Americas · Thursday, 12 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: Microsoft Outlook · Amazon Prime Video · Solocator - GPS Field Camera · Kalshi: Trade Sports & Events · 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 61,655 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- How Jensen Huang's Honeypot Scandal Could Broaden the AI Trade (investorplace.com)
- Meta's AI Will Now Guess Your Age On Instagram... Even If You Say You're An Adult (zerohedge.com)
- War and security More than usual
- Alaska Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting Win by Widest Margin Yet (ivn.us)
- Jerry Summers: Yogisms - Chattanoogan.com (chattanoogan.com)
- Value Stocks To Research – November 9th (dailypolitical.com)
- Geauga Public Health confirms measles case, lists exposure sites in Geauga and Lake counties (cleveland19.com)
- Critical Review: Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) vs. Its Competitors (themarketsdaily.com)
- FDx Advisors Inc. Sells 34,144 Shares of SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF $RWO (themarketsdaily.com)
- Unemployment rates increased from August to September 2026 (thenewsjournal.net)
- Augusta Adds 300 Jobs in September, Most of Any Georgia Metro Area (ilovebobfm.com)
- BNEF Urges Policy Changes to Better Power New Data Centers (rtoinsider.com)
- Hottest Novembers in Oklahoma since 1895 (aol.com)
Survey · 2023 63% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.4 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.4 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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Nature, climate & disasters
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
Patrick Dentler, CC BY 2.0 J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Fashion & beauty
Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Food & drink
1DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
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Gaming
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Money & crypto
2Kalshi: Trade Sports & Events
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Movies & TV
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Maryland GovPics, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Politics & world affairs
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Sports
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Travel & places
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0
Industries here
Gaming 17Media & entertainment 14Sports & fitness 10Government & public sector 8Music 7Tech & software 2Travel & tourism 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 news53reports of events, mostly in English12 Nov 2026 · usually 64 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news837reports of events, mostly in English12 Nov 2026 · usually 795 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 postings103.81 Feb 2020 = 10030 Oct 2026 · +1.7 since 31 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.108USD per euro12 Nov 2026 · euro −1.3% since 5 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
1Taken: Natalee Holloway
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2The One About Matthew Perry
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3Nobody Wants This
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4From
5WWE Raw
6Mistletoe Murders
9Love Is Blind
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10The Fall of El Mayo
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1The Day After Tomorrow
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2Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story
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3A Dog's Perfect Christmas
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4The Croods
5Collision Course
6King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
7The Mummy
8Don't Trust the Couple Upstairs
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9Love the Coopers
10Champions
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
1Ella Langley
2Karol G
3Tate McRae
4Morgan Wallen
5Drake
6Lil Baby
7Future
8Zach Bryan
10Adéla
Apple Music · 2026-11-13
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2The Joe Rogan Experience
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3Dateline NBC
4Up First
5Crime Junkie
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6The Morning Toast
7Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
8Pod Save America
9Pardon My Take
1048 Hours
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-13
App Store · Free apps
1TikTok Pro - Events
2Muse from Meta
3Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
4ChatGPT
5BigFuture School
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6Claude by Anthropic
7PineDrama - Short Dramas
8Google Gemini
9GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
10Walmart: Shopping & Savings
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App Store · 2026-11-13
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2HotSchedules
3Chromagraph Camera
4AnkiMobile Flashcards
5Procreate
6Tiny Computers
7TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
8TypeDraw
9Moment Pro Camera II
10Deck-Man: Cassette Player
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App Store · 2026-11-13
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.