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Asia · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Taiwan

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


Rising

  1. 1Collision Course

    New

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

  2. 2Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers

  3. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    3Ariana Grande

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #17 in songs

  4. 4Lexi Rabe

    New

    Movies & TV · Wikipedia · 7,136 reads

  5. 5Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Rising

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


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. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    3Rescene

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #10 in songs

  4. 4Accusefive

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #46 in songs

  5. 5Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #1 in top sellers

  6. 6Gooaye

    Weekly

    Business & economy · Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  7. 7Probably Stolen

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #2 in top sellers

  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. 10HBO Max

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #8 in free apps

Everyday apps here: 心想事成+ · Shadowrocket · ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV · Shardee | 1秒Vlog相機 · BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam. 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 3,577 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 5.5% of the news · usually 5.6% · 198 articles
  2. 4.7% of the news · usually 5.7% · 167 articles
  3. 1.7% of the news · usually 1.8% · 59 articles
  4. 1.4% of the news · usually 1.1% · 51 articles
  5. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.5% · 25 articles
  6. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 17 articles
  7. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.1% · 2.4× usual · 11 articles

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

  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.8× usual · 10 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. 1陳又新

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. Rico Shen, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Kao Chin Su-mei

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 5,102 reads

  3. 3Kao Chia-yu

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  4. 張佩芝, Public domain

    4Lee Chien-chang

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,485 reads

  5. Johnason Chen, CC BY 2.0

    5Ho Meng-hua

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,682 reads

  6. 柯辦, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Ko Chih-en

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 4,029 reads

  7. Sunstarlee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    7Chin Heui-chu

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 3,234 reads

  8. 8Jimmy Chen

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 100+ searches

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. 1Gooaye

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  2. 2兆華與股惑仔

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #7 in podcasts

  3. 3游庭皓的財經皓角

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. 2樂客導航王全3D Pro

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  2. 3神盾測速照相

    Everyday app

    App Store · #56 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center JMA's Him…, CC BY 4.0

    1Typhoon Champi

    Wikipedia · 669 reads

Crime & justice

  1. 1我在案發現場

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

  2. 2murder at Lin Yi-hsiung residence

    Wikipedia · 485 reads

Books, arts & history

  1. 1楊渡

    New

    Wikipedia · 5,893 reads

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    2Ansel Adams

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 6,034 reads

  3. 3時間的女兒:八卦歷史

    Apple Podcasts · #24 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1Knots 3D

    App Store · #43 in paid apps

  2. 2郝聲音

    Apple Podcasts · #39 in podcasts

  3. 3劉軒的How to人生學

    Apple Podcasts · #64 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Auday - Watch録音とAIの振り返り

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

  2. 2統一發票兌獎

    App Store · #76 in free apps

  3. 3新光三越

    App Store · #81 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1王品瘋美食

    App Store · #49 in free apps

  2. 2晨間LAMORNING

    App Store · #82 in free apps

  3. 3Starbucks TW

    App Store · #95 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. 1HealthFit

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

  2. 2姐妹悄悄話|SistersTalkTalkShow

    Apple Podcasts · #75 in podcasts

  3. 3烏烏陪你聊

    Apple Podcasts · #96 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1icash Pay

    App Store · #86 in free apps

  2. 2LINE Pay - 支付體驗 煥然一新

    Everyday app

    App Store · #25 in free apps

  3. 3理財幫手 AndroMoney

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in paid 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. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    1Rescene

    Rising

    Apple Music · #10 in songs

  2. 2Accusefive

    Rising

    Apple Music · #46 in songs

  3. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0

    3Ariana Grande

    Rising

    Apple Music · #17 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 健人蓋伊, CC BY 3.0

    1Toyz

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 8,684 reads

  2. thecollectivehk, CC BY 2.5

    2Chen Chun-han

    New

    Wikipedia · 4,094 reads

  3. 3紫砂歐娜

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #19 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1陳又新

    New

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. Rico Shen, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Kao Chin Su-mei

    New

    Wikipedia · 5,102 reads

  3. 3Kao Chia-yu

    Weekly

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Science & space

  1. 1Alice S. Huang

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Society & beliefs

  1. 1從前從前

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

  2. 2兒童故事-三國演義

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

  3. 3豬探長推理故事集

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Lee Yang

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 5,060 reads

  2. artubr, CC BY 2.0

    2League of Legends World Championship

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,278 reads

  3. SCrider, CC BY-SA 2.0

    3MotoGP

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1HBO Max

    Rising

    App Store · #8 in free apps

  2. 2Bump(旧Zenly)

    Rising

    App Store · #6 in free apps

  3. 3AI Translator- Speak & Scan

    App Store · #13 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Melbourne

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    2Papua New Guinea

    Wikipedia · 2,193 reads

  3. 3台中通TCPASS

    App Store · #78 in free apps


Industries here

Media & entertainment 26Music 19Gaming 16Government & public sector 11Tech & software 4Fashion & beauty 1Sports & fitness 1Telecom & internet 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

    2. 2A2O & A2O LITE

    3. 3Jess Lee

    4. 4Jay Chou

    5. 5Stefanie Sun

    6. 8Illit

    7. 9Ateez

    8. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

      10Rescene

    Apple Music · 2026-11-08

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Gooaye

      Breakout

    2. 2豬探長推理故事集

      Rising

    3. 3從前從前

      Rising

    4. 4好味小姐開束縛我還你原形

      Falling

    5. 5呱吉

      Falling

    6. 6Commute for Me

    7. 7兆華與股惑仔

      Falling

    8. 8游庭皓的財經皓角

    9. 9吳淡如人生實用商學院

    10. 10一起說故事

      Rising

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1Meta AI

      2. 2红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看

      3. 3McDonald's

        Rising

      4. 4Health GO 健康夠

      5. 5Claude by Anthropic

      6. 6Bump(旧Zenly)

        Rising

      7. 7Threads

      8. 8HBO Max

        Rising

      9. 9Coupang 酷澎購物 - 11.11 狂購祭

      10. 10bilibili - Anime · Video HD

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-08

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Shadowrocket

          Rising

        2. 2BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

          Rising

        3. 3靈體偵測器: 能量、超自然感測雷達

          Falling

        4. 4YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera

        5. 5山林日誌

          Falling

        6. 6Chromagraph Camera

        7. 7Procreate

        8. 8Tiny Computers

        9. 9世界迷霧

        10. 10AnkiMobile Flashcards

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-08

          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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