Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026
Saudi Arabia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: X · Knowunity | Tutor escolar IA · Q | كيو · mystc SA · Salatuk - صلاتك. 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 743 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Cost of living More than usual
- أرقام : معلومات الشركة - أسمنت السعودية (argaam.com)
- أرقام : معلومات الشركة - أرامكو السعودية (argaam.com)
- نحن في السعودية بخير والحمد لله (alwatan.com.sa)
- جريدة الرياض | الجيش الأميركي يعتزم توسيع الحصار البحري على إيران ليشمل بحر قزوين (alriyadh.com)
- Με Άποψη | Sofokleousin.gr (sofokleousin.gr)
- La finestra iraniana di Pechino: cosa cambia dopo le midterm americane? (formiche.net)
Survey · 2023 67% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.8positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.4 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 8.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 7.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.6 words per 1,000usually 7.5The 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
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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
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
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
3Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Falling Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
3HungerStation - Food Delivery
Falling Everyday app
Keeta - Delivery de comida
Money & crypto
2سلم الرواتب برو - موعد الرواتب
Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
- شخصية عادية جداً
Society & beliefs
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Tech & AI
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Travel & places
Viktar Palstsiuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
3Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train
Everyday app
Industries here
Music 23Media & entertainment 22Tech & software 10Sports & fitness 6Education 6Travel & tourism 3Telecom & internet 3Government & public sector 3Advertising & marketing 2Gaming 1Cars & mobility 1Transport & logistics 1Health & pharma 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 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.
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
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2Obsess
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3Doctor X: Mafia in White
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4Dead-End Job
6100 Days of Deception
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7Below
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Press photo, Public domain 10East of Eden
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 2Manoj Bajpayee
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3Collision Course
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4AlMahaitiya
5The Witches
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6Animals
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7Armored
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8Shabab El Bomb 3
9Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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10The Addams Family
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 1Tate McRae
2Marwan Pablo
3Tul8te
4Karol G
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 6Future
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7Drake
8Adéla
10Olivia Rodrigo
Apple Music · 2026-11-08
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
2جناية
3الشيخ ماهر المعيقلي
4El Daheeh - الدحيح
5بترولي
6المصحف المرتل
7بدون ورق
8بودكاست أبجورة
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9فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح
10Ron's Stories
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1Q | كيو
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2X
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3Claude by Anthropic
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4KICK - Live Streaming
5ChatGPT
6Google Gemini
7قمة للمزادات
8barq
9Almanea
10Anwaa
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App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1الخلاوي
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2Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Falling
3ازرع | Azr3
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4AnkiMobile Flashcards
5Machine Party
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6الدليلة
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7Shadowrocket
8Tiny Computers
9Procreate
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10Satisfy: ASMR Fidget Toys
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App Store · 2026-11-08
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.