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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 29 in the world

Rights and equality

Human rights, gender, LGBTQ+ and discrimination.

Share of the world’s attention
0.6%
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

Rights and equality · this week

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Breakdown

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

87.0%Other Rights & movements
  1. Everything else1.0%Human & civil rights 0.5% · Women’s rights & gender 0.5%

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Other Rights & movements

  1. 1

    Ada Colau

    No. 1 · 94.2k viewsRobo71, CC0
  2. 2

    Charlie Kirk

    No. 2 · 88.1k viewsGage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3

    Greta Thunberg

    No. 3 · 84.1k viewsKushal Das, CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4

    Nithya Raman

    No. 4 · 83.6k viewsNithya Raman, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 3.5m 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. Taliban
  2. White Rose
  3. Unification Church
  4. Tenrikyo
  5. The Family International

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. slave trade

    New

    10 headlines · 10 outlets

    Apology and Reparation for Slave Trade: Beyond the Politics of Britain's Kemi Badenochthisdaylive.com

  2. assistant attorney general · Harmeet Dhillon · US assistant attorney

    New

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon Resignschennaionline.com

  3. Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    'Rejecting hate': Abdul El-Sayed wins Senate seat despite racist attacksdominicanrepublicpost.com

  4. Alanis Morissette

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Alanis Morissette Shares She Identifies as Pansexualbillboard.com

  5. ballot measures

    New

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    Phil Weiser and statehouse Democrats are already planning tweaks to Colorado ballot measures on fentanyl, transgender…kunc.org

  6. King · slavery apology · Britain

    Rising

    26 headlines · 22 outlets

    King to address slavery with 'sincere sorrow' at Commonwealth summitlbc.co.uk

  7. TV

    Rising

    7 headlines · 7 outlets

    Israeli TV Host Suspended After Racist Remarks on Abdul El-Sayed Segmenthaaretz.com

  8. same-sex · sex couple · sex marriage

    Rising

    10 headlines · 10 outlets

    Fiji Christian group demands constitutional ban on same-sex marriage76crimes.com

Rights and equality · 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. Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

    The Guardian

    Shared in 3 posts · 2,232 likes and reposts

  2. Jeffrey (1994) - Patrick Stewart - Gay role models

    Michael M

    Shared in 1 post · 2,175 likes and reposts

  3. Timothy Snyder: A Blueprint for Freedom

    westminstertownhall

    Shared in 2 posts · 1,728 likes and reposts

Trending on Bluesky

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

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)

Rights and equality

Discussion

Rights and equality · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

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

As usual

Tone −2.73 · usual −2.74

Mostly anger, 1.6× the average

  • Anxiety1.0×
  • Fear1.6×
  • Anger1.6×
  • Sadness0.9×

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

News · 5.2k · Solid
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