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Keywords

Wednesday, October 14, 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
115.7%12
28.6%5
36.6%9
45.3%7
55.3%12
64.8%8
74.6%5
84.5%9
94.3%9
104.0%2
113.9%5
123.2%5
132.4%3
142.3%2
152.3%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
person8.6%1.6%+7.1 pts
topic4.0%0.2%+3.8 pts
organization4.6%1.1%+3.5 pts
place3.9%1.3%+2.6 pts
place6.6%4.7%+1.9 pts
topic4.8%2.8%+1.9 pts
organization4.3%3.5%+0.8 pts
place3.2%3.1%+0.1 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Oct 1 to Oct 14, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Oct 1 to Oct 14 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 2Oct 4Oct 6Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Iran war: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran war: #7, 3.3% of stories, Oct 8Iran war: #10, 2.9% of stories, Oct 12death: #7, 5.6% of stories, Oct 5death: #7, 4.4% of stories, Oct 6death: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 10death: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 12death: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13Senate race: #10, 4.1% of stories, Oct 2Senate race: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 3Senate race: #6, 3.4% of stories, Oct 8Senate race: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 11lawsuit: #6, 5.5% of stories, Oct 1lawsuit: #7, 5.4% of stories, Oct 2lawsuit: #8, 4.8% of stories, Oct 5lawsuit: #8, 4.3% of stories, Oct 6lawsuit: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 7lawsuit: #9, 3.3% of stories, Oct 13lawsuitImmigration and Customs Enforcement: #8, 3.2% of stories, Oct 8Immigration and Customs Enforcement: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 9execution: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 1execution: #9, 4.3% of stories, Oct 2execution: #6, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9execution: #5, 4.5% of stories, Oct 10executionCornell University: #8, 4.5% of stories, Oct 1Cornell University: #4, 6.7% of stories, Oct 2Cornell University: #5, 4.2% of stories, Oct 3Cornell University: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 4Cornell University: #10, 3.4% of stories, Oct 6Cornell University: #10, 2.8% of stories, Oct 10Cornell University: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 13Cornell Universitysexual assault: #9, 4.4% of stories, Oct 1sexual assault: #3, 6.8% of stories, Oct 2sexual assault: #6, 4.0% of stories, Oct 3sexual assault: #7, 4.9% of stories, Oct 4sexual assault: #9, 4.2% of stories, Oct 6sexual assaultSupreme Court: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Supreme Court: #2, 8.3% of stories, Oct 5Israel: #10, 3.9% of stories, Oct 1Israel: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 7Israel: #10, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Israel: #10, 3.2% of stories, Oct 9IsraelRussia: #9, 4.7% of stories, Oct 5Russia: #9, 3.4% of stories, Oct 9Russia: #4, 4.9% of stories, Oct 10Russia: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 11Russia: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 12Russia: #10, 1.9% of stories, Oct 1410. RussiaIran: #7, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3Iran: #10, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Iran: #7, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran: #5, 4.6% of stories, Oct 8Iran: #10, 2.1% of stories, Oct 11Iran: #10, 3.2% of stories, Oct 13Iran: #9, 2.1% of stories, Oct 149. IranDemocratic Party: #7, 5.3% of stories, Oct 1Democratic Party: #6, 4.9% of stories, Oct 4Democratic Party: #5, 6.3% of stories, Oct 5Democratic Party: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 6Democratic Party: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Democratic Party: #8, 3.6% of stories, Oct 9Democratic Party: #8, 3.1% of stories, Oct 10Democratic Party: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 11Democratic Party: #6, 5.6% of stories, Oct 12Democratic Party: #8, 4.3% of stories, Oct 14Democratic Party8. Democratic PartyRepublican Party: #5, 5.6% of stories, Oct 1Republican Party: #5, 6.2% of stories, Oct 2Republican Party: #2, 12.7% of stories, Oct 3Republican Party: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4Republican Party: #4, 6.7% of stories, Oct 5Republican Party: #5, 5.6% of stories, Oct 6Republican Party: #3, 8.9% of stories, Oct 7Republican Party: #7, 5.5% of stories, Oct 9Republican Party: #3, 5.0% of stories, Oct 10Republican Party: #5, 4.2% of stories, Oct 11Republican Party: #3, 7.6% of stories, Oct 12Republican Party: #4, 5.2% of stories, Oct 13Republican Party: #7, 4.5% of stories, Oct 14Republican Party7. Republican Partyelection: #8, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3election: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4election: #6, 5.8% of stories, Oct 5election: #2, 5.9% of stories, Oct 6election: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 7election: #8, 2.8% of stories, Oct 11election: #6, 4.8% of stories, Oct 146. electionmidterm election: #2, 8.8% of stories, Oct 1midterm election: #8, 4.5% of stories, Oct 2midterm election: #3, 11.3% of stories, Oct 3midterm election: #3, 9.3% of stories, Oct 4midterm election: #3, 7.4% of stories, Oct 5midterm election: #3, 5.8% of stories, Oct 6midterm election: #6, 5.0% of stories, Oct 7midterm election: #3, 5.3% of stories, Oct 8midterm election: #3, 5.9% of stories, Oct 9midterm election: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 10midterm election: #4, 4.5% of stories, Oct 11midterm election: #2, 8.2% of stories, Oct 12midterm election: #2, 8.6% of stories, Oct 13midterm election: #5, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14midterm election5. midterm electionartificial intelligence: #3, 8.3% of stories, Oct 1artificial intelligence: #2, 8.4% of stories, Oct 2artificial intelligence: #4, 9.2% of stories, Oct 3artificial intelligence: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 4artificial intelligence: #10, 4.3% of stories, Oct 5artificial intelligence: #6, 5.1% of stories, Oct 6artificial intelligence: #5, 5.7% of stories, Oct 7artificial intelligence: #2, 6.3% of stories, Oct 8artificial intelligence: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 9artificial intelligence: #2, 6.1% of stories, Oct 10artificial intelligence: #9, 2.6% of stories, Oct 11artificial intelligence: #4, 6.4% of stories, Oct 12artificial intelligence: #6, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13artificial intelligence: #4, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14artificial intelligence4. artificial intelligenceUnited States: #6, 5.8% of stories, Oct 2United States: #9, 3.5% of stories, Oct 3United States: #9, 4.2% of stories, Oct 7United States: #4, 5.1% of stories, Oct 8United States: #5, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9United States: #6, 3.8% of stories, Oct 10United States: #3, 5.6% of stories, Oct 11United States: #8, 4.0% of stories, Oct 12United States: #5, 4.3% of stories, Oct 13United States: #3, 6.6% of stories, Oct 143. United StatesIlhan Omar: #7, 5.3% of stories, Oct 12Ilhan Omar: #3, 5.5% of stories, Oct 13Ilhan Omar: #2, 8.6% of stories, Oct 142. Ilhan OmarDonald Trump: #1, 20.8% of stories, Oct 1Donald Trump: #1, 12.4% of stories, Oct 2Donald Trump: #1, 15.0% of stories, Oct 3Donald Trump: #1, 15.2% of stories, Oct 4Donald Trump: #1, 11.9% of stories, Oct 5Donald Trump: #1, 18.5% of stories, Oct 6Donald Trump: #1, 16.9% of stories, Oct 7Donald Trump: #1, 14.4% of stories, Oct 8Donald Trump: #1, 14.7% of stories, Oct 9Donald Trump: #1, 15.8% of stories, Oct 10Donald Trump: #1, 16.6% of stories, Oct 11Donald Trump: #1, 21.7% of stories, Oct 12Donald Trump: #1, 21.8% of stories, Oct 13Donald Trump: #1, 15.7% of stories, Oct 14Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Oct 1 to Oct 14, 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

  • 29.3% vs 9.0%
  • 8.1% vs 0.0%
  • 10.2% vs 3.1%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%

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.