Americas · Monday, 9 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: HotSchedules · TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome · Microsoft Authenticator · QuickBend: Conduit Bending · SkyView®. 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 55,278 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- Westfall's View: On Veterans Day – Sterling Journal-Advocate (journal-advocate.com)
- Astoria marks Veterans Day with Doughboy, bells to toll (dailyastorian.com)
- Democracy is in trouble, and I blame the stickers (minnpost.com)
- One Big Midterm Lesson: No More GOP Zombie Hacks (townhall.com)
- Nick Jonas Opens Up About the Complicated Relationship He Has With Diabetes (sunny943.com)
- Response to Radionuclide Therapy in NETS Differs by Primary and Metastatic Sites (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- Immigration More than usual
- Climate More than usual
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2026 (time.com)
- Ninth Circuit Ruling- California Climate Disclosure Laws (natlawreview.com)
Survey · 2023 63% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- The Vermont Department of Labor announces minimum wage increase starting January 2027 (vermontbiz.com)
- 60% of New Yorkers Want Minimum Wage Raised to $30 an Hour (hudsonvalleycountry.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.9 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.1 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.6 words per 1,000usually 7.4The 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.
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Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Cars & transport
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
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J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Education & careers
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Food & drink
Larkworb / Larkworb at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 3DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
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Gaming
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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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Science & space
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Society & beliefs
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Industries here
Sports & fitness 19Gaming 17Media & entertainment 11Government & public sector 11Music 4Tech & software 1Science & research 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 news42reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 64 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news597reports of events, mostly in English9 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 euro1.119USD per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro −0.2% since 2 Nov 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
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Molecular Biology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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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4From
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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
1Ella Langley
2Lil Baby
5Karol G
6Tate McRae
7Morgan Wallen
8Drake
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2Crime Junkie
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3The Joe Rogan Experience
4Up First
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Henry Lockwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 5Pardon My Take
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6Pod Save America
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7Dateline NBC
8This American Life
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9SmartLess
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10Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1TikTok Pro - Events
2Muse from Meta
3Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
4ChatGPT
5GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
6PineDrama - Short Dramas
7Claude by Anthropic
8Kalshi: Trade Sports & Events
9Capital One Mobile
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10Walmart: Shopping & Savings
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2HotSchedules
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3Chromagraph Camera
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4Tiny Computers
5AnkiMobile Flashcards
6Procreate
7TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
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8FoldTick
92AM CAM
10Duo Aquarium
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2Counter-Strike 2
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3Aion 2
4Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered
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5Phantom Blade Zero
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6Steam Deck
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7Final Fantasy XIV
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9Apex Legends
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10Warframe
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
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.