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Keywords

Friday, September 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
122.3%19
210.1%13
39.3%14
48.2%11
57.7%13
67.4%12
75.2%10
85.0%8
94.3%9
104.3%4
114.2%7
124.0%9
133.9%7
143.7%6
153.6%3

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
organization10.1%5.2%+4.9 pts
person7.7%3.2%+4.5 pts
topic8.2%4.2%+4.0 pts
person4.3%0.6%+3.7 pts
organization4.3%1.5%+2.9 pts
place7.4%5.0%+2.4 pts
place4.2%2.0%+2.2 pts
topic3.6%1.5%+2.1 pts
place3.6%1.9%+1.7 pts
organization5.0%4.0%+1.0 pts

Two-week trend

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

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 12 to Sep 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.

Sep 13Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21Sep 23Sep 25death: #8, 3.7% of stories, Sep 13death: #6, 5.9% of stories, Sep 16Trump administration: #5, 8.5% of stories, Sep 14Trump administration: #9, 4.5% of stories, Sep 15Trump administration: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 17Trump administration: #7, 3.3% of stories, Sep 18Trump administration: #9, 4.7% of stories, Sep 20Trump administration: #7, 6.8% of stories, Sep 21lawsuit: #6, 3.6% of stories, Sep 12lawsuit: #6, 8.1% of stories, Sep 14lawsuit: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 15lawsuit: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 16lawsuit: #8, 4.1% of stories, Sep 19lawsuit: #5, 7.5% of stories, Sep 21lawsuit: #5, 6.6% of stories, Sep 23lawsuit: #8, 4.1% of stories, Sep 24lawsuitRussia: #10, 3.3% of stories, Sep 13Russia: #5, 7.3% of stories, Sep 15Russia: #7, 5.6% of stories, Sep 16Russia: #4, 4.2% of stories, Sep 18Russia: #8, 5.3% of stories, Sep 20military: #6, 5.7% of stories, Sep 20military: #4, 5.4% of stories, Sep 22AI safety: #3, 6.2% of stories, Sep 12AI safety: #10, 4.6% of stories, Sep 16AI safety: #3, 5.3% of stories, Sep 18AI safetyUnited Nations: #10, 2.8% of stories, Sep 18United Nations: #6, 6.9% of stories, Sep 21United Nations: #3, 6.9% of stories, Sep 22United Nations: #8, 5.6% of stories, Sep 23election: #4, 8.6% of stories, Sep 14election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Sep 15election: #8, 5.2% of stories, Sep 16election: #3, 12.7% of stories, Sep 19election: #3, 10.1% of stories, Sep 20election: #4, 9.1% of stories, Sep 21Iran: #5, 4.4% of stories, Sep 12Iran: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 13Iran: #9, 4.0% of stories, Sep 17Iran: #8, 3.7% of stories, Sep 22Iran: #6, 6.4% of stories, Sep 23Iran: #9, 3.9% of stories, Sep 24IranWhite House: #9, 2.9% of stories, Sep 18White House: #7, 4.6% of stories, Sep 19White House: #2, 10.6% of stories, Sep 21White House: #10, 3.2% of stories, Sep 22White House: #6, 6.9% of stories, Sep 24Iran war: #6, 6.7% of stories, Sep 13Iran war: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 14Iran war: #4, 7.1% of stories, Sep 17Iran war: #9, 3.9% of stories, Sep 19Iran war: #5, 4.8% of stories, Sep 22Iran war: #9, 5.4% of stories, Sep 23Iran war: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 2510. Iran warIsrael: #4, 4.7% of stories, Sep 12Israel: #8, 4.8% of stories, Sep 14Israel: #4, 6.5% of stories, Sep 16Israel: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 25Israel9. IsraelDemocratic Party: #9, 3.1% of stories, Sep 12Democratic Party: #3, 9.0% of stories, Sep 14Democratic Party: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 15Democratic Party: #5, 6.0% of stories, Sep 16Democratic Party: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 17Democratic Party: #5, 3.9% of stories, Sep 18Democratic Party: #6, 5.3% of stories, Sep 19Democratic Party: #10, 4.4% of stories, Sep 21Democratic Party: #7, 5.5% of stories, Sep 24Democratic Party: #8, 5.0% of stories, Sep 25Democratic Party8. Democratic PartyUnited States: #7, 3.5% of stories, Sep 12United States: #5, 6.7% of stories, Sep 13United States: #10, 3.9% of stories, Sep 14United States: #6, 5.5% of stories, Sep 15United States: #3, 7.5% of stories, Sep 16United States: #3, 9.2% of stories, Sep 17United States: #6, 3.6% of stories, Sep 18United States: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 19United States: #2, 10.4% of stories, Sep 20United States: #8, 6.3% of stories, Sep 21United States: #6, 4.7% of stories, Sep 22United States: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 23United States: #5, 7.3% of stories, Sep 24United States: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 25United States7. United StatesChina: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 13China: #7, 5.4% of stories, Sep 17China: #5, 6.3% of stories, Sep 20China: #3, 8.3% of stories, Sep 23China: #3, 11.4% of stories, Sep 24China: #6, 7.4% of stories, Sep 256. ChinaXi Jinping: #7, 5.7% of stories, Sep 23Xi Jinping: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 24Xi Jinping: #5, 7.7% of stories, Sep 255. Xi Jinpingmidterm election: #10, 3.0% of stories, Sep 12midterm election: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 13midterm election: #2, 11.2% of stories, Sep 15midterm election: #8, 5.0% of stories, Sep 17midterm election: #5, 9.3% of stories, Sep 19midterm election: #10, 4.6% of stories, Sep 20midterm election: #9, 3.6% of stories, Sep 22midterm election: #4, 8.2% of stories, Sep 25midterm election4. midterm electionartificial intelligence: #2, 7.1% of stories, Sep 12artificial intelligence: #2, 9.6% of stories, Sep 13artificial intelligence: #1, 20.0% of stories, Sep 14artificial intelligence: #3, 9.2% of stories, Sep 15artificial intelligence: #1, 17.9% of stories, Sep 16artificial intelligence: #2, 15.3% of stories, Sep 17artificial intelligence: #2, 16.4% of stories, Sep 18artificial intelligence: #2, 14.9% of stories, Sep 19artificial intelligence: #4, 9.6% of stories, Sep 20artificial intelligence: #3, 9.7% of stories, Sep 21artificial intelligence: #2, 8.0% of stories, Sep 22artificial intelligence: #2, 14.8% of stories, Sep 23artificial intelligence: #2, 15.9% of stories, Sep 24artificial intelligence: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 25artificial intelligence3. artificial intelligenceRepublican Party: #8, 3.2% of stories, Sep 12Republican Party: #9, 3.6% of stories, Sep 13Republican Party: #7, 6.8% of stories, Sep 14Republican Party: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 15Republican Party: #5, 6.6% of stories, Sep 17Republican Party: #8, 2.9% of stories, Sep 18Republican Party: #4, 9.5% of stories, Sep 19Republican Party: #7, 5.4% of stories, Sep 20Republican Party: #9, 5.4% of stories, Sep 21Republican Party: #7, 3.9% of stories, Sep 22Republican Party: #10, 5.4% of stories, Sep 23Republican Party: #10, 3.9% of stories, Sep 24Republican Party: #2, 10.1% of stories, Sep 25Republican Party2. Republican PartyDonald Trump: #1, 16.1% of stories, Sep 12Donald Trump: #1, 24.0% of stories, Sep 13Donald Trump: #2, 18.5% of stories, Sep 14Donald Trump: #1, 25.6% of stories, Sep 15Donald Trump: #2, 16.9% of stories, Sep 16Donald Trump: #1, 26.8% of stories, Sep 17Donald Trump: #1, 17.5% of stories, Sep 18Donald Trump: #1, 25.9% of stories, Sep 19Donald Trump: #1, 21.2% of stories, Sep 20Donald Trump: #1, 34.4% of stories, Sep 21Donald Trump: #1, 26.1% of stories, Sep 22Donald Trump: #1, 24.3% of stories, Sep 23Donald Trump: #1, 25.1% of stories, Sep 24Donald Trump: #1, 22.3% of stories, Sep 25Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 12 to Sep 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

  • 12.8% vs 2.2%
  • 8.2% vs 0.5%
  • 7.3% vs 0.5%
  • 6.9% vs 0.5%
  • 6.9% vs 0.8%

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.