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Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026

Taiwan

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. 1Grok Bot

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #6 in free apps

  2. 2베스티

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. 3Collision Course

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  4. 4The Remarried Empress

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 13,761 reads

  5. 5Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers


Top today

  1. 1Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Dead-End Job

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  3. 3Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #1 in top sellers

  4. KazeQal, CC BY 4.0

    4Fujii Kaze

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #48 in songs

  5. 5Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers

  6. pinkllamanade, CC BY-SA 2.0

    6Ateez

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #11 in songs

  7. 7베스티

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  8. 8Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  9. 9Collision Course

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  10. 10The Remarried Empress

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 13,761 reads

Everyday apps here: Meta AI · Tiny Computers · Claude by Anthropic · NightCap Camera: Long Exposure · 三竹股市-台股、國際股市看盤與股票投資與選股分析. 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 5,288 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 5.7% of the news · usually 5.8% · 303 articles
  2. 5.7% of the news · usually 5.6% · 300 articles
  3. 1.8% of the news · usually 1.8% · 95 articles
  4. 1.1% of the news · usually 1.1% · 57 articles
  5. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.9% · 41 articles
  6. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.5% · 15 articles
  7. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.1% · 7 articles

    Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles

How the news sounds

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.

  1. 1Chen Chien-chih

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 11,690 reads

  2. Studio Incendo, CC BY 2.0

    2Joshua Wong

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 6,057 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 7,219 reads

  4. 4United States midterm election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 5,420 reads

  5. 柯辦, CC BY-SA 4.0

    5Ko Chih-en

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,541 reads

  6. U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain

    6Ted Lieu

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,867 reads

  7. 7Polam Kopitam poisoning incident

    Rising

    Health & wellness · Wikipedia · 2,412 reads

  8. 8顧安生

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Wikipedia · 2,198 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. 友達 破產+4,000%
  2. 勇士 對 湖人+3,550%
  3. 末路 兼職+2,100%
  4. 台北 市長 辯論+1,800%
  5. 崔佛岩+1,650%
  6. 辯論+1,550%
  7. 李博偉 醫師+1,400%
  8. 江 和樹+1,300%
  9. 高雄 市長 辯論+1,150%
  10. 同志 遊行 時間+900%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1鈔錢部署|盧燕俐

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #39 in podcasts

  2. 2美股投資學-財女珍妮

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #28 in podcasts

  3. 3財報狗 - 掌握台股美股時事議題

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #41 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. 1樂客導航王全3D Pro

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

  2. 2네이버지도 - 장소의 발견과 예약, 내비게이션

    Everyday app

    App Store · #91 in free apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1我在案發現場

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

  2. 2罪癖 Crimophilia

    Apple Podcasts · #94 in podcasts

  3. 3Murder of Poon Hiu-wing

    Wikipedia · 621 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 3,279 reads

  2. 2Spirit Circle

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3時間的女兒:八卦歷史

    Apple Podcasts · #25 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1e筆 Smart

    App Store · #20 in paid apps

  2. 2大人的Small Talk

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1OPENTIX

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

  2. 2Easy Wallet 悠遊付

    Everyday app

    App Store · #69 in free apps

  3. 3有OPENPOINT真好

    Everyday app

    App Store · #79 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. The original uploader was Ruizo at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 1.0

    1Furikake

    Wikipedia · 421 reads

  2. 2McDonald's

    Everyday app

    App Store · #5 in free apps

  3. 3PK雙饗卡-必勝客x肯德基KFC 行動會員卡

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Steam · #1 in top sellers

  2. 2Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Steam · #2 in top sellers

  3. 3FreshWomen - Season 3

    Breakout

    Steam · #8 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Polam Kopitam poisoning incident

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,412 reads

  2. 2Atlas der Humananatomie 2027

    App Store · #18 in paid apps

  3. 3姐妹悄悄話|SistersTalkTalkShow

    Apple Podcasts · #55 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Mini GIG

    App Store · #46 in paid apps

  2. 2全支付

    App Store · #82 in free apps

  3. 3永豐銀行行動銀行

    App Store · #88 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Where the Mask Ends

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  2. 2Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #4 in TV

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

Music

  1. KazeQal, CC BY 4.0

    1Fujii Kaze

    Rising

    Apple Music · #48 in songs

  2. pinkllamanade, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Ateez

    Rising

    Apple Music · #11 in songs

  3. 3베스티

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1重新路一段

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #37 in podcasts

  2. 2劭中日記

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #31 in podcasts

  3. 3蔡阿嘎543

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #15 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Chen Chien-chih

    New

    Wikipedia · 11,690 reads

  2. Studio Incendo, CC BY 2.0

    2Joshua Wong

    New

    Wikipedia · 6,057 reads

  3. 32026 United States elections

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 7,219 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1呱吉

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  2. 2童話裡都是騙人的

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #32 in podcasts

  3. 3馬克信箱 (Dear Marcy)

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

Sports

  1. NielsF, CC BY 2.5

    1Offside

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,454 reads

  2. 3鍵盤球探:台灣棒球深度觀點

    Apple Podcasts · #80 in podcasts

Tech & AI

  1. 1威秀影城訂票App

    Rising

    App Store · #10 in free apps

  2. 2Grok Bot

    Breakout

    App Store · #6 in free apps

  3. 3超注音

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. 1Tigerair Taiwan

    App Store · #63 in free apps

  2. 2台灣高鐵 T Express行動購票服務

    App Store · #64 in free apps

  3. 3台灣高鐵

    App Store · #80 in free apps


Industries here

Music 24Media & entertainment 20Gaming 16Government & public sector 12Tech & software 3Sports & fitness 1Health & pharma 1


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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    210 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    166 papers
  • Surgery
    148 papers · rising +27%
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    92 papers · rising +61%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Where the Mask Ends

    2. 2Driving Mom Crazy

    3. 3Doctor X: Mafia in White

    4. 4Dead-End Job

    5. 5The Apothecary Diaries

    6. 6100 Days of Deception

    7. 7Midnight Diner

    8. 8Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

      Falling

    9. 9Take Charge of My Heart

    10. 10Lupin

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Rising

    2. 2Evil Dead Burn

      Falling

    3. 3Collision Course

      New

    4. 4Black Bag

    5. 5Final Destination Bloodlines

    6. 6Unexpected Courage

    7. 7Sunshine Women's Choir

      Falling

    8. 8The Addams Family

    9. 9Animals

      Falling

    10. 10Where the River Flows

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1베스티

      Rising

    2. 2A2O & A2O LITE

      Falling

    3. 3Jess Lee

    4. 4Jay Chou

    5. 5Stefanie Sun

    6. 6Illit

    7. 9Adéla

    8. 10Rescene

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Gooaye

    2. 2好味小姐開束縛我還你原形

    3. 3兆華與股惑仔

    4. 4游庭皓的財經皓角

    5. 5呱吉

      Rising

    6. 6豬探長推理故事集

    7. 7Commute for Me

    8. 8從前從前

    9. 9我在案發現場

      Rising

    10. 10Bailingguo News

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

        Rising

      2. 2红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看

        Falling

      3. 3Claude by Anthropic

        Rising

      4. 4Health GO 健康夠

      5. 5McDonald's

      6. 6Grok Bot

        Breakout

      7. 7Microsoft Authenticator

      8. 8Microsoft Teams

      9. 9Coupang 酷澎購物 - 11.11 狂購祭

      10. 10威秀影城訂票App

        Rising

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-06

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1靈體偵測器: 能量、超自然感測雷達

        2. 2Shadowrocket

        3. 3BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

        4. 4YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera

        5. 5山林日誌

        6. 6Chromagraph Camera

        7. 7Procreate

        8. 8Tiny Computers

          Rising

        9. 9AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

        10. 10超注音

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-06

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1Phantom Blade Zero

            Breakout

          2. 2Probably Stolen

            Breakout

          3. 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

            Falling

          4. 4PUBG: Battlegrounds

          5. 5Aniimo

            Rising

          6. 6Where Winds Meet

            Falling

          7. 7Final Fantasy Resonance

            Falling

          8. 9Apex Legends

          9. 10Counter-Strike 2

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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