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Asia · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Qatar

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Rising

  1. 1Sephora UAE: Beauty & Makeup

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Fart Together!

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  4. Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Ella Langley

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #17 in songs

  5. 5Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,318 reads


Top today

  1. 1Sephora UAE: Beauty & Makeup

    Breakout

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

  2. 2Fart Together!

    Breakout

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

  3. 3Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  4. Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Ella Langley

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #17 in songs

  5. 5Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,318 reads

  6. 6Dead-End Job

    Breakout

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

  7. 7weather tomorrow

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  8. 8Scene

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 646 reads

  9. 9iReal Pro

    Breakout

    Music · App Store · #5 in paid apps

  10. Smallbones, Public domain

    10Place of worship

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

Everyday apps here: ChatGPT · CamToPlan PRO · Saheb · Tiktok · AltoPaint: Oil & Watercolor. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


Franchises and brands here

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 781 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. Climate More than usual
    4.4% of the news · usually 2.3% · 1.9× usual · 34 articles

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

  2. AI More than usual
    4.0% of the news · usually 2.1% · 1.9× usual · 31 articles
  3. 2.4% of the news · usually 1.6% · 1.5× usual · 19 articles
  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.6% · 8 articles
  5. 1.0% of the news · usually 2.1% · 8 articles
  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.8× usual · 6 articles
  7. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.2% · 3.5× usual · 6 articles
  8. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.1% · 3.2× usual · 3 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 →


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. 1Kaviya Maran

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 440 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 393 reads

  3. 3Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 336 reads

  4. 4Google Classroom

    Rising

    Tech & AI · Google Trends · 100+ searches

  5. 5Kalanithi Maran

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 205 reads

  6. Autor: Sergey Bobylev/RIA Novosti, CC BY-SA 3.0

    6Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 157 reads

  7. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Abdul El-Sayed

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 150 reads

  8. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    8Nvidia

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 126 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Kaviya Maran

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 440 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 393 reads

  3. 3Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1MilGPS

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Arrow GPS Offline

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1RainViewer: Rain Radar Live

    Everyday app

    App Store · #91 in free apps

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 294 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Airports

    New

    App Store · #12 in paid apps

  2. 2Google Translate

    Everyday app

    App Store · #90 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #44 in paid apps

  2. 2Aura Rewards MENA

    Everyday app

    App Store · #75 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Rafeeq: Food Delivery in Qatar

    Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

  2. 2BEANZ - بينز

    Everyday app

    App Store · #26 in free apps

  3. 3Tayyibat System

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

Gaming

  1. 1Spelling Shed

    Falling

    App Store · #24 in paid apps

  2. 2Let's create! Pottery

    Falling

    App Store · #25 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    New

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  2. 2WorkOutDoors

    New

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

  3. 3III Active Ladies

    App Store · #86 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Alfardan Exchange Send Money

    App Store · #95 in free apps

  2. 2قطيه

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

  3. 3My Money - Track Expenses

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,318 reads

  3. 3Dead-End Job

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Ella Langley

    Rising

    Apple Music · #17 in songs

  2. 2iReal Pro

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. Benchmark ksa, CC BY 3.0

    3Wegz

    Rising

    Apple Music · #37 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. shaji kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Shaji Kumar

    Wikipedia · 139 reads

  2. Mike M. Cohen, CC BY 3.0

    2Alex Warren

    Apple Music · #73 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    New

    Wikipedia · 336 reads

  2. Autor: Sergey Bobylev/RIA Novosti, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

    Wikipedia · 157 reads

  3. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Abdul El-Sayed

    Wikipedia · 150 reads

Sports

  1. 1Dhananjaya de Silva

    Rising

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. 2Kusal Mendis

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Mauricio Pochettino

    Wikipedia · 158 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Sephora UAE: Beauty & Makeup

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in free apps

  2. 2Fart Together!

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera

    Back

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1India

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0

    2Lebanon

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Maldives

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 31Music 23Tech & software 9Travel & tourism 7Sports & fitness 6Advertising & marketing 4Telecom & internet 3Government & public sector 3Gaming 2Cars & mobility 2Health & pharma 2Education 2Transport & 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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Education
    29 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    28 papers · rising +42%
  • Artificial Intelligence
    24 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Dead-End Job

      Breakout

    2. 2Obsess

    3. 3Akka: The Protectors

    4. 4Lupin

      Falling

    5. 5Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Falling

    6. 6Taken: Natalee Holloway

    7. 7A Couple of Lies

    8. 9Black Doves

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Collision Course

      Breakout

    2. 2Baththa

    3. 3Avaraachan & Sons

    4. 4The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    5. 5Heist

    6. 6Don't Trouble the Trouble

    7. 7The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

    8. 8Dilwali Diwali

    9. 9The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    10. 10Sing 2

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Karol G

    2. 2Tate McRae

      Rising

    3. 3Drake

    4. 4Adéla

      Falling

    5. 5Ashe

    6. 6Olivia Dean

      Rising

    7. 7Dave & Tems

    8. 8Marwan Pablo

    9. 9Tul8te

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Meta AI

    2. 2ChatGPT

      Rising

    3. 3Claude by Anthropic

    4. 4AliExpress - Shopping App

    5. 5Sephora UAE: Beauty & Makeup

      Breakout

    6. 6Snoonu: Food Delivery・Shopping

      Rising

    7. 7CapCut

    8. 8Google Gemini

    9. 9Deals Go – Exclusive Discounts

      Falling

    10. 10PayLater: Split Your Payments

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1MilGPS

        Breakout

      2. 2Monash FODMAP Diet

        Falling

      3. 3Fart Together!

        Breakout

      4. 4Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)

        Rising

      5. 5iReal Pro

        Breakout

      6. 6AnkiMobile Flashcards

        Breakout

      7. 7AltoPaint: Oil & Watercolor

        Breakout

      8. 8Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      9. 9CamToPlan PRO

        Breakout

      10. 10ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera

        Back

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-12


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