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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 4 in the world

Crime and justice

Crimes, trials, police and courts.

Share of the world’s attention
6.1%
Change
–
12 weeks

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 2 countries:KosovoColombia

Where it splits peopleFreedom Security

Crime and justice · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

What its reading is made of this week, part by part

63.3%Crimes & cases

Total100.0%

Select a part to open it or see what people read in it

Most read in Crimes & cases

  1. 1

    Joran van der Sloot

    No. 1 · 391.3k viewsAruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain
  2. Disappearance of Natalee Holloway

    No. 2 · 247.5k views
  3. 3

    Lizzie Borden

    No. 3 · 143.7k viewsUnknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  4. Killing of JonBenét Ramsey

    No. 4 · 125.6k views
  5. 5

    Rudolf Höss

    No. 5 · 125.1k viewsPolska Agencja Prasowa (PAP); cropped by Beyond My Ken ( talk ) 09:46, 12 May 2…, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 14m page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Problems & concerns

Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour

69.3%Crime & justice

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 20.2m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

  1. Hamas
  2. Chicago Outfit
  3. Interpol
  4. Mafia
  5. Conseil d'État

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 7% or moreNo data

Reading and news · 231.7m · Indicative

New and growing

Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before

  1. Mahadev

    New

    8 headlines · 6 outlets

    Mahadev betting app co-promoter Ravi Uppal arrested in UAEindiatimes.com

  2. cocaine bust

    New

    5 headlines · 4 outlets

    50-y-o man charged over $51.7 million cocaine bust in Papinejamaica-gleaner.com

  3. Natalee Holloway

    New

    5 headlines · 4 outlets

    What Happened to Natalee Holloway? Teen Disappeared in Arubausmagazine.com

  4. Woman charged

    New

    5 headlines · 4 outlets

    Woman charged with possession of cannabis worth €290,000 on M7kildare-nationalist.ie

  5. fatally shot

    New

    5 headlines · 3 outlets

    Parents of Carle Place man fatally shot by Nassau police file lawsuit, court records shownewsday.com

  6. murder trial · Tupac

    Rising

    15 headlines · 13 outlets

    Defense attorney for man convicted in Tupac murder trial dieswjcl.com

  7. High Court

    Rising

    13 headlines · 13 outlets

    Raibevu's missing cocaine exhibits case transferred to High Courtfijivillage.com

  8. attempted murder

    Rising

    7 headlines · 7 outlets

    New Orleans Police investigate attempted murder of two juvenileswdsu.com

Crime and justice · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos about this theme the most-liked Bluesky posts shared this week, and the topics trending on Bluesky.

Shared from YouTube

  1. Investigating Jared Kushner's Empire of Fraud & Corruption

    Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan

    Shared in 2 posts · 8,106 likes and reposts

  2. AG Blanche’s DELAY Attempt REJECTED BY APPEALS Court In My EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 4,515 likes and reposts

  3. BREAKING: Supreme Court Delivers BOMBSHELL Blow to Trump on Election Eve

    Democracy Docket

    Shared in 2 posts · 2,266 likes and reposts

  4. Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

    The Guardian

    Shared in 3 posts · 2,232 likes and reposts

Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one)

Crime and justice

Discussion

Crime and justice · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news

As usual

Tone −5.53 · usual −5.54

Mostly anger, 2.0× the average

  • Anxiety1.2×
  • Fear1.2×
  • Anger2.0×
  • Sadness1.0×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

News · 85.5k · Solid
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