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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 37 in the world

The housing crunch

Rents, prices, building and who can afford a home.

Share of the world’s attention
0.2%
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

The housing crunch · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

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

68.2%Housing market

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Housing market

  1. 1

    White House

    No. 1 · 6.3k viewsThis image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade . To see his entire po…, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2

    Alhambra

    No. 2 · 4.5k viewsJebulon, CC0
  3. 3

    Biltmore Estate

    No. 3 · 3.4k viewsBlake Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4

    Habitat 67

    No. 4 · 2.8k viewsParcours riverain - Ville de Montréal from Canada, CC BY 2.0
  5. 5

    Berghof

    No. 5 · 2.7k viewsHeinrich Hoffmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 218.4k 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. Kongō Gumi
  2. Carrier Global
  3. General contractor
  4. Sumitomo Mitsui Construction
  5. DLF
  6. Kajima

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 0% 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. end homelessness · Carney · highlight Budget

    New

    12 headlines · 10 outlets

    'We can get it done': Liberal MP touts Carney's plan to end homelessness in 10 yearstoronto.citynews.ca

  2. Martha Stewart · Halloween

    New

    11 headlines · 10 outlets

    Martha Stewart now blames Craig Melvin for homeless Halloween costume disaster after 'tone-deaf' backlashdailymail.com

  3. Nicolas Cage

    New

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    New teaser trailer for "Lords Of War" is out as Nicolas Cage also admits he's "a little bit homeless"lafm.com.au

  4. interest rates

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    'My mortgage has gone up already': How rising interest rates are hitting people's pocketsbbc.co.uk

  5. Q3

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Starwood Property Trust Q3 Earnings Call Highlightsthemarketsdaily.com

  6. home sales

    Rising

    6 headlines · 5 outlets

    Montreal home sales fall 18% in October, prices tick higherbnnbloomberg.ca

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Emotions

How its news sounds

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

As usual

Tone +0.15 · usual +0.04

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.9×
  • Fear0.6×
  • Anger0.3×
  • Sadness1.0×

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

News · 2.8k · Solid
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