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Go to the communityThe week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 19 in the world
Social media, apps and the companies behind them.
A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured
The leading theme in 5 countries:
Latvia
Tanzania
Estonia
Kenya
Lithuania
Where it splits peopleAlways online ↔ Logging off
Big Tech and platforms · this week
Its average share of each country’s daily top 40 this week
It counts places on the daily charts (searches, apps, music, Netflix, Steam…), not people or money; some kinds of things have their own chart (games: Steam). How it’s measured
What its reading is made of this week, part by part
Total100.0%
Select a part to open it or see what people read in it
Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 7m page views · Open in the explorer
Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour
Total100.0%
In colour: counted in this theme
Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 18.2m page views · Open in the explorer
The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week
Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views in this theme this week
Published figures, each from its source
Its share of each country’s attention this week
0 to 4% or moreNo data
Its share of each country’s attention, against the world’s
Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before
blood banks · French blood
New12 headlines · 12 outlets
Hackers target French blood banks, crank freezers to 230 degreeshumanevents.com
Diwali
New7 headlines · 5 outlets
Happy Diwali 2026 WhatsApp stickers: How to download and send festive wishesmoneycontrol.com
hackers target
New5 headlines · 5 outlets
Hackers target French blood banks, crank freezers to 230 degreeshumanevents.com
Management Software
New5 headlines · 4 outlets
Cumberland County, Pa., to Update Jury Management Softwaregovtech.com
Nathaniel Bassey · YouTube views
New4 headlines · 4 outlets
Nathaniel Bassey becomes first African gospel artist to hit one billion YouTube viewsgraphic.com.gh
cyber attack · SuperValu · European supermarket
Rising19 headlines · 18 outlets
European supermarket fridges hit by new cyber attacksjust-drinks.com
Android
Rising8 headlines · 7 outlets
Irwin DragonBall Z Android 20 Actionfigur – 5 Zoll (12 Cm), Lose, Gebraucht Von 2002! Dragon Ball Z Android 20 Figurohiocitizen.org
Binance
Rising7 headlines · 7 outlets
The shadowy crypto services helping the Binance hackers launder stolen billionslivemint.com
The stories and events behind this week
Big Tech and platforms
Big Tech and platforms · this week
Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news
As usual
Tone −2.28 · usual −2.26
Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.
Cambodia
Benin
Seychelles
Azerbaijan
Kyrgyzstan
Uruguay
Sri Lanka
Lebanon
Zambia
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Nigeria
Algeria
Ghana
Morocco
Belgium