Africa · Friday, 6 November 2026

Senegal

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.

Rising

1L2B
Breakout
Music · Apple Music · #4 in songs
Muhajir.up, CC BY-SA 4.0
2Swimming
Sustained
Sports · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
3UEFA Europa League
Sustained
Sports · Google Trends · 100+ searches
4getafe – brighton
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
5az – juventus
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Top today

Muhajir.up, CC BY-SA 4.0
1Swimming
Sustained
Sports · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
2L2B
Breakout
Music · Apple Music · #4 in songs
3getafe – brighton
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
4az – juventus
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
5UEFA Europa League
Sustained
Sports · Google Trends · 100+ searches
Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0
6IPhone 16
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches
7celta vigo – union saint-gilloise
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches
8warriors – heat
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches
9starlink senegal
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 100+ searches
10PadLab - Live Pads
Music · App Store · #1 in paid apps

Everyday apps here: Maman Tontine · ChatGPT · Meta AI · Orange Max it Sénégal · Chordality. 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 356 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

Democracy and elections
4.8% of the news · usually 1.3% · 3.7× usual · 17 articles
- Kiiray-Pastef : jeux olympiques des gâtés de la République (seneweb.com)
- Dissolution de l'Assemblée : Le président Bassirou Diomaye Faye encore consolidé (senenews.com)
Immigration
3.4% of the news · usually 1.3% · 2.6× usual · 12 articles
- "Barça ou Barsakh" : 87 Sénégalais parmi les 198 migrants interceptés en Gambie (seneweb.com)
- Sénégal-Espagne : les ministres de l'Intérieur discutent sécurité et migration à Dakar (senego.com)
Health
2.0% of the news · usually 0.5% · 3.9× usual · 7 articles
- Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds (mongabay.com)
AI
1.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1.6× usual · 6 articles
- Cybercriminalité : La CDP alerte sur les arnaques à la voix et à l'image générées par l'IA (senego.com)
- Intelligence artificielle : La CDP alerte sur les arnaques au clonage de voix et aux deepfakes (seneweb.com)
Jobs and work
1.1% of the news · usually 1.3% · 4 articles
War and security
0.8% of the news · usually 1.6% · 3 articles
- Assimi Goita rend visite à ses collègues de l'AES (Ce qu'ils se sont dit ) (seneweb.com)
- Ancien du Prytanée militaire de Saint-Louis, le général Abou Issa prend la tête de l'armée béninoise (ndarinfo.com)
Climate
0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2 articles
- Tambacounda : 25 millions d'arbres prévus pour restaurer 26 000 hectares dans le Boundou (pressafrik.com)
- Why WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency (the-star.co.ke)
Survey · 2023 76% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
Cost of living
0.6% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.2× usual · 2 articles

How the news sounds

Tone−2.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −2.1The GDELT Project
Anxiety1.1× usual3.1 words per 1,000usually 2.8The GDELT Project
Fear0.9× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
Anger1.0× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
Sadness1.1× usual5.2 words per 1,000usually 4.6The GDELT Project
Happiness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
Financial uncertainty0.9× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 5.3The 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.

12026 Summer Youth Olympics medal table
Business & economy · Wikipedia · 110 reads
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0
2Abdul El-Sayed
Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 108 reads
ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0
3Vincennes
Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

By category

Business & economy

12026 Summer Youth Olympics medal table
Wikipedia · 110 reads
ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0
2Vincennes
Google Trends · 200+ searches
3Audio Recorder Pro & Playback
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #10 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

1القرآن الكريم - رحلة أعمق
Everyday app
App Store · #43 in free apps
2Coran Tajwid : Français, Arabe
Everyday app
App Store · #50 in paid apps
3Wattpad - Read & Write Stories
Everyday app
App Store · #87 in free apps

Education & careers

1Daily Supplications
App Store · #44 in free apps
2Deengo - Islam Study
App Store · #81 in free apps
3YayTalk: Learn & Speak English
Everyday app
App Store · #26 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

1Nous : Couple
App Store · #1 in free apps
2Yas App: Top-up & Internet
Everyday app
Yas App : Recharge & Internet
App Store · #23 in free apps
3Farata: Muslim Dating
Everyday app
App Store · #38 in free apps

Gaming

11xBet Senegal Sports Betting
App Store · #14 in free apps
2Le Robert Mobile Dictionary
Dictionnaire Le Robert Mobile
App Store · #30 in paid apps
3888Starz: Sports Betting
App Store · #54 in free apps

Health & wellness

1Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log
Everyday app
App Store · #28 in paid apps
2Cardiograph Classic
Everyday app
App Store · #31 in paid apps
3Pocket Glasses PRO
Everyday app
App Store · #38 in paid apps

Money & crypto

1Maman Tontine
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #4 in free apps
2Money Pro: Personal Finance AR
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #7 in paid apps
3PIORABANK
Everyday app
App Store · #24 in free apps

Movies & TV

1DramaBox - Stream Drama Shorts
App Store · #96 in free apps
2FlickReels - AI Story & Drama
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #33 in free apps
3VLC Streamer Pro
Everyday app
App Store · #32 in paid apps

Music

1L2B
Breakout
Apple Music · #4 in songs
2PadLab - Live Pads
App Store · #1 in paid apps
J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0
3Tiakola
Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

1Mauvais Djo
Apple Music · #16 in songs

Politics & world affairs

Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0
1Abdul El-Sayed
Wikipedia · 108 reads

Sports

Muhajir.up, CC BY-SA 4.0
1Swimming
Sustained
Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
2UEFA Europa League
Sustained
Google Trends · 100+ searches
3Clayton Diandy
Wikipedia · 113 reads

Tech & AI

1Very Good Camera
App Store · #2 in paid apps
2LBA pi
App Store · #6 in free apps
3Sorona Masina
App Store · #3 in paid apps

Travel & places

1Paraguay
Google Trends · 200+ searches
2Yango: taxi, food, delivery
Everyday app
App Store · #27 in free apps
3Metro Paris Subway
Everyday app
App Store · #49 in paid apps

Industries here

Music 22 Sports & fitness 11 Tech & software 7 Gaming 4 Education 4 Fashion & beauty 2 Travel & tourism 1 Media & entertainment 1 Advertising & marketing 1 Government & public sector 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

Inflation1.0%Jan 2021 · −1.5 pts since Dec 2020World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
Unemployment2.7%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
GDP growth6.7%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
Youth unemployment3.6%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0

Research

Most-published fields last month

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
16 papers
Global and Planetary Change
15 papers · rising +81%
Plant Science
14 papers · rising +30%

OpenAlex

Society

People online60.1%2024 · +0.9 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
Say humans mainly cause climate change26.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Want climate made a high government priority68.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)

Charts

Apple Music · Artists

J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0
1Tiakola
4L2B
Breakout
10AMADEUS
Falling

Apple Music · 2026-11-07

App Store · Free apps

1Nous : Couple
2ChatGPT
Falling
3Meta AI
4Maman Tontine
Falling
5Orange Max it Sénégal
6LBA pi
7Wave Business
8CapCut
9Wave - Mobile Money
10Google Discover

Show the top 100

App Store · 2026-11-07

App Store · Paid apps

1PadLab - Live Pads
2Very Good Camera
3Sorona Masina
4Scrcpy Remote
5Understanding Maths
6Shadowrocket
Falling
7Money Pro: Personal Finance AR
Falling
8Teevy
Falling
9Chordality
Falling
10Audio Recorder Pro & Playback
Falling

Show the top 50