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What people cook, eat and drink, and where it comes from.
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 4 countries:
Pakistan
Belarus
Bangladesh
Malawi
Food and drink · 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 · 4.2m 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 · 26.6m page views · Open in the explorer
The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week
Its share of each country’s attention this week
0 to 2% 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
Thanksgiving
New8 headlines · 8 outlets
10 Restaurant Chains That Will Be Open on Thanksgiving 2026wmgk.com
Jewish · boycott ride
New8 headlines · 6 outlets
Philadelphia Jewish Leaders Urge Restraint Ahead of Planned 'Boycott Ride' Targeting Six Restaurantshaaretz.com
Taco Bell restaurants
New6 headlines · 6 outlets
Ticker: KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico; Foreign supermarkets hackedbostonherald.com
wine bottle · artillery shell
New6 headlines · 6 outlets
Weapon or wine bottle? China disputes reports of artillery shell in Papua New Guineabusinessghana.com
Agricultural Transformation
New5 headlines · 5 outlets
Christmas
Rising13 headlines · 13 outlets
Check labels if you want NZ ham for Christmassunlive.co.nz
Michelin
Rising18 headlines · 14 outlets
Dubai's real success goes beyond Michelin starshurriyetdailynews.com
award-winning
Rising5 headlines · 5 outlets
Award-winning winemaker Rüdger van Wyk takes South African wine global with New Dawn Winessundayworld.co.za
The stories and events behind this week
Food and drink
Food and drink · this week
Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news
As usual
Tone +0.72 · usual +0.73
Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.
United Kingdom
Seychelles
Algeria
Latvia
Madagascar
Bahrain
Cambodia
South Korea
Slovenia
United States
Japan
Nepal
Tanzania
Austria
Thailand
Italy
Romania
France