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Keywords

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Top keywords across all news outlets

Ranked by share of stories: the share of each source's stories that day that mention the keyword, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories, so every outlet counts equally whatever the size of its feed. 20% means one in five stories at a typical outlet. Article counts are shown for context.

Top keywords across all news outlets
118.7%26
29.8%23
38.8%23
48.2%20
56.4%21
65.8%22
74.6%20
84.6%19
94.6%16
104.5%15
114.3%14
124.2%15
133.8%16
143.8%16
153.7%13

Rising today

Keywords whose share of stories jumped most against their average of the previous seven days: breaking stories, even before they top the list. Only keywords in at least 3% of stories today count.

Rising today
KeywordTypeTodayAverage of the previous 7 daysChangeLast 8 days
place4.6%1.0%+3.6 pts
place3.8%0.8%+3.0 pts
topic4.3%1.5%+2.8 pts
person3.0%0.3%+2.7 pts
place3.7%1.0%+2.7 pts
topic8.2%6.2%+2.1 pts
topic4.2%2.4%+1.8 pts
topic8.8%7.0%+1.8 pts
topic3.4%1.7%+1.7 pts
person3.2%1.5%+1.7 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Oct 12 to Oct 25, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Oct 12 to Oct 25 ranked against each other each day by share of stories, top 10 per day. A line breaks where a keyword fell out of them. Click a line to open the keyword.

Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 23Oct 25military: #10, 2.1% of stories, Oct 14Texas: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 15death: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 12death: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13death: #9, 4.0% of stories, Oct 23death: #7, 5.2% of stories, Oct 24deathTrump administration: #10, 2.9% of stories, Oct 13Trump administration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Oct 22Trump administration: #8, 4.5% of stories, Oct 23Ukraine: #7, 5.3% of stories, Oct 12Ukraine: #9, 3.2% of stories, Oct 14Ukraine: #5, 4.8% of stories, Oct 15Ukraine: #10, 2.7% of stories, Oct 16Ukraine: #5, 4.6% of stories, Oct 17Ukraine: #6, 5.3% of stories, Oct 18Ukraine: #9, 5.1% of stories, Oct 19Ukraine: #7, 5.8% of stories, Oct 20Ukraine: #5, 5.5% of stories, Oct 24UkraineCalifornia: #8, 3.9% of stories, Oct 14California: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 15California: #4, 6.1% of stories, Oct 17California: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 22protest: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 17protest: #8, 5.1% of stories, Oct 18protest: #4, 6.8% of stories, Oct 19Elon Musk: #3, 5.6% of stories, Oct 13Elon Musk: #8, 3.5% of stories, Oct 16France: #5, 5.9% of stories, Oct 18France: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 19France: #10, 5.1% of stories, Oct 20Russia: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 12Russia: #9, 2.9% of stories, Oct 13Russia: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 15Russia: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 16Russia: #3, 7.7% of stories, Oct 17Russia: #2, 7.1% of stories, Oct 18Russia: #8, 5.3% of stories, Oct 20Russia: #6, 6.5% of stories, Oct 21RussiaSenate race: #10, 2.7% of stories, Oct 12Senate race: #8, 5.2% of stories, Oct 19Senate race: #10, 3.4% of stories, Oct 21Senate race: #10, 4.2% of stories, Oct 25Senate race10. Senate raceIsrael: #10, 4.2% of stories, Oct 18Israel: #9, 4.5% of stories, Oct 259. Israellawsuit: #8, 3.3% of stories, Oct 13lawsuit: #9, 4.6% of stories, Oct 21lawsuit: #10, 3.8% of stories, Oct 22lawsuit: #10, 4.0% of stories, Oct 23lawsuit: #6, 5.4% of stories, Oct 24lawsuit: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 258. lawsuitRepublican Party: #3, 7.6% of stories, Oct 12Republican Party: #4, 5.2% of stories, Oct 13Republican Party: #6, 4.5% of stories, Oct 14Republican Party: #2, 6.0% of stories, Oct 15Republican Party: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 16Republican Party: #2, 9.3% of stories, Oct 17Republican Party: #7, 5.3% of stories, Oct 18Republican Party: #3, 6.8% of stories, Oct 19Republican Party: #4, 6.6% of stories, Oct 20Republican Party: #4, 8.0% of stories, Oct 21Republican Party: #7, 5.1% of stories, Oct 22Republican Party: #4, 6.4% of stories, Oct 23Republican Party: #9, 5.0% of stories, Oct 24Republican Party: #7, 4.6% of stories, Oct 25Republican Party7. Republican PartyUnited States: #8, 4.0% of stories, Oct 12United States: #5, 4.3% of stories, Oct 13United States: #2, 6.6% of stories, Oct 14United States: #6, 3.5% of stories, Oct 15United States: #4, 4.9% of stories, Oct 16United States: #3, 7.0% of stories, Oct 18United States: #3, 7.0% of stories, Oct 20United States: #8, 5.0% of stories, Oct 21United States: #4, 6.1% of stories, Oct 22United States: #7, 4.6% of stories, Oct 23United States: #10, 5.0% of stories, Oct 24United States: #6, 5.8% of stories, Oct 25United States6. United StatesDemocratic Party: #6, 5.6% of stories, Oct 12Democratic Party: #7, 4.3% of stories, Oct 14Democratic Party: #10, 2.8% of stories, Oct 15Democratic Party: #5, 4.0% of stories, Oct 16Democratic Party: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 17Democratic Party: #7, 5.5% of stories, Oct 19Democratic Party: #6, 6.3% of stories, Oct 20Democratic Party: #7, 6.3% of stories, Oct 21Democratic Party: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 22Democratic Party: #6, 6.0% of stories, Oct 23Democratic Party: #8, 5.2% of stories, Oct 24Democratic Party: #5, 6.4% of stories, Oct 25Democratic Party5. Democratic Partyartificial intelligence: #4, 6.4% of stories, Oct 12artificial intelligence: #6, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13artificial intelligence: #3, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14artificial intelligence: #4, 5.3% of stories, Oct 15artificial intelligence: #2, 8.5% of stories, Oct 16artificial intelligence: #7, 3.5% of stories, Oct 17artificial intelligence: #10, 4.7% of stories, Oct 19artificial intelligence: #5, 6.4% of stories, Oct 20artificial intelligence: #5, 7.6% of stories, Oct 21artificial intelligence: #5, 5.9% of stories, Oct 22artificial intelligence: #3, 8.6% of stories, Oct 23artificial intelligence: #4, 6.8% of stories, Oct 24artificial intelligence: #4, 8.2% of stories, Oct 25artificial intelligence4. artificial intelligencemidterm election: #2, 8.2% of stories, Oct 12midterm election: #2, 8.6% of stories, Oct 13midterm election: #4, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14midterm election: #3, 5.8% of stories, Oct 15midterm election: #3, 6.3% of stories, Oct 16midterm election: #6, 4.3% of stories, Oct 17midterm election: #9, 4.3% of stories, Oct 18midterm election: #6, 6.4% of stories, Oct 19midterm election: #2, 8.5% of stories, Oct 20midterm election: #3, 8.4% of stories, Oct 21midterm election: #3, 7.9% of stories, Oct 22midterm election: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 23midterm election: #3, 7.6% of stories, Oct 24midterm election: #3, 8.8% of stories, Oct 25midterm election3. midterm electionelection: #5, 4.8% of stories, Oct 14election: #9, 2.7% of stories, Oct 16election: #9, 3.2% of stories, Oct 17election: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 18election: #5, 6.6% of stories, Oct 19election: #9, 5.3% of stories, Oct 20election: #2, 8.5% of stories, Oct 21election: #2, 8.8% of stories, Oct 22election: #2, 11.6% of stories, Oct 23election: #2, 10.8% of stories, Oct 24election: #2, 9.8% of stories, Oct 252. electionDonald Trump: #1, 21.7% of stories, Oct 12Donald Trump: #1, 21.8% of stories, Oct 13Donald Trump: #1, 15.7% of stories, Oct 14Donald Trump: #1, 16.4% of stories, Oct 15Donald Trump: #1, 15.5% of stories, Oct 16Donald Trump: #1, 21.7% of stories, Oct 17Donald Trump: #1, 20.8% of stories, Oct 18Donald Trump: #1, 15.7% of stories, Oct 19Donald Trump: #1, 18.3% of stories, Oct 20Donald Trump: #1, 16.4% of stories, Oct 21Donald Trump: #1, 16.9% of stories, Oct 22Donald Trump: #1, 16.8% of stories, Oct 23Donald Trump: #1, 17.0% of stories, Oct 24Donald Trump: #1, 18.7% of stories, Oct 25Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Oct 12 to Oct 25, shaded by their share of stories each day and ordered by the day they peaked, so stories read from top left to bottom right as they rise and fade.

Hover a row to split its cells by outlet lean:leftcenterright

Blindspots

Top keywords of the day that one side covered far more: in at least 5% of stories at outlets of one lean and at most a third of that at the other. Left-leaning are 15 of our sources, right-leaning 15.

Mostly left-leaning outlets

  • 6.5% vs 0.7%
  • 7.8% vs 2.2%
  • 5.3% vs 0.3%
  • 6.2% vs 1.5%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

No keyword stood out.

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Who covers what

The day's top keywords by source: each dot is the share of the source's stories that mention the keyword, colored by the source's lean. Sources with fewer than 3 stories are left out. Click a dot to open the keyword.

Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

By source

Each source's top keywords by the share of its stories that mention them.