Americas · Saturday, 7 November 2026
United States
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: Chromagraph Camera · Brim: Full-Width Browsing · Muse from Meta · 7 Brew Coffee · Capital One Mobile. 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 34,841 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Fazirsiran and Screening for AATD Liver Disease, With Pavel Strnad, MD (hcplive.com)
- Iowa health officials identify new potential measles exposure in Keokuk (mississippivalleypublishing.com)
- Jobs and work More than usual
- Mav Gallery & Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association Present an Exclusive Miami Art Week Evening – IT Business Net (itbusinessnet.com)
- Home | Alamogordo News (alamogordonews.com)
- 'Stress and Effective Coping as Our Climate Changes' talk in Rockport (penbaypilot.com)
- Science & Technology (aspenpublicradio.org)
Survey · 2023 63% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.5 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.8 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.3The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty219.3from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −50.5 since Jun 2026Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
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.
The White House, Public domain New
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Rob Sand for Governor, CC0 New
LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain Rising
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0 Rising
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U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain Rising
Office of U.S. Senator David Perdue, Public domain Rising
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0 Rising
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Cars & transport
Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyday app
Crime & justice
Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain Rising
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Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain Patrick Dentler, CC BY 2.0
Education & careers
Eustress, Public domain Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fashion & beauty
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Food & drink
Larkworb / Larkworb at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyday app
Gaming
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Health & wellness
Everyday app
Money & crypto
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3Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Tech & AI
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Travel & places
CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0 1Troy
Viktar Palstsiuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0
Industries here
Government & public sector 26Media & entertainment 22Gaming 10Music 10Sports & fitness 8Tech & software 4Fashion & beauty 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.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news30reports of events, mostly in English7 Nov 2026 · usually 64 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news538reports of events, mostly in English7 Nov 2026 · usually 797 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation3.3%Jul 2026 · −0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment4.1%Jul 2026 · −0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence95.6100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.5 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate3.88%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-2.6%Q2 2026 · −0.6 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth2.2%2025 · −0.6 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment9.3%2025 · +0.4 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Job postings103.71 Feb 2020 = 10023 Oct 2026 · +1.6 since 24 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.117USD per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro −0.1% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence100.0100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · +0.1 since Mar 2026OECD
- New businesses534,947Sept 2026 · +0.5% on Aug 2026U.S. Census Bureau
Society
- People online94.7%2024 · +1.2 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change38.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority57.7%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Nobody Wants This
3The Fall of El Mayo
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5Love Is Blind
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7Minimum wage
8WWE Raw
9Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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2Gladiator II
3Don't Trust the Couple Upstairs
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4Collision Course
5Animals
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6Champions
7Hubie Halloween
8KPop Demon Hunters
9Twilight
10The Day After Tomorrow
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Lil Baby
2Ella Langley
5Karol G
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9Morgan Wallen
10Tate McRae
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Apple Music · 2026-11-08
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2The Joe Rogan Experience
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3Pod Save America
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4Crime Junkie
5The Ezra Klein Show
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6Dateline NBC
7Up First
8Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
9Pardon My Take
10The Bill Simmons Podcast
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1TikTok Pro - Events
2Muse from Meta
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3Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
4ChatGPT
5BigFuture School
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6PineDrama - Short Dramas
7Netflix Game Controller
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8GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
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9Kalshi: Trade Sports & Events
10Claude by Anthropic
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App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1Chromagraph Camera
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2Shadowrocket
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3HotSchedules
4Tiny Computers
5Duo Aquarium
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6Procreate
7Deck-Man: Cassette Player
8AnkiMobile Flashcards
9TypeDraw
102AM CAM
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App Store · 2026-11-08
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2Phantom Blade Zero
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3Aion 2
4Counter-Strike 2
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6Aniimo
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7Probably Stolen
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8Crimson Desert
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9MapleStory
10Warframe
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27
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.