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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

United States

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in United States’ attention is Wars and security (6.4%, 1.5× the world). The news sounds brighter than usual.

United States’ 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

Streaming and screen culture

33.7% of attention this week

Most readWikipedia

Top storiesThe news

Open the Streaming and screen culture page

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Read more than coveredJobs and the future of work5.2×
Reading and news · 231.7m · Solid

United States · 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.

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean.

From Wikipedia: United States · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana Whiteheraldglobe.com · 4 outlets
  2. Nvidia launches investigation into CEO Jensen Huangketv.com · 3 outlets
  3. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leaderwvxu.org · 3 outlets
  4. OpenAI moves to rebuild trust after voters reject data centers in local measuresmynews4.com · 2 outlets
  5. Pope Leo Urges Democracy During Argentina Visitiheart.com · 2 outlets
  6. Jury begins deliberating in the trial of the ex-officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmorecouriernews.com · 2 outlets
Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

  • The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization[347]
    The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization[347]Tobias Deml · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • California's Silicon Valley, the largest and foremost technology and innovation hub in the world,[383][384] is home to numerous Big Tech headquarters such as…
    California's Silicon Valley, the largest and foremost technology and innovation hub in the world,[383][384] is home to numerous Big Tech headquarters such as…Daniel L. Lu (user:dllu) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Some 77% of American college students attend public institutions[478] such as the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819.
    Some 77% of American college students attend public institutions[478] such as the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819.Aaron Josephson · Public domain
  • The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest medical complex in the world.[493][494] In 2018, it employed 120,000 people and treated 10 million…
    The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest medical complex in the world.[493][494] In 2018, it employed 120,000 people and treated 10 million…Katie Haugland Brown · CC BY 2.0
  • The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee
    The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TennesseeAntony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A collegiate-level game of American football, the most popular sport in the U.S.
    A collegiate-level game of American football, the most popular sport in the U.S.U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos · Public domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

On YouTube

United States · 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

  1. Donald Trump

    13,002 stories

  2. Vladimir Putin

    3,559 stories

  3. Alice Huang

    New

    3,426 stories

  4. The White House, Public domain

    Jensen Huang

    New

    3,162 stories

  5. The White House, Public domain

    Stephen Miller

    5.6× last week

    2,203 stories

  6. Jared Kushner

    3.5× last week

    1,474 stories

  7. Elon Musk

    1,247 stories

  8. Joe Biden

    1,145 stories

  9. House Creative Services, Public domain

    Thomas Massie

    6.9× last week

    1,130 stories

  10. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Abdul El-Sayed

    930 stories

Organizations

  1. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    4,167 stories

  2. Supreme Court

    1,986 stories

  3. Republican Party

    1,697 stories

  4. Democratic Party

    1,528 stories

  5. Justice Department

    1,308 stories

  6. European Union

    1,240 stories

  7. Securities and Exchange Commission

    1,120 stories

  8. Federal Reserve

    903 stories

  9. Washington Post

    891 stories

  10. United Nations

    880 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

United States · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in United States

What United States’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

  1. Human Garage's Garry Lineham on LeAnn Rimes' Viral Jaw Release: Can the Body Really Store Trauma?finchannel.com · 4 Nov
  2. 23 It's Always Sunny Memes to Take Your Mind off Charlie Workcracked.com · 4 Nov
  3. US midterms: Blue tsunami inspires viral memes targeting Republicanseuronews.com · 4 Nov · Translated from French
  4. Flordumb? Social Media Reacts to Florida Not Turning Blueblackamericaweb.com · 4 Nov
  5. A Covid-19 Meme Inspired Alex Prager's First Movie, "DreamQuil"harpersbazaar.com · 4 Nov
  6. MAGA crusade over poll worker's bloody shirt ends in humiliation as viral gotcha goes bustrawstory.com · 4 Nov
  7. Mister Kansas will show off viral bubble butt on OnlyFansout.com · 4 Nov
  8. Viral sheriff write-in candidate loses to incumbentwkyt.com · 4 Nov
  9. 58 Random Funny Memes That Are Worth The Scrollboredpanda.com · 4 Nov
  10. FBI Refutes Viral Claim of Seizing 20K Fake Ballotsnewser.com · 4 Nov
  11. Why thousands taking the viral £1.20 'panic pill' are facing a deadly danger: It's billed as taking 'the edge off' midlife anxieties but now experts sound the alarmdailymail.com · 4 Nov
  12. Shopper goes viral for $3 grocery haul using in-app deals – NBC New Yorknbcnewyork.com · 4 Nov

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos the most-liked Bluesky posts in English shared this week.

Shared from Instagram

  1. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund and Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resource...

    Patrick Stewart

    Shared in 4 posts · 573 likes and reposts

  2. Susan Collins denies allegations of pay-to-play involving a campaign donor. But what did she know, and when did she know it? @weissmann11 tells @sarahlongwell25 why Collins...

    The Bulwark

    Shared in 1 post · 157 likes and reposts

  3. If you haven’t voted already, thank you for voting today! And you can keep supporting democracy by taking the Oath to the Constitution yourself at oathproject.org

    Bruce Springsteen

    Shared in 1 post · 122 likes and reposts

  4. In this week’s “Answers with Andrew Weissmann,” MS NOW Legal Analyst @weissmann11 sits down with special guest Stephen Richer, Former Maricopa County, AZ Recorder and election ad...

    MS NOW

    Shared in 1 post · 103 likes and reposts

  5. In their new report Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee set out in exacting detail how Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epst*in’s relationship progressed over seven years ...

    Jessica Craven

    Shared in 1 post · 88 likes and reposts

  6. Sesame Workshop mourns the loss of Sir Patrick Stewart. Thank you for being our friend and for sharing your brilliance, joy, and kindness with the world. 💛💚

    Sesame Street

    Shared in 1 post · 81 likes and reposts

  7. Look at all these souls to the polls! We’ve got the power! My @majortaylorlosangeles team riding for the blue TSUNAMI on Election Day! #votebluetosaveamerica🇺🇸💙

    Stephanie Miller Show

    Shared in 1 post · 80 likes and reposts

  8. Abdul El-Sayed had a pointed message for Donald Trump and JD Vance after his victory. In a fiery speech, El-Sayed highlighted the irony that JD Vance would be constitutional...

    Hook Global

    Shared in 1 post · 74 likes and reposts

  9. Minnesota voters have started placing their "I Voted" stickers at the memorial sites for Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Hundreds of Texans have repor...

    City Cast Twin Cities

    Shared in 1 post · 73 likes and reposts

  10. My heart is burden'd heavy, true - but not from 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳'𝘴 guilt..." I *need* more people to play the Detective Grimoire games, especially The Mermaid Mask. Please. I will buy it...

    Lexx

    Shared in 1 post · 61 likes and reposts

Shared from YouTube

  1. Could This Actually End Citizens United?

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 2 posts · 12,541 likes and reposts

  2. LIVE: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

    Shared in 9 posts · 10,539 likes and reposts

  3. We're just normal men, we're just innocent men (Lauren and Hacker: full clip)

    Antigone Journal

    Shared in 1 post · 8,384 likes and reposts

  4. Investigating Jared Kushner's Empire of Fraud & Corruption

    Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan

    Shared in 2 posts · 8,106 likes and reposts

  5. Mystery Skulls Animated - When I'm With You

    MysteryBen27

    Shared in 1 post · 6,960 likes and reposts

  6. NYC is Suffering from Halalflation

    Zohran Mamdani for NYC

    Shared in 1 post · 5,973 likes and reposts

  7. Why Hasn't Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign Goals Since Winning 2 Minutes Ago?

    The Onion

    Shared in 2 posts · 5,893 likes and reposts

  8. 🚨BREAKING: AG Blanche FINALLY Begins COURT-ORDERED REVIEW In MY EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 5,623 likes and reposts

  9. The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 1 post · 5,033 likes and reposts

  10. AG Blanche’s DELAY Attempt REJECTED BY APPEALS Court In My EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 4,515 likes and reposts

  11. Patrick Stewart Gives Passionate Response to Question At Comicpalooza 2013

    Heather Skye

    Shared in 2 posts · 4,432 likes and reposts

  12. President Obama at GA Rally to Support Keisha Lance Bottoms & Jon Ossoff

    Barack Obama

    Shared in 1 post · 3,474 likes and reposts

Trending on Bluesky

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

  1. Playing DeadlockEntertainment · 11,928 posts · trending 4 days
  2. Washington votes on trans sports banPolitics · 2,323 posts · trending 1 day
  3. Right-wing Anakin Skywalker postingCulture · 1,921 posts · trending 4 days
  4. Ocarina of Time remake reviewsEntertainment · 1,343 posts · trending 1 day
  5. Onion headline on Abdul El-SayedPolitics · 1,163 posts · trending 1 day
  6. Speculation Trump allies will fleePolitics · 1,044 posts · trending 1 day
  7. Godzilla Minus Zero opensEntertainment · 994 posts · trending 2 days
  8. Bluesky's first cultural decreeCulture · 906 posts · trending 1 day
  9. Ukraine reportedly hits Russian bot farmsPolitics · 483 posts · trending 1 day
  10. Bluesky traffic surges to doubleScience and tech · 402 posts · trending 1 day
  11. New Zealand general election campaignPolitics · 342 posts · trending 1 day
  12. Early 2028 election speculationPolitics · 211 posts · trending 1 day
  13. First College Football Playoff rankingsSports · 201 posts · trending 1 day
  14. Southern states voting dataPolitics · 168 posts · trending 1 day
  15. Golden State Valkyries paradeSports · 142 posts · trending 1 day

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) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

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United States · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Startups people read about

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week

  1. Facebook

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2004 · 37,329 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  2. Anthropic

    Startups and building things · founded 2021 · 21,624 page views

    Backed by Spark Capital

  3. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    OpenAI

    Startups and building things · founded 2015 · 13,599 page views

    Backed by a16z, Sequoia +2

  4. Reddit

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2005 · 11,798 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia

  5. Anduril Industries

    Startups and building things · founded 2017 · 6,092 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  6. Palantir

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2003 · 4,390 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  7. Stripe, Inc.

    Markets, money and crypto · founded 2010 · 2,455 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia +1

  8. TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0

    DoorDash

    Cars and getting around · founded 2012 · 2,393 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia

  9. Block, Inc.

    Markets, money and crypto · founded 2009 · 2,286 page views

    Backed by Sequoia

  10. Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0

    Coinbase

    Markets, money and crypto · founded 2012 · 2,108 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, a16z +1

  11. Roblox Corporation

    News, media and trust · founded 2004 · 1,195 page views

    Backed by Greylock, Index Ventures +1

  12. Humble Bundle

    News, media and trust · founded 2010 · 882 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator

Backers according to Wikidata

United States

New startups and businesses

Founded in 2023 or later, read about this week

  1. Thinking Machines Lab

    founded 2025 · 1,431 page views

  2. Safe Superintelligence Inc.

    founded 2024 · 1,104 page views

  3. Gamma

    founded 2023 · 785 page views

  4. Moonshot AI

    founded 2023 · 784 page views

  5. Sakana AI

    founded 2023 · 382 page views

  6. Lovable

    founded 2023 · 346 page views

  7. Reflection AI

    founded 2024 · 183 page views

    Backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed

Founding years and backers according to Wikidata

Just filed to raise money

Companies under five years old that told the US SEC in the last 30 days they are raising money privately, under $10M so far, newest first

  1. St. Rose Inc.

    Ohio · $150K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  2. Parallel Distribution, Inc.

    New York · $40.3K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  3. Arterra Pet Science, Inc.

    Texas · $1.6M raised

    filed 13 Nov

  4. SSM Exchange Inc.

    Michigan · $25K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  5. NterpriseIQ, Inc.

    Delaware · $60 raised

    filed 13 Nov

  6. Horizon Si, Inc.

    Florida · $87.5K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  7. Energetic Events, Inc.

    New York · $350K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  8. Clearwood, PBC

    Oregon · $110K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  9. Aegisdata.AI Inc.

    California · $60K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  10. Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc.

    California · $1.9M raised

    filed 13 Nov

  11. Bitpulse Inc.

    New York · $831K raised

    filed 13 Nov

  12. Corts, Inc.

    California · $40K raised

    filed 13 Nov

Filings: SEC EDGAR (Form D) · All filings

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