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Keywords

Wednesday, August 5, 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
122.4%11
221.7%10
317.8%10
416.6%10
513.6%8
69.2%8
77.1%5
86.1%7
95.8%4
105.5%5
114.9%4
124.8%3
134.7%4
143.9%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
person22.4%1.6%+20.8 pts
organization21.7%6.0%+15.7 pts
place17.8%2.8%+15.0 pts
topic16.6%4.8%+11.8 pts
person5.8%0.5%+5.3 pts
topic5.5%0.7%+4.8 pts
topic9.2%4.5%+4.7 pts
topic7.1%2.7%+4.3 pts
topic3.9%0.4%+3.5 pts
place4.9%1.5%+3.5 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Jul 23 to Aug 5, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Jul 23 to Aug 5 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 24Jul 26Jul 28Jul 30Aug 1Aug 3Aug 5politics: #10, 4.3% of stories, Jul 26Senate: #9, 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 2midterm election: #8, 5.8% of stories, Jul 26midterm election: #6, 8.0% of stories, Jul 27midterm election: #10, 4.5% of stories, Jul 28midterm election: #10, 4.0% of stories, Jul 31Trump administration: #6, 5.2% of stories, Jul 23Trump administration: #9, 2.9% of stories, Jul 25Trump administration: #5, 6.9% of stories, Jul 26Trump administrationlawsuit: #5, 6.4% of stories, Jul 24lawsuit: #5, 7.0% of stories, Jul 29lawsuit: #4, 8.2% of stories, Jul 31lawsuit: #6, 6.7% of stories, Aug 3Supreme 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: #7, 4.7% of stories, Aug 1Supreme CourtIsrael: #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 2Israel: #10, 3.0% of stories, Aug 4Israeltariff: #4, 5.3% of stories, Jul 23tariff: #2, 9.2% of stories, Jul 24tariffIran: #3, 5.4% of stories, Jul 23Iran: #9, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24Iran: #8, 3.6% of stories, Jul 25Iran: #7, 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 2Iran: #4, 8.4% of stories, Aug 3IranRepublican 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: #10, 2.1% of stories, Jul 29Republican Party: #2, 9.7% of stories, Jul 30Republican Party: #6, 5.0% of stories, Aug 1Republican Party: #6, 4.0% of stories, Aug 2Republican Party: #2, 13.5% of stories, Aug 3Republican Party: #5, 7.2% of stories, Aug 4Iran 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 war: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 3Iran war: #6, 6.9% of stories, Aug 4Iran war: #10, 3.5% of stories, Aug 5Iran war10. Iran wardeath: #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 2death: #9, 3.2% of stories, Aug 4death: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 59. deathartificial intelligence: #8, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24artificial intelligence: #1, 12.6% of stories, Jul 25artificial intelligence: #8, 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 2artificial intelligence: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 4artificial intelligence: #8, 4.8% of stories, Aug 58. artificial intelligenceUnited 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 States: #10, 4.5% of stories, Aug 3United States: #7, 6.1% of stories, Aug 5United States7. United StatesSenate race: #7, 6.5% of stories, Jul 27Senate race: #7, 6.0% of stories, Aug 4Senate race: #6, 7.1% of stories, Aug 56. Senate raceimmigration: #9, 4.8% of stories, Jul 26immigration: #10, 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 2immigration: #7, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3immigration: #5, 9.2% of stories, Aug 55. immigrationDonald 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 Trump: #1, 23.3% of stories, Aug 3Donald Trump: #1, 15.7% of stories, Aug 4Donald Trump: #4, 13.6% of stories, Aug 5Donald Trump4. Donald Trumpelection: #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 1election: #3, 10.4% of stories, Aug 3election: #4, 7.5% of stories, Aug 4election: #3, 16.6% of stories, Aug 5election3. electionMichigan: #5, 9.3% of stories, Jul 27Michigan: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3Michigan: #3, 7.5% of stories, Aug 4Michigan: #2, 17.8% of stories, Aug 52. MichiganDemocratic 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: #6, 6.7% of stories, Jul 26Democratic Party: #3, 11.3% of stories, Jul 27Democratic Party: #9, 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 1Democratic Party: #5, 6.7% of stories, Aug 3Democratic Party: #2, 13.8% of stories, Aug 4Democratic Party: #1, 21.7% of stories, Aug 5Democratic Party1. Democratic Party

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Jul 23 to Aug 5, 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

  • 26.8% vs 3.9%
  • 25.7% vs 6.8%
  • 13.2% vs 2.7%
  • 11.7% vs 1.7%
  • 8.6% vs 1.7%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 6.7% vs 0.0%
  • 6.7% vs 0.0%
  • 6.7% vs 0.0%
  • 6.7% vs 0.0%
  • 6.7% 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.