Streaming and screen culture
35.2% of attention this weekMost readWikipedia
- Doctor X: Mafia in White38.1k views
- The Remarried Empress22.7k views
- Pursuit of Jade20.3k views
The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world
Taiwan
The zeitgeist this week
What stands out in Taiwan’s attention is AI everywhere (13.3%, 4.2× the world). The news sounds brighter than usual.
Taiwan’s zeitgeist, by theme
Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted
Current stories
The stories and events behind this week
Heeheemalu, CC BY-SA 4.0 
總統府, CC BY 2.0 
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center JMA's Him…, CC BY 4.0 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NCDC, Public domain
Blind spots
Where attention and coverage don’t line up
- Covered more than readFood and drink0.1×
Taiwan · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Seen from inside and outside
How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of 35,808 square kilometers (13,826 square miles), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated.
- 以軍簡報艾森柯特稱無急迫攻伊朗必要 傳川普與尼坦雅胡通話爭執yam.com
- 自由開講》迷失的羅大佑，不懂今天的民主台灣！ltn.com.tw
- 亞源科技深圳新廠開幕 雙廠整合、智慧製造再升級｜中央社財經訊息平台cna.com.tw
- 直呼公館夜市掃街支持者熱情 蔣萬安：最後關頭維持步調深入基層衝刺udn.com
- 饗賓「貓將壽司」2號店進駐華泰名品城 官方曝12月開幕ettoday.net
- 洗腎夫偷吃女看護！狂傳簡訊問：爽嗎 瞎辯「不舉」遭法官打臉chinatimes.com
- Taiwan Says Evidence Needed Before Commenting on Alleged Chinese Spy Linked to Nvidia CEOtheepochtimes.com · 26 outlets
- Taiwan seeks progress on stalled $14 billion US arms dealclevelandstar.com · 12 outlets
- Taiwan detects 4 PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels operating near territorybeijingbulletin.com · 2 outlets
- AI demand unlikely to be derailed by Nvidia CEO controversy, Taiwan supply chain sources sayaninews.in · 2 outlets
- Alice Huang, accused of spying on Nvidia chief, entered Taiwan eight times in 2024-25: Officialthehindu.com · 2 outlets
- Taiwan People'S Communist Party: Taiwan detains communist party leader over alleged links to China ahead of local pollsindiatimes.com
Pictures
2,300-year-old jade, unearthed at Beinan Cultural ParkPbdragonwang · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Tainan Confucian Temple built in 1665 during the Kingdom of Tungning periodCEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 4.0 
With Chiang Kai-shek, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower waved to crowds during his visit to Taipei in June 1960.姚琢奇 · Public domain 
Students occupied the Legislative Yuan in protest against a controversial trade agreement with China in March 2014.Kevin-WY from Taichung, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0 
TSMC fab 5 located in Hsinchu Science ParkPeellden · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Main altar of the Shrine of Koxinga in Tainan.Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons
On YouTube
Taiwan · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Who’s in the news
The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.
People
83.2× last week
The White House, Public domain 39.0× last week
2.4× last week
New
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 2.7× last week
9.0× last week
Organizations
The New York Times Company, Public domain 21.6× last week
27.3× last week
2.0× last week
9.8× last week
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
2.9× last week
15.5× last week
3.4× last week
Taiwan · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov
On social media
Going around online in Taiwan
What Taiwan’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week
- Woman in mainland China finds her “twin sister,” separated for 20 years, while scrolling Douyin; “the algorithm’s most heartwarming moment,” netizens sayettoday.net · 4 Nov ·
Translated from Chinese - New pets arrive! KartRider opens Blocky Quick Hands and Missile Team Racesettoday.net · 3 Nov · Translated from Chinese
- “Chiang Wan-an’s nine questions” goes viral; History Bro: Northern and southern debates completely defeated the DPP — Newschinatimes.com · 1 Nov · Translated from Chinese
- Set to perform in Taiwan! Major Korean group suddenly deletes Taiwan flag and joins Weibo to show off its Chinese; fans heartbroken, ticket-resale frenzy eruptssetn.com · 30 Oct · Translated from Chinese
- Weibo’s trending “triple apology”: Sanrio’s VIVANT sparks controversy, Mbappé’s joke backfires, and Cai Kang-yong bids farewell to Chinaltn.com.tw · 30 Oct · Translated from Chinese
- K-pop group deletes Taiwan flag and speaks Chinese only on Weibo! Taiwan concert faces boycott; company issues urgent apologynownews.com · 30 Oct · Translated from Chinese
- An apology from the company is no use! K-pop group faces Taiwan fans’ boycott over “joining Weibo and secretly deleting the flag”; concert organizers make rare exception and allow refundsnewtalk.tw · 30 Oct · Translated from Chinese
Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article
Taiwan
Discussion
Taiwan · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Startups people read about
Taiwan · Friday, 13 November 2026
Trending
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Breakout
Breakout
Breakout
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Top today
Weekly
SJ, CC BY 4.0 Weekly
Breakout
Breakout
Breakout
Breakout
Daniel M Shih, CC BY-SA 2.0 New
Breakout
10呱吉
Rising
Everyday apps here: Tempo - Metronome メトロノーム · 歐飛 ofiii - 動畫、戲劇、新聞直播、電影免登入 · umiolog · 麥味登+ · YouBike微笑單車 官方版. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 4,884 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- 美股收盤／黃仁勳離任震盪AI股 輝達跌4.3%、超微博通逆勢大漲 | 全球財經 | 全球 (udn.com)
- 黃仁勳去職 美專家：輝達仍是AI產業支柱、不影響台積電 (tvbs.com.tw)
- 投票日帶洋流飄帶恐觸法！沈伯洋點「這品牌」最好也別穿去 - 政治 (ltn.com.tw)
- 投票日帶洋流飄帶恐觸法！沈伯洋點「這品牌」最好也別穿去 - 臺北市 (ltn.com.tw)
- 未裝電戰系统F-16的V在哪裡？／何溢誠 (yam.com)
- BTS高雄開唱倒數！「V返韓立刻被教召」特級戰士軍服照連發帥翻 | ETtoday星光雲 (ettoday.net)
- 吉伊卡哇診所快閃店12/18華山登場！入場方式、滿額贈一次看｜食尚玩家 (tvbs.com.tw)
- 台東16學生流感疫苗打成新冠 疾管署揪3大疏失：從出庫到施打全沒核對 | 生活新聞 | 生活 (udn.com)
- 高股息ETF差很大！0056、00878、00919選股權重不同 4大類型優缺點一次看 | 存股族愛ETF | 股市 (udn.com)
- 轉投資南山人壽業外挹注 寶成前3季淨利年增8成 | 證券 (cna.com.tw)
- 就業保險刪除65歲投保上限 調高提早就業獎助給付標準 | 生活 (cna.com.tw)
- 打破65歲限制！就保法三讀取消加保年齡上限 失業、育兒津貼都有份 (ltn.com.tw)
- Climate index unfairly ranks Taiwan: minister (taipeitimes.com)
Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- 人氣女優波多野結衣、河北彩花等30人「入境香港遭拒」！當局竟稱「自願離開」 | 娛樂 (newtalk.tw)
- 대만, 젠슨 황 전 엔비디아 CEO 관련 `중국 간첩 의혹` 美와 공동 조사 (ddaily.co.kr)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.2The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual3.4 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual1.2 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual5.0 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual10.0 words per 1,000usually 10.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.0 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Breakout
The White House, Public domain Rising
Sunstarlee, CC BY-SA 3.0 Weekly
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Rising
Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
By category
Business & economy
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The White House, Public domain Rising
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Nature, climate & disasters
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center JMA's Him…, CC BY 4.0
Books, arts & history
Rising
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Gaming
Breakout
New
New
Health & wellness
Fanny Cortés M1, M. Angélica Alliende R1,a, Andrés Barrios R1,2, Bianca Curotto…, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Money & crypto
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Movies & TV
Weekly
Breakout
Music
SJ, CC BY 4.0 Weekly
Daniel M Shih, CC BY-SA 2.0 New
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Politics & world affairs
Breakout
Sunstarlee, CC BY-SA 3.0 Weekly
Rising
Sports
Rising
Rising
Startups
Rising
HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel & places
xiangyang17, CC BY-SA 2.0 CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Gaming 17Media & entertainment 15Music 13Government & public sector 5Sports & fitness 3Tech & software 3
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation2.5%Jul 2026 · −0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.3%Jul 2026 · ±0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Society
- Say humans mainly cause climate change56.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority58.8%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Where the Mask Ends
2Dead-End Job
Rising
3Doctor X: Mafia in White
4Driving Mom Crazy
Falling
5The Apothecary Diaries
6100 Days of Deception
7Midnight Diner
8Sunshine Through the Rain
9Firefly Wedding
10Lupin
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1Final Destination Bloodlines
Breakout
2One Year to Live, Buy a Man
New
3Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo
New
4Collision Course
5Yadang: The Snitch
6Salli
7Possible Love
8Homecam
9The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
10The Adventure
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
SJ, CC BY 4.0 1Bestie
2A2O & A2O LITE
3Jess Lee
4Jay Chou
6Stefanie Sun
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 8The Weeknd
Rising
10Illit
Apple Music · 2026-11-14
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1豬探長推理故事集
Breakout
2呱吉
Rising
3兆華與股惑仔
4好味小姐開束縛我還你原形
Falling
5游庭皓的財經皓角
6Gooaye
Falling
7從前從前
8Commute for Me
9吳淡如人生實用商學院
10唐陽雞酒屋
Rising
Show the top 100
Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-14
App Store · Free apps
1Carvia - Car M3U IPTV Player
2红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看
3Meta AI
4POK PS2 3DS 模擬器：支援 Delta 皮膚
Breakout
5QR Atelier
Breakout
6HealthGO 健康夠
7McDonald's
8Claude by Anthropic
Falling
9Threads
10NetShort
Rising
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-14
App Store · Paid apps
1YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera
2Shadowrocket
3Berryフィルム - 韓国風セルフィー
4山林日誌
Rising
5靈體偵測器: 能量、超自然感測雷達
6DuoFridge
7生命 - LIFE
Falling
8AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker
9AnkiMobile Flashcards
10Procreate
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-14
Steam · Top sellers
1PUBG: Battlegrounds
Breakout
2Phantom Blade Zero
Falling
3Probably Stolen
Falling
4Apex Legends
Rising
5Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Falling
6Naraka: Bladepoint
Breakout
7Once Human
Rising
8Counter-Strike 2
9Where Winds Meet
Falling
10Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Breakout
Show the top 100
Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.