Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026
Saudi Arabia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Breakout
Breakout
listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 Rising
New
New
Top today
Everyday apps here: Claude by Anthropic · Satisfy: ASMR Fidget Toys · X · Tiny Computers · Amazon Shopping. 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 635 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Cost of living More than usual
- परदेशका पार्कमा भाइटीका, मनमनमा दाजुभाइ (ekantipur.com)
- Saudi Arabia cuts December Asia oil prices to fresh 6-year low (zawya.com)
- Accelerating project delivery with AI and connected technologies (oilreviewmiddleeast.com)
- Arab News | Saudi Arabia sets out AI principles for media, calls for disclosure of synthetic content (arabnews.com)
- 'Shared values' see Pacific Forum increase partnerships with Middle East countries (rnz.co.nz)
- Suudi Sivil Savunma Müdürlüğü, Necran'da erken uyarı sistemini devreye aldı (haberler.com)
Survey · 2023 67% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Israël, Iran, Ukraine : Trump face à ses contradictions (agoravox.tv)
- ماذا في جعبة الديمقراطيين من ملفات؟ (arabi21.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.6positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual4.0 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Fear1.2× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 9.0The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.4The 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
Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Cars & transport
Everyday app
2Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass
Everyday app
Crime & justice
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
سوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني2قضية
Books, arts & history
- قصص رون
2Treasures of the Seerah by Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis
كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس
Keeta - Delivery de comida
Money & crypto
1سلم الرواتب برو - موعد الرواتب
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Rising
Rising
New
Music
listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0
Sports
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive), CC BY-SA 4.0
Tech & AI
Breakout
Rising
Travel & places
No machine-readable author provided. The JPS assumed (based on copyright claims…, CC BY-SA 3.0 Ceslou, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Industries here
Music 23Media & entertainment 22Tech & software 13Education 5Sports & fitness 4Advertising & marketing 4Telecom & internet 4Government & public sector 4Travel & tourism 1Fashion & beauty 1Gaming 1Health & pharma 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news0reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 1 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news26reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 65 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation1.8%Jul 2026 · +0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.1%Dec 2025 · −0.0 pts since Nov 2025World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Central bank rate4.50%Sept 2026 · +0.25 pts since Aug 2026BIS
- GDP growth4.5%2025 · +1.9 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment10.0%2025 · −1.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Society
- People online100.0%2024 · ±0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change35.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority61.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
Rising
2Obsess
New
3Doctor X: Mafia in White
Falling
4Dead-End Job
6100 Days of Deception
Falling
7Below
Falling
Press photo, Public domain 10East of Eden
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
Rising
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 2Manoj Bajpayee
Rising
3Collision Course
New
4AlMahaitiya
5The Witches
Rising
6Animals
Falling
7Armored
Falling
8Shabab El Bomb 3
9Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Falling
10The Addams Family
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 1Tate McRae
2Marwan Pablo
3Tul8te
5Karol G
6Adéla
8Olivia Rodrigo
9Drake
Apple Music · 2026-11-07
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
2جناية
3الشيخ ماهر المعيقلي
4El Daheeh - الدحيح
5بترولي
6Without Paper
Rising
7فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح
8المصحف المرتل
9Ron's Stories
10سقراط مع عمر الجريسي
Show the top 100
Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07
App Store · Free apps
1Claude by Anthropic
Rising
2Q | كيو
Breakout
3Kick - Streaming ao Vivo
4ChatGPT
Falling
5Google Gemini
Falling
6barq
7Almanea
8HudHud Maps
9Trendyol: Online Shopping
Rising
10Balady+
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-07
App Store · Paid apps
1Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
2ازرع | Azr3
3الدليلة
4AnkiMobile Flashcards
5Shadowrocket
6Tiny Computers
Rising
7الخلاوي
8Things 3 (iOS)
95GMHz
Falling
10BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-07
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.