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Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Singapore

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Rising

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

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

  2. 2BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

    Breakout

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

  3. 3MyNIISe

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #10 in free apps

  4. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    4Olivia Dean

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #10 in songs

  5. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    5The Remarried Empress

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 1,970 reads


Top today

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

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

  2. 2Doctor X: Mafia in White

    Weekly

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

  3. 3Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

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

  4. 4Baththa

    Breakout

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

  5. 5Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers

  6. 6Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #6 in top sellers

  7. 7BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

    Breakout

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

  8. 8Duo Aquarium

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  9. 9Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #9 in top sellers

  10. 10The Ezra Klein Show

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

Everyday apps here: HelloRide-Enjoy your ride · Anywheel · Al Quran Translation · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV · Auday - Watch録音とAIの振り返り. 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 3,232 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 7.3% of the news · usually 7.4% · 236 articles
  2. 3.3% of the news · usually 2.7% · 105 articles
  3. Democracy and elections More than usual
    2.0% of the news · usually 1.1% · 1.8× usual · 65 articles
  4. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.2% · 56 articles
  5. 1.6% of the news · usually 2.1% · 50 articles
  6. 0.9% of the news · usually 1.3% · 30 articles
  7. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 24 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 9 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Stephen Miller

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,458 reads

  2. 22026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,411 reads

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

    3Jon Ossoff

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 885 reads

  4. 42026 New Zealand general election

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 880 reads

  5. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Abdul El-Sayed

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,685 reads

  6. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Diwali

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 1,154 reads

  7. Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7James Talarico

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 708 reads

  8. 82026 United States Senate elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 594 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Planet Money

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #32 in podcasts

  2. 2The Diary of a CEO

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  3. 3Gooaye

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #37 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. S5A-0043, CC BY 4.0

    1Xiaomi SU7

    Wikipedia · 130 reads

  2. 2네이버지도 - 장소의 발견과 예약, 내비게이션

    Everyday app

    App Store · #65 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 12023 China floods

    Wikipedia · 125 reads

Crime & justice

  1. 1霓达播客

    Apple Podcasts · #40 in podcasts

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #18 in podcasts

  3. 3Casefile

    Apple Podcasts · #64 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,803 reads

  2. Sahibdin, Public domain

    2Ramayana

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 532 reads

  3. 3The Rest Is History

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

  2. 2SkyView®

    App Store · #46 in paid apps

  3. 36 Minute English

    Apple Podcasts · #28 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Pulse@Jurong

    App Store · #67 in free apps

  2. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho., Public domain

    2Elin Nordegren

    Wikipedia · 342 reads

  3. Verghese TK, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Kajal Aggarwal

    Wikipedia · 134 reads

Food & drink

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

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 713 reads

  2. 2IJOOZ SG

    App Store · #78 in free apps

  3. 3heytea

    App Store · #93 in free apps

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. 1Huberman Lab

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

  2. 2Styrka - Gym Tracker

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  3. 3Freya • Surge Timer

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1CalcTape Paper Tape Calculator

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

  2. 2Google Pay Singapore

    App Store · #99 in free apps

  3. 3Touch ‘n Go eWallet

    Everyday app

    App Store · #49 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  2. 2Doctor X: Mafia in White

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

Music

  1. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    1Olivia Dean

    Rising

    Apple Music · #10 in songs

  2. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Russell Brand

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 821 reads

  3. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3The Weeknd

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1不开玩笑 Jokes Aside

    Apple Podcasts · #49 in podcasts

  2. 2LBI

    Apple Music · #18 in songs

  3. 3No Such Thing as a Fish

    Apple Podcasts · #56 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Stephen Miller

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,458 reads

  2. 2The Rest Is Politics: US

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 1,411 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Alice S. Huang

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. Ferdinand Joubert, Public domain

    2James South

    Wikipedia · 403 reads

  3. 3Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #70 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1The Ezra Klein Show

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Diwali

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,154 reads

  3. 3The Documentary Podcast

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #46 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Crown Jewel

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,032 reads

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Liam Delap

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 486 reads

  3. 3Auqib Nabi

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

Startups

  1. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1OpenAI

    Wikipedia · 135 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

    Breakout

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  2. 2Duo Aquarium

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  3. 3All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

Travel & places

  1. Ansgar Koreng, CC BY-SA 3.0 de

    1Mainz

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. 2Bangladesh

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. SMC, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Wrexham

    Google Trends · 200+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 28Government & public sector 19Gaming 17Music 10Sports & fitness 7Tech & software 6Health & pharma 3Nonprofits & NGOs 2Travel & tourism 1Fashion & beauty 1Cars & mobility 1Transport & logistics 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. 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. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

      10Olivia Dean

      Rising

    Apple Music · 2026-11-08

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Global News Podcast

    2. 2The Diary of a CEO

      Rising

    3. 3The Daily

      Falling

    4. 4The Rest Is Politics: US

      Rising

    5. 5Yah Lah But

    6. 6The Economist Podcasts

    7. 7All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

      Breakout

    8. 8The Ezra Klein Show

      Rising

    9. 9The Rest Is History

    10. 10FT News Briefing

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08

      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 ティックトック

      10. 10MyNIISe

        Rising

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-08

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

        2. 2Chromagraph Camera

        3. 3Tiny Computers

        4. 4Duo Aquarium

          Rising

        5. 5BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

          Breakout

        6. 6Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)

        7. 7TypeDraw

          Falling

        8. 8AnkiMobile Flashcards

        9. 9Pocket Mac Lab

        10. 10Moment Pro Camera II

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-08

          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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