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Africa · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Tanzania

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


Rising

  1. 1Selcom Pesa

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps

  2. 2LumaFusion

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Mauricio Pochettino

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  4. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    4School

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  5. 5Zuchu

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs


Top today

  1. OLAMIPOSI DANIEL, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Davido

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #27 in songs

  2. 2LumaFusion

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3Zuchu

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  4. 4Selcom Pesa

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in free apps

  5. 5eSnakes Southern Africa

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  6. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Mauricio Pochettino

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  7. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    7School

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  8. 8Yas App: Top-up & Internet

    Rising

    FrenchYas App : Recharge & Internet

    Fashion & beauty · App Store · #4 in free apps

  9. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    9Tanzania

    Rising

    Travel & places · Wikipedia · 386 reads

  10. 10rainfall warning

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

Everyday apps here: CapCut · WhatsApp · Shadowrocket · ChatGPT · Chromagraph Camera. 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 322 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 1.2% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.2× usual · 4 articles
  2. 0.9% of the news · usually 1.3% · 3 articles
  3. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.9% · 3 articles
  4. 0.6% of the news · usually 1.7% · 2 articles

    Survey · 2023 74% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  5. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.7% · 2 articles
  6. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
  7. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1 articles
  8. 0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles

How the news sounds

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →


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. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    1School

    Breakout

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 342 reads

  3. 3Facebook

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 100+ searches

  5. 5YouTube

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 134 reads

  6. Gio Antonio, Public domain

    6ChatGPT

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 133 reads

  7. Likumbage, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7Tundu Lissu

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 200+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

    1School

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. The White House, Public domain

    2Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 342 reads

  3. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Nvidia

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Cars & transport

  1. 1Speed Tracker. Pro

    Everyday app

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  2. 2GPS Kit - Offline GPS Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #42 in paid apps

  3. 3Mwendokasi

    Everyday app

    App Store · #66 in free apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Biblia Takatifu-Swahili Bible

    Everyday app

    App Store · #50 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1eGuide to Birds of East Africa

    Everyday app

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

  2. 2e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in paid apps

  3. 3Quran Majeed Pro القرآن المجيد

    Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Yas App: Top-up & Internet

    Rising

    FrenchYas App : Recharge & Internet

    App Store · #4 in free apps

  2. 2Miloc: Find Family & Friends

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  3. 3Fliqlo

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Squeezy Men

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #9 in paid apps

  2. 2PediaTools

    Everyday app

    App Store · #10 in paid apps

  3. 3Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Selcom Huduma

    App Store · #97 in free apps

  2. 2Fixed Deposit Calculator - FD

    Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  3. 3Mixx Tanzania

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1XXX

    Wikipedia · 535 reads

  2. 2Ramayana: Part 1

    Wikipedia · 145 reads

  3. 3XXX

    Wikipedia · 107 reads

Music

  1. OLAMIPOSI DANIEL, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Davido

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #27 in songs

  2. 2Zuchu

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. 3TxC

    Rising

    Apple Music · #12 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Washington DC, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Alexander Darchiev

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. 2Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Apple Music · #4 in songs

  3. 3Curtis Priem

    Wikipedia · 99 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. Likumbage, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Tundu Lissu

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Mauricio Pochettino

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Vinícius Júnior

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Alexander Isak

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1LumaFusion

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  2. 2Selcom Pesa

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in free apps

  3. 3eSnakes Southern Africa

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    1Tanzania

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 386 reads

  2. Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain

    2Sierra Leone

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

    3Barcelona

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches


Industries here

Music 42Tech & software 11Travel & tourism 9Media & entertainment 9Fashion & beauty 5Sports & fitness 5Advertising & marketing 4Retail & e-commerce 2Gaming 1AI 1Telecom & internet 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 1Government & public sector 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

  • Education
    103 papers · rising +37%
  • Oceanography
    94 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    55 papers
  • Law
    34 papers · rising +189%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Zuchu

      Rising

    2. 2Diamond Platnumz

      Falling

    3. 3Ibraah

    4. 4Bien-Aimé Baraza

    5. 5Ayra Starr

    6. 6Joel Lwaga & Diamond Platnumz

    7. 7Asake

    8. 9Neema Gospel Choir

    9. 10Marioo

    Apple Music · 2026-11-13

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1ChatGPT

    2. 2Selcom Pesa

      Breakout

    3. 3Tiktok

      Falling

    4. 4Yas App: Top-up & Internet

      Rising

    5. 5CapCut

      Rising

    6. 6Facebook app

      Falling

    7. 7Bolt

    8. 8WhatsApp

      Falling

    9. 9WhatsApp Business

    10. 10Audiomack - Play Music Offline

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-13

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Shadowrocket

        Breakout

      2. 2Al Quran Translation

        Falling

      3. 3LumaFusion

        Breakout

      4. 4eSnakes Southern Africa

        Breakout

      5. 5Voice Recorder - Audio Record

        Falling

      6. 6Chromagraph Camera

        Falling

      7. 7Badoo Premium

        Falling

      8. 8PadLab - Live Pads

        Falling

      9. 9Squeezy Men

        Falling

      10. 10PediaTools

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-13


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