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Keywords

Friday, October 2, 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
112.4%18
28.4%20
36.8%14
46.7%13
56.2%13
65.8%17
75.4%15
85.1%10
94.5%12
104.3%11
114.3%11
124.1%11
134.0%11
143.7%11
153.5%10

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
topic6.8%2.3%+4.6 pts
organization6.7%2.5%+4.2 pts
person5.1%1.1%+4.0 pts
person3.7%0.1%+3.6 pts
topic4.1%0.9%+3.2 pts
topic3.0%0.0%+3.0 pts
topic4.3%1.3%+3.0 pts
topic4.0%1.1%+2.9 pts
topic5.4%2.8%+2.6 pts
place3.5%3.3%+0.2 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Sep 19 to Oct 2, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 19 to Oct 2 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 20Sep 22Sep 24Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Texas: #6, 6.0% of stories, Sep 20Texas: #8, 3.8% of stories, Sep 27Xi Jinping: #7, 5.7% of stories, Sep 23Xi Jinping: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 24Xi Jinping: #5, 7.7% of stories, Sep 25military: #7, 5.7% of stories, Sep 20military: #4, 5.4% of stories, Sep 22military: #6, 4.8% of stories, Sep 26military: #6, 6.1% of stories, Sep 29military: #8, 5.8% of stories, Sep 30Israel: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 25Israel: #4, 9.4% of stories, Sep 30Israel: #8, 3.9% of stories, Oct 1United 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: #9, 3.5% of stories, Sep 27election: #3, 6.8% of stories, Sep 28election: #10, 2.6% of stories, Oct 1electionIran 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: #5, 4.5% of stories, Sep 28Iran war: #5, 7.6% of stories, Sep 30Iran warChina: #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: #7, 6.0% of stories, Sep 29White 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: #7, 3.1% of stories, Sep 28White HouseDemocratic 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: #8, 2.9% of stories, Sep 28Democratic Party: #10, 4.2% of stories, Sep 30Democratic Party: #6, 5.3% of stories, Oct 1Democratic Party: #10, 3.3% of stories, Oct 2Democratic Party10. Democratic PartyIran: #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: #10, 2.5% of stories, Sep 28Iran: #9, 3.7% of stories, Sep 29Iran: #9, 3.5% of stories, Oct 29. IranTrump administration: #9, 4.7% of stories, Sep 20Trump administration: #7, 6.8% of stories, Sep 21Trump administration: #5, 5.0% of stories, Sep 26Trump administration: #6, 4.0% of stories, Sep 28Trump administration: #3, 7.0% of stories, Sep 29Trump administration: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 30Trump administration: #9, 3.2% of stories, Oct 1Trump administration: #8, 4.3% of stories, Oct 28. Trump administrationmidterm 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 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 election: #2, 8.8% of stories, Oct 1midterm election: #7, 4.5% of stories, Oct 2midterm election7. midterm electionlawsuit: #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 29lawsuit: #5, 5.5% of stories, Oct 1lawsuit: #6, 5.4% of stories, Oct 2lawsuit6. lawsuitUnited 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 States: #5, 5.8% of stories, Oct 2United States5. United StatesRepublican Party: #4, 9.5% of stories, Sep 19Republican Party: #8, 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: #10, 3.2% of stories, Sep 27Republican Party: #9, 2.7% of stories, Sep 28Republican Party: #2, 13.9% of stories, Sep 30Republican Party: #4, 5.6% of stories, Oct 1Republican Party: #4, 6.2% of stories, Oct 2Republican Party4. Republican Partysexual assault: #5, 6.5% of stories, Sep 29sexual assault: #7, 4.4% of stories, Oct 1sexual assault: #3, 6.8% of stories, Oct 23. sexual assaultartificial 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 intelligence: #3, 8.3% of stories, Oct 1artificial intelligence: #2, 8.4% of stories, Oct 2artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald 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 Trump: #1, 20.8% of stories, Oct 1Donald Trump: #1, 12.4% of stories, Oct 2Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 19 to Oct 2, 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

  • 8.2% vs 1.8%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%
  • 5.8% vs 1.1%
  • 6.3% vs 1.8%

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.