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Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026

Singapore

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Rising

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

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

  2. 2Acquired

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

  3. 3Loftia

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #8 in top sellers

  4. 4Baththa

    Breakout

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

  5. The White House, Public domain

    5Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches


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. The White House, Public domain

    5Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  6. 6Loftia

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #8 in top sellers

  7. 7Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #3 in top sellers

  8. 8Kong Tao

    New

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

  9. Linda Goldstein, CC BY-SA 3.0

    9No taxation without representation

    New

    Other · Wikipedia · 10,004 reads

  10. Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0

    10Manoj Bajpayee

    Rising

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


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 393 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.6% of the news · usually 7.3% · 18 articles
  2. 3.1% of the news · usually 3.0% · 12 articles
  3. 2.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3.5× usual · 8 articles

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

  4. 1.8% of the news · usually 1.7% · 7 articles
  5. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.8× usual · 4 articles
  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 1.3% · 3 articles
  7. 0.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 0 articles
  8. 0.0% of the news · usually 1.3% · 0 articles

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

    1Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 2,658 reads

  3. Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0

    3Lisa Su

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 2,854 reads

  4. Huaiwei ., CC BY-SA 3.0

    4Yaw Shin Leong

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,418 reads

  5. 5Alice S. Huang

    New

    Science & space · Wikipedia · 2,162 reads

  6. 6Kaviya Maran

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  7. Reserve Bank of Australia, Public domain

    7Australian dollar

    Rising

    Money & crypto · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  8. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    8Elon Musk

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 10,000+ searches

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 2,658 reads

  3. Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0

    3Lisa Su

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,854 reads

Cars & transport

  1. Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Waymo

    Wikipedia · 271 reads

Crime & justice

  1. Paul Wiegmans, Public domain

    1Fraud

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

  3. 3霓达播客

    Apple Podcasts · #59 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The Rest Is Classified

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #40 in podcasts

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    2Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,583 reads

  3. Sahibdin, Public domain

    3Ramayana

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 590 reads

Education & careers

  1. 16 Minute English

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

  2. 2The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  3. 3All Ears English Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #60 in podcasts

Food & drink

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

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 655 reads

  2. Dave Pullig, CC BY 2.0

    2Gordon Ramsay

    Wikipedia · 219 reads

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

    3Heston Blumenthal

    Wikipedia · 200 reads

Gaming

  1. 1Loftia

    Breakout

    Steam · #8 in top sellers

  2. 2Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Steam · #3 in top sellers

  3. 3FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold

    New

    Steam · #15 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Huberman Lab

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

  2. 2On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

  3. Rosiestep, CC BY 4.0

    3Priscilla Chan

    Wikipedia · 294 reads

Money & crypto

  1. Reserve Bank of Australia, Public domain

    1Australian dollar

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

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. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Russell Brand

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2The Weeknd

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    3Ariana Grande

    Apple Music · #5 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Bailingguo News

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  2. 2The Daily Ketchup

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

  3. 3Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Huaiwei ., CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Yaw Shin Leong

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,418 reads

  2. 2FT News Briefing

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  3. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Elon Musk

    Rising

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

Science & space

  1. 1Alice S. Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,162 reads

  2. 2Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #62 in podcasts

  3. Ferdinand Joubert, Public domain

    3James South

    Wikipedia · 537 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Diwali

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,275 reads

  2. 2This American Life

    Apple Podcasts · #45 in podcasts

  3. 3The Ezra Klein Show

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Alanyaspor

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. 2Trabzonspor

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0

    3Jürgen Klopp

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Startups

  1. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1OpenAI

    Wikipedia · 148 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1Acquired

    Breakout

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

  2. 2Archive of Our Own

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 580 reads

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

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

Travel & places

  1. Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Pakistan

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain

    2Sri Lanka

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Ramir Borja ., CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Singapore

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches


Industries here

Gaming 20Media & entertainment 18Government & public sector 13Sports & fitness 6Travel & tourism 3Tech & software 2Nonprofits & NGOs 2Music 1Education 1Science & research 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
    470 papers · rising +28%
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    169 papers
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    133 papers
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    91 papers · rising +54%

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. 4Olivia Rodrigo

    5. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

      5Ariana Grande

    6. 6A2O & A2O LITE

    7. 9Olivia Dean

    Apple Music · 2026-11-10

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Global News Podcast

    2. 2声动早咖啡

      Rising

    3. 3The Daily

    4. 4All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

      Falling

    5. 5The Diary of a CEO

      Falling

    6. 6FT News Briefing

      Rising

    7. 7The Rest Is History

    8. 8The Rest Is Politics: US

    9. 9Joel Osteen Podcast

    10. 10The Economist Podcasts

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10

      Steam · Top sellers

      1. 1Aion 2

      2. 2Football Manager 27

        Rising

      3. 3Phantom Blade Zero

        Falling

      4. 4Dota 2

      5. 5PUBG: Battlegrounds

        Rising

      6. 6Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

        Falling

      7. 7Counter-Strike 2

      8. 8Loftia

        Breakout

      9. 9Probably Stolen

      10. 10Escape from Tarkov

      Show the top 100

        Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03


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