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Asia · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Qatar

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Rising

  1. 1shift calendar pro

    Breakout

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

  2. 2BDrive - Ride in Qatar

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in free apps

  3. 3SASY, Rocket, VIBEY & DDG'S

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #27 in songs

  4. 4Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,195 reads


Top today

  1. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Anirudh Ravichander

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #34 in songs

  2. 2BDrive - Ride in Qatar

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in free apps

  3. 3Collision Course

    Breakout

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

  4. 4Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,195 reads

  5. 5Dead-End Job

    Breakout

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

  6. 6SASY, Rocket, VIBEY & DDG'S

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #27 in songs

  7. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Pakistan

    Sustained

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  8. 8Bangladesh

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  9. 9Shadowrocket

    Breakout

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

  10. The White House, Public domain

    10Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 825 reads

Everyday apps here: Salatuk - صلاتك · Uber · Talabat · KFC Qatar · MilGPS. 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 776 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
    4.5% of the news · usually 2.3% · 2.0× usual · 35 articles

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

  2. AI More than usual
    4.4% of the news · usually 2.1% · 2.1× usual · 34 articles
  3. 2.1% of the news · usually 1.6% · 16 articles
  4. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.6% · 9 articles
  5. 1.0% of the news · usually 2.0% · 8 articles
  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.8× usual · 6 articles
  7. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.9× usual · 4 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.6× 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.

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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 825 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 431 reads

  3. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Nvidia

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  4. 4Colette Kress

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 224 reads

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

    5Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 257 reads

  6. 6Kalanithi Maran

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 256 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 825 reads

  2. 2Kaviya Maran

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 431 reads

  3. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Nvidia

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1MilGPS

    Everyday app

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 382 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Learner's Dictionary - English

    New

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  2. 2Asan Quran Premium

    New

    App Store · #13 in paid apps

  3. 3Monster Maths School: KS1, KS2

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1صناع

    App Store · #89 in free apps

  2. 2Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  3. 3Aura Rewards MENA

    Everyday app

    App Store · #63 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1KFC Qatar

    Everyday app

    App Store · #49 in free apps

  2. 2BEANZ - بينز

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in free apps

  3. 3Rafeeq: Food Delivery in Qatar

    Everyday app

    App Store · #20 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Spelling Shed

    Falling

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

  2. 2Let's create! Pottery

    Falling

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Medicine Reminder

    Rising

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

  2. 2Monash FODMAP Diet

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in paid apps

  3. 3AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #25 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1قطيه

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  2. 2My Money - Track Expenses

    Everyday app

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

  3. 3Ooredoo Money

    Everyday app

    App Store · #60 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2Ramayana: Part 1

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,195 reads

  3. 3Dead-End Job

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Anirudh Ravichander

    Rising

    Apple Music · #34 in songs

  2. 2SASY, Rocket, VIBEY & DDG'S

    Rising

    Apple Music · #27 in songs

  3. 3Al Shami

    Rising

    Apple Music · #17 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Pinu Rahman

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. Maryland GovPics, CC BY 4.0

    2Chris Malachowsky

    Wikipedia · 105 reads

  3. Ian Jones, CC BY 2.0

    3Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani

    Wikipedia · 90 reads

Politics & world affairs

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

    1Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

    Wikipedia · 257 reads

  2. 2Ahmed al-Alwani

    Wikipedia · 103 reads

Sports

  1. 1Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool

    New

    App Store · #12 in paid apps

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Wikipedia · 194 reads

  3. The President's Office, Maldives, CC BY 4.0

    3SAFF Championship

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1BDrive - Ride in Qatar

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in free apps

  2. 2Shadowrocket

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3shift calendar pro

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pakistan

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2Bangladesh

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  3. EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Belgium

    Rising

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 29Music 23Travel & tourism 12Tech & software 8Sports & fitness 7Education 3Telecom & internet 2Fashion & beauty 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 1Health & pharma 1Government & public sector 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

  • 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

    3. 3Adéla

    4. 4Drake

    5. 5Olivia Dean

    6. 6Tul8te

      Rising

    7. 7Marwan Pablo

    8. 8Ashe

      Falling

    9. 10Dave & Tems

    Apple Music · 2026-11-13

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1BDrive - Ride in Qatar

      Breakout

    2. 2Meta AI

      Falling

    3. 3ChatGPT

      Falling

    4. 4AliExpress - Shopping App

    5. 5Claude by Anthropic

      Falling

    6. 6Snoonu: Food Delivery・Shopping

    7. 7CapCut

    8. 8PayLater: Split Your Payments

    9. 9Google Maps

    10. 10Sephora UAE: Beauty & Makeup

      Falling

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-13

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1MilGPS

      2. 2Chromagraph Camera

        Breakout

      3. 3shift calendar pro

        Breakout

      4. 4الخلاوي

        Breakout

      5. 5Shadowrocket

        Breakout

      6. 6Salatuk - صلاتك

        Breakout

      7. 7Windfinder Pro: Wind & Weather

        New

      8. 8Pythonista 3

        New

      9. 9Alien10

        New

      10. 10Vinegar - Tube Cleaner

        New

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-13


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