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Keywords

Sunday, July 26, 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
117.0%9
211.4%5
37.5%5
47.2%5
57.1%5
67.0%5
76.9%5
86.9%6
96.7%7
106.6%5
115.8%5
124.8%4
134.7%5
144.6%3
154.5%4

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
topic7.2%0.5%+6.7 pts
topic7.5%2.0%+5.4 pts
topic5.8%1.0%+4.8 pts
person4.5%0.0%+4.5 pts
person4.2%0.0%+4.2 pts
organization6.9%2.8%+4.1 pts
organization4.2%0.1%+4.1 pts
organization7.1%3.1%+4.0 pts
place3.8%0.0%+3.8 pts
topic4.7%1.0%+3.7 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Jul 13 to Jul 26, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Jul 13 to Jul 26 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.

Jul 14Jul 16Jul 18Jul 20Jul 22Jul 24Jul 26Senate race: #10, 2.5% of stories, Jul 25Arizona: #7, 8.1% of stories, Jul 21lawsuit: #9, 5.8% of stories, Jul 20lawsuit: #5, 6.4% of stories, Jul 24Israel: #4, 11.0% of stories, Jul 22Israel: #5, 6.2% of stories, Jul 23Saudi Arabia: #7, 8.3% of stories, Jul 22Saudi Arabia: #4, 7.2% of stories, Jul 23election: #7, 7.1% of stories, Jul 20election: #4, 10.1% of stories, Jul 21election: #10, 5.1% of stories, Jul 23Immigration and Customs Enforcement: #3, 8.9% of stories, Jul 23Zohran Mamdani: #2, 9.9% of stories, Jul 23tariff: #5, 7.9% of stories, Jul 20tariff: #9, 5.0% of stories, Jul 21tariff: #7, 5.3% of stories, Jul 23tariff: #2, 9.2% of stories, Jul 24artificial intelligence: #3, 12.4% of stories, Jul 22artificial intelligence: #8, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24artificial intelligence: #1, 12.6% of stories, Jul 25United States: #4, 10.1% of stories, Jul 20United States: #5, 9.5% of stories, Jul 21United States: #8, 7.0% of stories, Jul 22United States: #7, 4.3% of stories, Jul 24United States: #5, 5.5% of stories, Jul 25United States: #10, 3.6% of stories, Jul 2610. United Statesimmigration: #9, 4.8% of stories, Jul 269. immigrationIran: #3, 12.4% of stories, Jul 20Iran: #3, 12.3% of stories, Jul 21Iran: #6, 10.2% of stories, Jul 22Iran: #6, 5.4% of stories, Jul 23Iran: #9, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24Iran: #7, 3.6% of stories, Jul 25Iran: #8, 6.6% of stories, Jul 268. IranDemocratic Party: #10, 4.6% of stories, Jul 20Democratic Party: #10, 5.0% of stories, Jul 21Democratic Party: #5, 10.8% of stories, Jul 22Democratic Party: #6, 5.3% of stories, Jul 24Democratic Party: #9, 2.7% of stories, Jul 25Democratic Party: #7, 6.7% of stories, Jul 267. Democratic Partymilitary: #8, 6.4% of stories, Jul 20military: #8, 5.9% of stories, Jul 21military: #9, 6.6% of stories, Jul 22military: #6, 6.9% of stories, Jul 266. militaryTrump administration: #9, 5.2% of stories, Jul 23Trump administration: #8, 2.9% of stories, Jul 25Trump administration: #5, 6.9% of stories, Jul 265. Trump administrationRepublican Party: #6, 7.8% of stories, Jul 20Republican Party: #6, 8.6% of stories, Jul 21Republican Party: #10, 5.2% of stories, Jul 22Republican Party: #4, 7.0% of stories, Jul 24Republican Party: #6, 4.6% of stories, Jul 25Republican Party: #4, 7.0% of stories, Jul 264. Republican PartySupreme Court: #8, 5.2% of stories, Jul 23Supreme Court: #10, 3.9% of stories, Jul 24Supreme Court: #4, 6.0% of stories, Jul 25Supreme Court: #3, 7.1% of stories, Jul 263. Supreme CourtIran war: #2, 17.8% of stories, Jul 20Iran war: #2, 13.5% of stories, Jul 21Iran war: #2, 14.5% of stories, Jul 22Iran war: #3, 7.6% of stories, Jul 24Iran war: #3, 8.3% of stories, Jul 25Iran war: #2, 11.4% of stories, Jul 262. Iran warDonald Trump: #1, 24.4% of stories, Jul 20Donald Trump: #1, 24.4% of stories, Jul 21Donald Trump: #1, 17.4% of stories, Jul 22Donald Trump: #1, 19.0% of stories, Jul 23Donald Trump: #1, 22.3% of stories, Jul 24Donald Trump: #2, 12.0% of stories, Jul 25Donald Trump: #1, 17.0% of stories, Jul 261. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Jul 13 to Jul 26, 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

  • 14.3% vs 0.0%
  • 14.3% vs 0.6%
  • 12.7% vs 0.0%
  • 12.7% vs 0.0%
  • 12.7% vs 0.7%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 10.0% vs 0.0%
  • 9.2% vs 1.6%
  • 7.4% vs 0.0%
  • 8.8% vs 1.6%
  • 7.1% 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.