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Keywords

Wednesday, September 30, 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
114.3%13
213.9%14
310.0%11
49.4%8
57.6%8
67.6%9
76.3%5
86.3%10
95.9%7
105.8%8
115.3%6
125.1%5
134.8%8
144.2%9
154.1%5

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
organization13.9%4.6%+9.3 pts
organization7.6%0.0%+7.6 pts
place9.4%2.3%+7.1 pts
place5.3%0.0%+5.3 pts
place5.9%1.0%+5.0 pts
topic7.6%4.3%+3.3 pts
organization4.1%1.1%+2.9 pts
place10.0%7.1%+2.9 pts
topic5.8%2.9%+2.8 pts
topic4.0%1.2%+2.8 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Sep 17 to Sep 30, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 17 to Sep 30 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 18Sep 20Sep 22Sep 24Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30politics: #8, 5.1% of stories, Sep 17politics: #6, 3.6% of stories, Sep 18politicsIran: #10, 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 24Iran: #10, 3.5% of stories, Sep 26Iran: #6, 5.8% of stories, Sep 27Iran: #9, 3.7% of stories, Sep 29Iranlawsuit: #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 24lawsuit: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 29Xi Jinping: #7, 5.7% of stories, Sep 23Xi Jinping: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 24Xi Jinping: #5, 7.7% of stories, Sep 25AI safety: #3, 5.3% of stories, Sep 18AI safety: #5, 5.1% of stories, Sep 28AI safety: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 29United 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: #3, 12.7% of stories, Sep 19election: #3, 10.1% of stories, Sep 20election: #4, 9.1% of stories, Sep 21election: #8, 3.5% of stories, Sep 27election: #3, 6.8% of stories, Sep 28China: #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 25China: #4, 6.8% of stories, Sep 26China: #10, 3.0% of stories, Sep 27China: #6, 6.0% of stories, Sep 29ChinaWhite 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 24White House: #8, 3.1% of stories, Sep 28Democratic Party: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 17Democratic Party: #4, 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 Party: #5, 6.4% of stories, Sep 27Democratic Party: #9, 2.9% of stories, Sep 28Democratic Party: #10, 4.2% of stories, Sep 30Democratic Party10. Democratic Partyartificial 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 intelligence: #3, 8.2% of stories, Sep 26artificial intelligence: #4, 6.6% of stories, Sep 27artificial intelligence: #2, 12.7% of stories, Sep 28artificial intelligence: #2, 14.5% of stories, Sep 29artificial intelligence: #9, 5.1% of stories, Sep 30artificial intelligence9. artificial intelligencemilitary: #6, 5.7% of stories, Sep 20military: #4, 5.4% of stories, Sep 22military: #6, 4.8% of stories, Sep 26military: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 29military: #8, 5.8% of stories, Sep 308. militarymidterm election: #9, 5.0% of stories, Sep 17midterm election: #5, 9.3% of stories, Sep 19midterm election: #9, 4.6% of stories, Sep 20midterm election: #9, 3.6% of stories, Sep 22midterm election: #4, 8.2% of stories, Sep 25midterm election: #7, 4.4% of stories, Sep 26midterm election: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 27midterm election: #8, 3.9% of stories, Sep 29midterm election: #7, 6.3% of stories, Sep 30midterm election7. midterm electionTrump administration: #7, 3.3% of stories, Sep 18Trump administration: #8, 4.7% of stories, Sep 20Trump administration: #7, 6.8% of stories, Sep 21Trump administration: #5, 5.0% of stories, Sep 26Trump administration: #7, 4.0% of stories, Sep 28Trump administration: #3, 7.0% of stories, Sep 29Trump administration: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 306. Trump administrationIran 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 25Iran war: #9, 3.6% of stories, Sep 26Iran war: #3, 8.0% of stories, Sep 27Iran war: #6, 4.5% of stories, Sep 28Iran war: #5, 7.6% of stories, Sep 30Iran war5. Iran warIsrael: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 20Israel: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 25Israel: #4, 9.4% of stories, Sep 304. IsraelUnited States: #3, 9.2% of stories, Sep 17United States: #5, 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 States: #2, 9.2% of stories, Sep 26United States: #2, 8.8% of stories, Sep 27United States: #4, 5.3% of stories, Sep 28United States: #4, 6.8% of stories, Sep 29United States: #3, 10.0% of stories, Sep 30United States3. United StatesRepublican 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 Party: #8, 4.0% of stories, Sep 26Republican Party: #9, 3.2% of stories, Sep 27Republican Party: #10, 2.7% of stories, Sep 28Republican Party: #2, 13.9% of stories, Sep 30Republican Party2. Republican PartyDonald 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 Trump: #1, 27.0% of stories, Sep 26Donald Trump: #1, 17.5% of stories, Sep 27Donald Trump: #1, 21.1% of stories, Sep 28Donald Trump: #1, 27.2% of stories, Sep 29Donald Trump: #1, 14.3% of stories, Sep 30Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 17 to Sep 30, 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 0.7%
  • 12.1% vs 1.8%
  • 8.6% vs 0.2%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%
  • 5.0% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 18.8% vs 3.5%
  • 5.0% vs 0.0%
  • 5.0% vs 0.0%

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.