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Keywords

Sunday, August 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
115.6%7
28.3%5
36.5%5
45.9%2
55.7%4
65.4%4
74.5%5
84.2%1
94.2%1
104.2%1
114.2%1
124.0%4
133.8%4
143.7%3
153.5%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
topic5.9%1.0%+4.9 pts
organization4.2%0.0%+4.2 pts
topic4.2%0.0%+4.2 pts
topic4.2%0.1%+4.1 pts
topic4.2%0.1%+4.1 pts
topic6.5%2.9%+3.6 pts
person3.8%0.6%+3.2 pts
topic5.7%2.6%+3.1 pts
place3.7%0.7%+3.0 pts
organization3.0%0.1%+2.9 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Jul 20 to Aug 2, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Jul 20 to Aug 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.

Jul 21Jul 23Jul 25Jul 27Jul 29Jul 31Aug 2Senate race: #10, 3.7% of stories, Jul 21Senate race: #6, 6.5% of stories, Jul 27military: #8, 6.4% of stories, Jul 20military: #7, 5.9% of stories, Jul 21military: #8, 6.6% of stories, Jul 22military: #6, 6.9% of stories, Jul 26military: #9, 2.5% of stories, Jul 29military: #10, 4.1% of stories, Jul 31militaryTrump administration: #6, 5.2% of stories, Jul 23Trump administration: #9, 2.9% of stories, Jul 25Trump administration: #5, 6.9% of stories, Jul 26midterm election: #9, 5.8% of stories, Jul 26midterm election: #5, 8.0% of stories, Jul 27midterm election: #10, 4.5% of stories, Jul 28lawsuit: #9, 5.8% of stories, Jul 20lawsuit: #5, 6.4% of stories, Jul 24lawsuit: #5, 7.0% of stories, Jul 29lawsuit: #4, 8.2% of stories, Jul 31lawsuitelection: #7, 7.1% of stories, Jul 20election: #4, 10.1% of stories, Jul 21election: #7, 5.1% of stories, Jul 23election: #6, 5.3% of stories, Jul 28election: #6, 5.8% of stories, Jul 30election: #10, 4.4% of stories, Aug 1electionSupreme Court: #5, 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 26Supreme Court: #10, 4.9% of stories, Jul 27Supreme Court: #7, 4.7% of stories, Aug 1Democratic Party: #9, 5.0% of stories, Jul 21Democratic Party: #5, 10.8% of stories, Jul 22Democratic Party: #8, 4.8% of stories, Jul 23Democratic Party: #6, 5.3% of stories, Jul 24Democratic Party: #10, 2.7% of stories, Jul 25Democratic Party: #7, 6.7% of stories, Jul 26Democratic Party: #3, 11.3% of stories, Jul 27Democratic Party: #10, 2.1% of stories, Jul 29Democratic Party: #3, 8.2% of stories, Jul 30Democratic Party: #7, 4.5% of stories, Jul 31Democratic Party: #9, 4.5% of stories, Aug 1tariff: #5, 7.9% of stories, Jul 20tariff: #8, 5.0% of stories, Jul 21tariff: #4, 5.3% of stories, Jul 23tariff: #2, 9.2% of stories, Jul 24tariffimmigration: #10, 4.2% of stories, Jul 22immigration: #10, 4.8% of stories, Jul 26immigration: #9, 5.0% of stories, Jul 27immigration: #5, 6.2% of stories, Jul 30immigration: #5, 6.5% of stories, Jul 31immigration: #3, 8.5% of stories, Aug 1immigration: #10, 3.0% of stories, Aug 210. immigrationartificial intelligence: #3, 12.4% of stories, Jul 22artificial intelligence: #8, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24artificial intelligence: #1, 12.6% of stories, Jul 25artificial intelligence: #7, 5.8% of stories, Jul 27artificial intelligence: #4, 6.3% of stories, Jul 28artificial intelligence: #4, 7.9% of stories, Jul 29artificial intelligence: #4, 7.6% of stories, Jul 30artificial intelligence: #2, 11.6% of stories, Jul 31artificial intelligence: #5, 6.8% of stories, Aug 1artificial intelligence: #9, 3.1% of stories, Aug 29. artificial intelligenceSenate: #8, 5.3% of stories, Jul 27Senate: #7, 5.1% of stories, Jul 28Senate: #6, 6.3% of stories, Jul 29Senate: #7, 5.3% of stories, Jul 30Senate: #8, 3.5% of stories, Aug 28. SenateIsrael: #4, 11.0% of stories, Jul 22Israel: #2, 6.2% of stories, Jul 23Israel: #8, 4.9% of stories, Jul 28Israel: #8, 3.4% of stories, Jul 29Israel: #6, 4.9% of stories, Jul 31Israel: #7, 3.5% of stories, Aug 27. IsraelRepublican Party: #6, 7.8% of stories, Jul 20Republican Party: #6, 8.6% of stories, Jul 21Republican Party: #9, 5.2% of stories, Jul 22Republican Party: #4, 7.0% of stories, Jul 24Republican Party: #7, 4.6% of stories, Jul 25Republican Party: #4, 7.0% of stories, Jul 26Republican Party: #9, 4.9% of stories, Jul 28Republican Party: #2, 9.7% of stories, Jul 30Republican Party: #6, 5.0% of stories, Aug 1Republican Party: #6, 4.0% of stories, Aug 2Republican Party6. Republican PartyUnited States: #4, 10.1% of stories, Jul 20United States: #5, 9.5% of stories, Jul 21United States: #7, 7.0% of stories, Jul 22United States: #9, 4.7% of stories, Jul 23United States: #7, 4.3% of stories, Jul 24United States: #5, 5.5% of stories, Jul 25United States: #2, 12.4% of stories, Jul 27United States: #3, 7.0% of stories, Jul 28United States: #7, 5.7% of stories, Jul 29United States: #3, 9.3% of stories, Jul 31United States: #4, 7.2% of stories, Aug 1United States: #5, 4.5% of stories, Aug 2United States5. United StatesIran: #3, 12.4% of stories, Jul 20Iran: #3, 12.3% of stories, Jul 21Iran: #6, 10.2% of stories, Jul 22Iran: #3, 5.4% of stories, Jul 23Iran: #9, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24Iran: #8, 3.6% of stories, Jul 25Iran: #8, 6.6% of stories, Jul 26Iran: #2, 7.8% of stories, Jul 28Iran: #2, 11.2% of stories, Jul 29Iran: #9, 4.3% of stories, Jul 30Iran: #9, 4.2% of stories, Jul 31Iran: #8, 4.6% of stories, Aug 1Iran: #4, 5.4% of stories, Aug 2Iran4. Irandeath: #10, 5.1% of stories, Jul 20death: #6, 5.2% of stories, Jul 25death: #10, 4.0% of stories, Jul 30death: #2, 9.6% of stories, Aug 1death: #3, 6.5% of stories, Aug 2death3. deathIran 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: #10, 4.5% of stories, Jul 23Iran war: #3, 7.6% of stories, Jul 24Iran war: #3, 8.3% of stories, Jul 25Iran war: #2, 11.4% of stories, Jul 26Iran war: #4, 10.1% of stories, Jul 27Iran war: #5, 5.3% of stories, Jul 28Iran war: #3, 8.9% of stories, Jul 29Iran war: #8, 4.5% of stories, Jul 30Iran war: #8, 4.4% of stories, Jul 31Iran war: #2, 8.3% of stories, Aug 2Iran war2. 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 26Donald Trump: #1, 18.9% of stories, Jul 27Donald Trump: #1, 19.9% of stories, Jul 28Donald Trump: #1, 14.7% of stories, Jul 29Donald Trump: #1, 21.0% of stories, Jul 30Donald Trump: #1, 19.0% of stories, Jul 31Donald Trump: #1, 18.6% of stories, Aug 1Donald Trump: #1, 15.6% of stories, Aug 2Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Jul 20 to Aug 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

  • 19.0% vs 0.6%
  • 16.4% vs 3.2%
  • 10.8% vs 1.9%
  • 8.2% vs 0.0%
  • 8.2% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 8.3% vs 0.0%
  • 8.3% vs 0.0%
  • 8.3% vs 0.0%
  • 8.3% vs 0.0%
  • 8.3% 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.