Asia · Wednesday, 11 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: Zoom · Tiktok · Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro · Prepware Remote Pilot UAS · Webex. 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 893 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Cost of living Anxious
- التضخم في السعودية الأدنى خليجيا عند 1.9% (alwatan.com.sa)
- إينار من محمد الحبيب العقارية يحصد جائزتين من جوائز العقارات الدولية في لندن (alwatan.com.sa)
- جريدة الرياض | الهيئة السعودية للمياه تنفذ أكثر من 175 ألف جولة رقابية (alriyadh.com)
- Diabete: diagnosi precoce contro i sintomi invisibili (nove.firenze.it)
- Switzerland moves two places up Climate Change Performance ranking (swissinfo.ch)
- Classifica climatica, la Svizzera guadagna due posizioni (cdt.ch)
Survey · 2023 67% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Arab News | Debate intensifies in Syria over stalled Kurdish integration process (arabnews.com)
- الذكرى الـ 64 لإقرار الدستور الحصن المنيع في (alanba.com.kw)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.0positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.6The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual4.1 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual7.5 words per 1,000usually 8.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual7.7 words per 1,000usually 7.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.2 words per 1,000usually 7.6The 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.
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
Jelson25, Public domain Rising
Nature, climate & disasters
1Weather Bot: Alerts and Radar
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Crime & justice
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
سوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني3قضية
Books, arts & history
Rameshng, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
- قصص رون
3Treasures of the Seerah by Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis
كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Keeta - Delivery de comida
Movies & TV
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Music
Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
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Celebrities & creators
- شخصية عادية جداً
Travel & places
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Industries here
Media & entertainment 22Music 18Education 6Travel & tourism 5Sports & fitness 5Tech & software 4Fashion & beauty 2Advertising & marketing 2Government & public sector 2Retail & e-commerce 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.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news0reports of events, mostly in English11 Nov 2026 · usually 1 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news25reports of events, mostly in English11 Nov 2026 · usually 51 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
1Obsess
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2Dead-End Job
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3Lupin
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4Doctor X: Mafia in White
5A Couple of Lies
6100 Days of Deception
7WWE Crown Jewel
10Akka: The Protectors
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1Collision Course
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2Heist
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3AlMahaitiya
4The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5Shabab El Bomb 3
6My Best Friend
7Surviving Hurricane Otis
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8Animals
9Nowhere to Run
10The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 1Tate McRae
2Marwan Pablo
3Karol G
4Tul8te
5Drake
6Olivia Rodrigo
8Season 25
9Ramy Sabry
10Adéla
Apple Music · 2026-11-12
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
2جناية
3الشيخ ماهر المعيقلي
4بودكاست أبجورة
5بترولي
6El Daheeh - الدحيح
7المصحف المرتل
8فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح
9بدون ورق
10Ron's Stories
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-12
App Store · Free apps
1Microsoft Teams
2Q | كيو
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3Google Gemini
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4ChatGPT
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5Claude by Anthropic
6barq
7Trendyol: Online Shopping
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8Anwaa
9Zoom
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10مدرستي
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App Store · 2026-11-12
App Store · Paid apps
1Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
2ازرع | Azr3
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3TypeDraw
4AnkiMobile Flashcards
5الخلاوي
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6Plate Smasher
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7الدليلة
8Shadowrocket
9Procreate
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10Qكيو
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App Store · 2026-11-12
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.