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Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026

Singapore

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Rising

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  2. 2Odd Lots

    Rising

    Business & economy · Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  3. 3The Remarried Empress

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 2,150 reads

  4. 4Baththa

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #6 in top sellers


Top today

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  2. 2Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers

  3. 3Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  4. 4Doctor X: Mafia in White

    Rising

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

  5. 5Baththa

    Breakout

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

  6. 6Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #6 in top sellers

  7. 7Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #9 in top sellers

  8. 8Kong Tao

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  9. Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0

    9Manoj Bajpayee

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  10. 10The Remarried Empress

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 2,150 reads

Everyday apps here: TypeDraw · Assyst - Tests and Exams · MyICA Mobile · Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid) · AnkiMobile Flashcards. 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 520 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 8.7% of the news · usually 6.8% · 45 articles
  2. 3.3% of the news · usually 3.0% · 17 articles
  3. 2.7% of the news · usually 1.2% · 2.3× usual · 14 articles
  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.7% · 8 articles
  5. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.2% · 8 articles
  6. 1.4% of the news · usually 1.2% · 7 articles
  7. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.6× usual · 5 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 0 articles

    Survey · 2023 72% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

How the news sounds

Also in the news

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.

  1. 12026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,392 reads

  2. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    2Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,416 reads

  3. Studio Incendo, CC BY 2.0

    3Joshua Wong

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,146 reads

  4. Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4James Talarico

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,036 reads

  5. Ho.siminn, CC BY-SA 3.0

    51999 Jiji earthquake

    Rising

    Nature, climate & disasters · Wikipedia · 940 reads

  6. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Abdul El-Sayed

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,760 reads

  7. Daniel Torok, Public domain

    7Donald Trump

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 706 reads

  8. 82026 United States Senate elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 766 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Odd Lots

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  2. 2知行小酒馆

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

  3. 3Prince Group

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 575 reads

Cars & transport

  1. 1Ship Finder

    App Store · #49 in paid apps

  2. 2NextStop - Singapore

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in free apps

  3. 3네이버지도 - 장소의 발견과 예약, 내비게이션

    Everyday app

    App Store · #77 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. Ho.siminn, CC BY-SA 3.0

    11999 Jiji earthquake

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 940 reads

  2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center JMA's Him…, CC BY 4.0

    2Typhoon Champi

    Wikipedia · 133 reads

Crime & justice

  1. 1霓达播客

    Apple Podcasts · #39 in podcasts

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

  3. 3Andrew Road triple murder

    Wikipedia · 474 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The Rest Is History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    2Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,288 reads

  3. Sahibdin, Public domain

    3Ramayana

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 549 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Time Until Event

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  2. 2The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

  3. 3Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Auday - Watch録音とAIの振り返り

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

  2. 2Beep Rewards

    App Store · #73 in free apps

  3. 3El Secreto del Dinero

    App Store · #48 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 692 reads

  2. 2Love, Manuela

    App Store · #42 in paid apps

  3. Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Heston Blumenthal

    Wikipedia · 451 reads

Gaming

  1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Steam · #2 in top sellers

  2. 2Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Steam · #6 in top sellers

  3. 3Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Steam · #9 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Klench: Kegel Trainer

    App Store · #33 in paid apps

  2. 2AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

  3. 3Pocket Yoga

    App Store · #47 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Trust Bank SG

    App Store · #99 in free apps

  2. 2Touch ‘n Go eWallet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #45 in free apps

  3. 3DBS PayLah!

    Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  2. 2Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Doctor X: Mafia in White

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

Music

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,782 reads

  2. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2The Weeknd

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. Nine Stars, CC BY 3.0

    3Yan An

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 513 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. Nithya Raman, Public domain

    1Nithya Raman

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 958 reads

  2. 2No Such Thing as a Fish

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #49 in podcasts

  3. 3Concave-Convex Radio Waves

    Rising

    Chinese凹凸电波

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 12026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 2,392 reads

  2. 2The Daily

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  3. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

    3Jon Ossoff

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,416 reads

Science & space

  1. Ferdinand Joubert, Public domain

    1James South

    Wikipedia · 361 reads

  2. 2Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #95 in podcasts

  3. Gladwin Analytics, CC BY 3.0

    3Andrej Karpathy

    Wikipedia · 141 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Freakonomics Radio

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

  2. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Diwali

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,111 reads

  3. 3The Ezra Klein Show

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

Sports

  1. Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Manchester United F.C.

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. 2The Bill Simmons Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #36 in podcasts

  3. Philippine Sports Commission, Public domain

    3Alexandra Eala

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Startups

  1. 1Anthropic

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 361 reads

  2. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2OpenAI

    Wikipedia · 124 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Archive of Our Own

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 566 reads

  2. 2Things 3 (iOS)

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  3. 3Zalo

    Wikipedia · 9,584 reads

Travel & places

  1. Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Changi Airport

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2Bangladesh

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. No machine-readable author provided. The JPS assumed (based on copyright claims…, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Sunderland

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 24Government & public sector 20Gaming 17Music 10Tech & software 5Fashion & beauty 2Travel & tourism 1AI 1Telecom & internet 1Education 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

  • Artificial Intelligence
    414 papers
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    120 papers
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    119 papers
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    105 papers · rising +82%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Doctor X: Mafia in White

      Rising

    2. 2Where the Mask Ends

      Falling

    3. 3Dead-End Job

      New

    4. 4Lupin

    5. 5The One About Matthew Perry

    6. 6100 Days of Deception

      Falling

    7. 7Nobody Wants This

    8. 8Take Charge of My Heart

      Falling

    9. 9Akka: The Protectors

    10. 10Midnight Diner

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Baththa

      Breakout

    2. Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0

      2Manoj Bajpayee

      Rising

    3. 3Kong Tao

      New

    4. 4Dorothy

      Falling

    5. 5Surviving Hurricane Otis

    6. 6Annabelle: Creation

    7. 7The Addams Family

    8. 8The Paradise

    9. 9Black Bag

    10. 10Kuyank

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

      1The Weeknd

    2. 2Adéla

    3. 3Tate McRae

    4. 4A2O & A2O LITE

    5. 5Olivia Rodrigo

    6. 7Ariana Grande

    7. 9馬也_Crabbit & Cole先生

    8. 10Jess Lee

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Global News Podcast

    2. 2The Daily

      Rising

    3. 3The Diary of a CEO

    4. 4声动早咖啡

      Falling

    5. 5The Economist Podcasts

    6. 6Yah Lah But

    7. 7The Rest Is Politics: US

      Rising

    8. 8The Rest Is History

      Rising

    9. 9The Rest Is Politics

      Falling

    10. 10CNBC's "Fast Money"

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Temu

      2. 2Muse from Meta

      3. 3CapCut

      4. 4Pinduoduo

      5. 5My SIMBA

      6. 6ChatGPT

      7. 7红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看

      8. 8VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy ™

      9. 9TikTok-Global Video Community

      10. 10Google Gemini

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-07

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

        2. 2Chromagraph Camera

        3. 3TypeDraw

          Rising

        4. 4Tiny Computers

        5. 5Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)

          Rising

        6. 6Procreate

          Falling

        7. 7AnkiMobile Flashcards

          Rising

        8. 8Deck-Man: Cassette Player

        9. 9Pocket Mac Lab

        10. 10Things 3 (iOS)

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-07

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1Aion 2

          2. 2Phantom Blade Zero

            Rising

          3. 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

            Falling

          4. 4Dota 2

          5. 5Aniimo

            Rising

          6. 6Football Manager 27

            Breakout

          7. 7Where Winds Meet

          8. 8Counter-Strike 2

          9. 9Probably Stolen

            Breakout

          10. 10Escape from Tarkov

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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