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Keywords

Thursday, August 6, 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
122.6%11
29.2%8
38.1%7
46.6%6
56.5%6
66.2%5
76.1%6
86.0%6
95.9%6
105.7%6
115.3%7
124.7%5
134.6%4
144.4%5
154.3%5

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
topic6.6%1.8%+4.7 pts
person4.7%0.1%+4.6 pts
person22.6%18.1%+4.5 pts
place4.4%0.1%+4.3 pts
organization6.5%3.0%+3.5 pts
organization4.1%0.8%+3.3 pts
topic3.0%0.0%+3.0 pts
place4.3%1.4%+2.9 pts
place8.1%5.2%+2.9 pts
topic3.6%0.9%+2.8 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Jul 24 to Aug 6, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Jul 24 to Aug 6 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 25Jul 27Jul 29Jul 31Aug 2Aug 4Aug 6politics: #10, 4.3% of stories, Jul 26Senate race: #8, 6.5% of stories, Jul 27Senate race: #8, 6.0% of stories, Aug 4Senate race: #7, 7.1% of stories, Aug 5midterm election: #8, 5.8% of stories, Jul 26midterm election: #7, 8.0% of stories, Jul 27midterm election: #9, 4.5% of stories, Jul 28midterm election: #9, 4.0% of stories, Jul 31lawsuit: #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 3lawsuitSupreme 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 CourtMichigan: #5, 9.3% of stories, Jul 27Michigan: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3Michigan: #3, 7.5% of stories, Aug 4Michigan: #3, 17.8% of stories, Aug 5immigration: #9, 4.8% of stories, Jul 26immigration: #10, 4.4% of stories, Jul 28immigration: #5, 6.2% of stories, Jul 30immigration: #5, 6.5% of stories, Jul 31immigration: #3, 8.5% of stories, Aug 1immigration: #9, 3.0% of stories, Aug 2immigration: #7, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3immigration: #6, 9.2% of stories, Aug 5tariff: #2, 9.2% of stories, Jul 24tariffdeath: #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: #10, 3.2% of stories, Aug 4death: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 5Iran 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: #7, 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 warTrump administration: #9, 2.9% of stories, Jul 25Trump administration: #5, 6.9% of stories, Jul 26Trump administration: #10, 1.8% of stories, Jul 29Trump administration: #10, 3.9% of stories, Jul 31Trump administration: #10, 5.3% of stories, Aug 610. Trump administrationAbdul El-Sayed: #6, 8.3% of stories, Jul 27Abdul El-Sayed: #7, 6.2% of stories, Aug 4Abdul El-Sayed: #1, 22.4% of stories, Aug 5Abdul El-Sayed: #9, 5.7% of stories, Aug 69. Abdul El-SayedIran: #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: #8, 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 3Iran: #8, 5.9% of stories, Aug 6Iran8. IranDemocratic 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: #8, 2.1% of stories, Jul 29Democratic Party: #3, 8.2% of stories, Jul 30Democratic Party: #6, 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: #2, 21.7% of stories, Aug 5Democratic Party: #7, 6.0% of stories, Aug 6Democratic Party7. Democratic Partyartificial intelligence: #8, 4.1% of stories, Jul 24artificial intelligence: #1, 12.6% of stories, Jul 25artificial intelligence: #9, 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: #8, 3.1% of stories, Aug 2artificial intelligence: #9, 4.5% of stories, Aug 4artificial intelligence: #9, 4.8% of stories, Aug 5artificial intelligence: #6, 6.1% of stories, Aug 6artificial intelligence6. artificial intelligenceelection: #6, 5.3% of stories, Jul 28election: #6, 5.8% of stories, Jul 30election: #10, 4.4% of stories, Aug 1election: #10, 2.8% of stories, Aug 2election: #3, 10.4% of stories, Aug 3election: #4, 7.5% of stories, Aug 4election: #4, 16.6% of stories, Aug 5election: #5, 6.2% of stories, Aug 65. electionSenate: #10, 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: #7, 3.5% of stories, Aug 2Senate: #4, 6.5% of stories, Aug 64. SenateUnited 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: #8, 6.1% of stories, Aug 5United States: #3, 8.1% of stories, Aug 6United States3. United StatesRepublican 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: #8, 4.9% of stories, Jul 28Republican Party: #9, 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 4Republican Party: #2, 9.2% of stories, Aug 6Republican Party2. Republican PartyDonald 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: #5, 13.6% of stories, Aug 5Donald Trump: #1, 22.6% of stories, Aug 6Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Jul 24 to Aug 6, 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

  • 10.8% vs 1.3%
  • 9.3% vs 2.0%
  • 8.6% vs 2.0%
  • 7.4% vs 1.3%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 7.4% vs 0.7%
  • 6.9% vs 0.7%

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.