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Africa · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Zambia

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


Rising

  1. 1Calories Scanner

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Jay Rox

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #38 in songs

  3. 3Leicester City F.C.

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  4. Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Michèle Lamy

    New

    Fashion & beauty · Wikipedia · 209 reads

  5. 5Way Dee

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Calories Scanner

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Michèle Lamy

    New

    Fashion & beauty · Wikipedia · 209 reads

  3. 3zambia revenue authority

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  4. 4Way Dee

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #3 in songs

  5. 5Leicester City F.C.

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  6. Derek Bennett, CC BY-SA 2.0

    6Walsall

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  7. 7GCSE

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  8. 8inter vs man city

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  9. Timmy96, CC0

    9Michael Carrick

    Breakout

    Sports · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  10. 10Jay Rox

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #38 in songs

Everyday apps here: Facebook app · Instagram · Facebook Messenger · Withinhere · Tiktok. 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 1,818 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. Health More than usual
    6.2% of the news · usually 1.1% · 5.7× usual · 113 articles
  2. 4.3% of the news · usually 6.5% · 78 articles
  3. 1.1% of the news · usually 0.9% · 19 articles
  4. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.6% · 15 articles

    Survey · 2023 76% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  5. 0.8% of the news · usually 1.0% · 15 articles
  6. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.8% · 13 articles
  7. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 10 articles
  8. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2.5× usual · 10 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. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 101 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    Wikipedia · 101 reads

  2. 2AliExpress - Shopping App

    App Store · #89 in free apps

  3. 3Amazon Prime Video

    App Store · #94 in free apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Bible Offline - KJV Holy Bible

    Everyday app

    App Store · #77 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Birds of Zambia

    Everyday app

    App Store · #12 in paid apps

  2. 2Driving Theory Test 4 in 1 Kit

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  3. 3e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Everyday app

    App Store · #17 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Michèle Lamy

    New

    Wikipedia · 209 reads

  2. 2Live Photo Wallpaper Maker+

    Everyday app

    App Store · #5 in paid apps

  3. 3How To Catch a Cheating Spouse: Spy Tool Kit 2017

    Everyday app

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

Gaming

  1. 11xBet ZM ― Betting & Casino

    App Store · #81 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Home Workout - No Equipments

    App Store · #96 in free apps

  2. 2Blood Pressure Companion Pro

    Everyday app

    App Store · #26 in paid apps

  3. 3MedNotes -For Medical Students

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Money Pro: Personal Finance AR

    Everyday app

    App Store · #23 in paid apps

  2. 2FNB Banking App

    Everyday app

    App Store · #57 in free apps

  3. 3NAPSA Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #78 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1XXX

    Wikipedia · 131 reads

  2. 2ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #23 in free apps

  3. 3Movie Box Drama Show

    Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in free apps

Music

  1. 1Way Dee

    Rising

    Apple Music · #3 in songs

  2. 2Jay Rox

    Rising

    Apple Music · #38 in songs

  3. Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

    3Paul McCartney

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Sports

  1. 1Leicester City F.C.

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Timmy96, CC0

    2Michael Carrick

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Diogo Dalot

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Calories Scanner

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Microsoft Word

    App Store · #97 in free apps

  3. 3Skult

    App Store · #98 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. Derek Bennett, CC BY-SA 2.0

    1Walsall

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. 2Yango: taxi, food, delivery

    Everyday app

    App Store · #13 in free apps

  3. 3LiveATC Air Radio

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in paid apps


Industries here

Music 43Sports & fitness 7Tech & software 5Fashion & beauty 3Media & entertainment 3Retail & e-commerce 2Travel & tourism 1Gaming 1Advertising & marketing 1Telecom & internet 1Health & pharma 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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

  • Infectious Diseases
    23 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    20 papers
  • Education
    20 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Yo Maps & Makhadzi

    2. 3Way Dee

      Rising

    3. 676 Drums

      Falling

    4. 8Asake

    Apple Music · 2026-11-12

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Tiktok

    2. 2WhatsApp

    3. 3Facebook app

      Rising

    4. 4My Airtel Africa

    5. 5Snapchat

    6. 6ChatGPT

    7. 7CapCut

      Falling

    8. 8Instagram

      Rising

    9. 9Boomplay

    10. 10MoMo App

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Calories Scanner

        Breakout

      2. 2PadLab - Live Pads

        Falling

      3. 3Shadowrocket

        Falling

      4. 4Foundation Doctor Handbook

      5. 5Live Photo Wallpaper Maker+

      6. 6Living Weather HD +

      7. 7FL Studio Mobile

      8. 8Voice Recorder - Audio Record

      9. 9CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

      10. 10Fliqlo

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-12


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