    4. 4Speak No Evil

    5. 5Blacklight

    6. 6Animals

      Falling

    7. 7Plane

    8. 8Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex

      Falling

    9. 9Cold Pursuit

    10. 10You, Me, Us

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Plutónio

    Apple Music · 2026-11-10

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1K72 SMPC Montijo

    2. 2Claude by Anthropic

    3. 3ChatGPT

      Rising

    4. 4Vinted: Sell vintage clothes

      Rising

    5. 5ABOUT YOU Outlet

    6. 6ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV

      Falling

    7. 7Worten

    8. 8O Meu Pingo Doce

      Falling

    9. 9Google Gemini

    10. 10Action

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-10

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Chromagraph Camera

      2. 2Chord Lab

        Breakout

      3. 3Manager for Scooters

      4. 4Blitzer.de PRO

        Rising

      5. 5TeamSpeak 3

        Breakout

      6. 62Do: To Do List & Task Manager

        Back

      7. 7Ear Cat - Music Ear Training

        Back

      8. 8GestO

      9. 9Holyrics

        Back

      10. 10Take01: Teleprompter Studio

        New

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-10


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