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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 33 in the world

Values and culture wars

Moral debates and clashing ideas about how to live.

Share of the world’s attention
0.3%
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

Not the leading theme in any country this week

Where it splits peopleTradition Change

Values and culture wars · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

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

90.6%Ideas & ideologies

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Ideas & ideologies

  1. 1

    Artificial intelligence

    No. 1 · 79.1k viewsJPxG, Public domain
  2. 2

    Geography

    No. 2 · 59.1k viewsAbraham Ortelius, Public domain
  3. 3

    Karl Marx

    No. 3 · 44.4k viewsJohn Jabez Edwin Mayall, Public domain
  4. 4

    The Buddha

    No. 4 · 34.8k viewsพระมหาเทวประภาส วชิรญาณเมธี (ผู้ถ่าย-ปล่อยสัญญาอนุญาตภาพให้นำไปใช้ได้เพื่อการศึ…, CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    No. 5 · 32.5k viewsFriedrich Hermann Hartmann, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 3m page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Society & beliefs

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

23.1%News & information
  1. Everything else3.4%Population & generations 1.6% · Values & ethics 1.2% · Other Society & beliefs 0.5% · Immigration 0.1%

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 23.6m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

  1. Learjet
  2. Berkshire Hathaway
  3. Boeing
  4. Star Alliance
  5. Alstom

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 1% 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. Newsom

    New

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    Newsom's action won't stop DA's from seeking death penalty | CP360kcra.com

  2. voluntary assisted dying

    New

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    Calvary Health Care takeover: IVF, voluntary assisted dying and other services to be cut at newly acquired private…smh.com.au

  3. Republicans

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Missouri rejected another abortion ban. Republicans say they're not giving upjcpost.com

  4. abortion rights · ballot measures · voter ID

    Rising

    7 headlines · 7 outlets

    Voters back abortion rights and reject Trump's redistricting in state ballot measuresnvdaily.com

Values and culture wars · 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.

Trending on Bluesky

Topics Bluesky lists as trending this week (worldwide, mostly in English)

Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one)

Values and culture wars

Discussion

Values and culture wars · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

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

Brighter than usual

Tone −4.50 · usual −4.71

Mostly anger, 1.6× the average

  • Anxiety1.1×
  • Fear1.1×
  • Anger1.6×
  • Sadness1.3×

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

News · 573 · Indicative
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