Skip to content
Current Zeitgeist

Coming soon

This part of Current Zeitgeist isn’t open yet. The community is: the world’s topics, and the discussions where people work things out together.

Go to the community

The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 24 in the world

The energy transition

Renewables, nuclear, grids, batteries and electric cars.

Share of the world’s attention
0.7%
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 3 countries:BruneiAzerbaijanNiger

Where it splits peopleEconomic growth Protecting the planetGetting by today Investing in tomorrow

The energy transition · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

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

54.3%Oil & gas

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Oil & gas

  1. 1

    Byford Dolphin

    No. 1 · 16.7k viewsJosef Pavlik, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. BP

    No. 2 · 5k views
  3. 3

    Reliance Industries

    No. 3 · 4.7k viewssushanta mohanta sin…, CC BY 3.0
  4. Ineos

    No. 4 · 3.9k views
  5. 5

    ExxonMobil

    No. 5 · 2.9k viewsMichael Martin from Cypress, Texas, CC BY-SA 2.0

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 170.7k page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Industry & economy

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

61.4%Other Industry & economy
  1. Everything else3.3%Manufacturing & materials 0.9% · Food & farming business 0.9% · Energy & utilities 0.7% · Advertising & marketing 0.4% · The economy 0.2% · Professional services 0.2%

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 27.8m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

  1. BP
  2. Reliance Industries
  3. Ineos
  4. ExxonMobil
  5. Shell plc
  6. Tennessee Valley Authority

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. CATL · sodium-ion · home batteries

    New

    6 headlines · 5 outlets

    Octopus Energy says it's making 'next gen' home batteries with CATL and Ampace — sodium-ion and high-density cells…techradar.com

  2. BYD

    New

    6 headlines · 4 outlets

    BYD's new Rolls-Royce-inspired EV can float, turn like a tank, and costs over $300,000digitaltrends.com

  3. Ukraine power grid

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Russia bombards Ukraine power grid before peace talkssconeadvocate.com.au

  4. storage projects

    Rising

    10 headlines · 9 outlets

    BNZ begins construction on Italian battery storage projectsenergyglobal.com

  5. battery plant · battery factory

    Rising

    6 headlines · 5 outlets

    No more money for troubled Nemaska Lithium EV battery plant, Quebec premier saysmontrealgazette.com

  6. storage systems · GWh

    Rising

    10 headlines · 10 outlets

    Japan: Greenvolt brings first two battery energy storage systems (BESS) into operation in Japanenergy-pedia.com

  7. battery storage facility

    Rising

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Plans submitted for 200kW battery storage facilitynewsandstar.co.uk

  8. nuclear power plant

    Rising

    11 headlines · 9 outlets

    Dutch parliament backs small nuclear power plants to reduce dependence on non-EU energynltimes.nl

The energy transition · 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. The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 1 post · 5,033 likes and reposts

  2. Trump CAUGHT As Big Oil PUMPS MILLIONS Into GOP And DISASTER Agenda Is EXPOSED!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 2,456 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)

The energy transition

Discussion

The energy transition · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

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

As usual

Tone −0.71 · usual −0.66

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.9×
  • Fear0.6×
  • Anger0.9×
  • Sadness1.1×

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

News · 12.7k · Solid
Preview: what someone without an account sees hereNext: just signed up →Back to the site

Sign in or create a free account