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Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026

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Rising

  1. 1Lusail Tickets

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in free apps

  2. 2abulhawa

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #33 in songs

  3. 3Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,515 reads

  4. 4Baththa

    New

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

  5. 5Obsess

    New

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


Top today

  1. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

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

  2. 2Baththa

    New

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

  3. 3Saheb

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in free apps

  4. 4Lupin

    Rising

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

  5. 5Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,515 reads

  6. 6Obsess

    New

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

  7. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,454 reads

  8. 8JPG Converter.

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  9. 9Lusail Tickets

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in free apps

  10. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    10Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Books, arts & history · Wikipedia · 402 reads

Everyday apps here: Meta AI · GRF Snowtam · Disney+ · Blitzer.de PRO · Chromagraph Camera. 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 800 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 2.0% of the news · usually 2.0% · 16 articles
  2. 1.9% of the news · usually 2.7% · 15 articles

    Survey · 2023 70% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  3. 1.8% of the news · usually 2.4% · 14 articles
  4. 1.6% of the news · usually 1.5% · 13 articles
  5. 1.6% of the news · usually 1.7% · 13 articles
  6. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 3 articles
  7. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.6× usual · 3 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.1% · 2.8× usual · 2 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. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

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

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,454 reads

  3. 32026 Israeli legislative election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 230 reads

  4. Daniel Torok, Public domain

    4Donald Trump

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 208 reads

  5. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    5ChatGPT

    Weekly

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 191 reads

  6. 62026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 266 reads

  7. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    7Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 188 reads

  8. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain

    8Barack Obama

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 187 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1MWC Series App

    App Store · #32 in free apps

  2. DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Namit Malhotra

    Wikipedia · 165 reads

  3. 3DNEG

    Wikipedia · 142 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1World Tides 2026

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 402 reads

  2. 2The Noorani Qaida

    Everyday app

    Arabicالقاعدة النورانية

    App Store · #27 in paid apps

Education & careers

  1. 1SkyView®

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

  2. 2Niyat: Quran & Prayer Times

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

  3. 3Dr. Farcas CHMM Exam Prep

    Everyday app

    App Store · #44 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1The Secret Daily Teachings

    Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

  2. 2Das Geheimnis des Geldes

    Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  3. 3Aura Rewards MENA

    Everyday app

    App Store · #71 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Rafeeq: Food Delivery in Qatar

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in free apps

  2. 2Snoonu: Food Delivery・Shopping

    Everyday app

    App Store · #25 in free apps

  3. 3BEANZ - بينز

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Geography Quiz: GeoGeek

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1HealthFit

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

  2. 2HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  3. 3Monash FODMAP Diet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1PayLater: Split Your Payments

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in free apps

  2. 2iPay Qatar Digital Account

    Everyday app

    App Store · #63 in free apps

  3. 3CBQ Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Baththa

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  2. 2Lupin

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3Ramayana: Part 1

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,515 reads

Music

  1. Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Dua Lipa

    Rising

    Apple Music · #15 in songs

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Lady Gaga

    Rising

    Apple Music · #26 in songs

  3. 3Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander & Super Subu

    Rising

    Apple Music · #44 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. Nithya Raman, Public domain

    1Nithya Raman

    Wikipedia · 131 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,454 reads

  2. 22026 Israeli legislative election

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 230 reads

  3. Daniel Torok, Public domain

    3Donald Trump

    New

    Wikipedia · 208 reads

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Cristiano Ronaldo

    New

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2SK Slavia Prague

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Manchester City F.C.

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1WhatsApp

    Weekly

    App Store · #17 in free apps

  2. 2Saheb

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in free apps

  3. 3JPG Converter.

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    1Iran

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2Bangladesh

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3India

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches


Industries here

Music 26Media & entertainment 24Tech & software 11Government & public sector 10Sports & fitness 9Travel & tourism 5Nonprofits & NGOs 3Telecom & internet 2Advertising & marketing 1AI 1Health & pharma 1Education 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 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

  • Artificial Intelligence
    32 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    28 papers · rising +42%
  • Sociology and Political Science
    28 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Lupin

      Rising

    2. 2Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    3. 3Obsess

      New

    4. 4Akka: The Protectors

    5. 6Dead-End Job

    6. 7The One About Matthew Perry

    7. 10Nobody Wants This

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Manoj Bajpayee

    2. 2Baththa

      New

    3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    4. 4Avaraachan & Sons

    5. 5Dhoomakethu

    6. 6The Witches

    7. 7Collision Course

    8. 8Dorothy

    9. 9The Addams Family

    10. 10The Paradise

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Tate McRae

    2. 2Karol G

    3. 3Drake

    4. 4Adéla

    5. 5Marwan Pablo

    6. 6Ashe

    7. 7Dave & Tems

    8. 8Tul8te

    9. 9Olivia Rodrigo

    10. 10Hamza Malik & Zain Zohaib

    Show the top 100

      Apple Music · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

        Breakout

      2. 2ChatGPT

        Falling

      3. 3Saheb

        Breakout

      4. 4Lusail Tickets

        Breakout

      5. 5Claude by Anthropic

        Falling

      6. 6AliExpress - Shopping App

        Falling

      7. 7Disney+

        Rising

      8. 8Google Maps

        Rising

      9. 9Google Gemini

      10. 10CapCut

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Chromagraph Camera

          Rising

        2. 2Tiny Computers

          Rising

        3. 3GRF Snowtam

          Rising

        4. 4JPG Converter.

          Rising

        5. 5big O'Clock

          Rising

        6. 6Blitzer.de PRO

          Breakout

        7. 7Money Manager (Remove Ads)

        8. 8Free Tone - Calling & Texting

        9. 9HealthFit

        10. 10Run 5k - couch to 5k program

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06


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