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Keywords

Monday, August 10, 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
118.6%9
210.1%8
39.0%6
49.0%6
55.7%3
65.3%2
74.9%5
84.3%5
94.1%3
104.0%4
113.8%4
123.8%2
133.6%6
143.5%4
153.4%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
topic10.1%0.2%+9.9 pts
topic5.7%0.3%+5.4 pts
topic5.3%0.1%+5.1 pts
person4.1%<0.1%+4.1 pts
topic3.8%0.1%+3.7 pts
place9.0%5.3%+3.7 pts
topic9.0%5.6%+3.4 pts
topic3.2%0.0%+3.2 pts
person18.6%15.6%+3.1 pts
topic3.0%0.2%+2.8 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Jul 28 to Aug 10, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Jul 28 to Aug 10 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 29Jul 31Aug 2Aug 4Aug 6Aug 8Aug 10Justice Department: #10, 4.1% of stories, Aug 1Senate race: #9, 6.0% of stories, Aug 4Senate race: #7, 7.1% of stories, Aug 5immigration: #10, 4.4% of stories, Jul 28immigration: #6, 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: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3immigration: #6, 9.2% of stories, Aug 5immigrationMichigan: #9, 5.2% of stories, Aug 3Michigan: #3, 7.5% of stories, Aug 4Michigan: #3, 17.8% of stories, Aug 5Michigan: #10, 4.4% of stories, Aug 9Todd Blanche: #8, 3.7% of stories, Jul 29Todd Blanche: #5, 6.2% of stories, Jul 30Todd Blanche: #5, 7.7% of stories, Aug 3Todd Blanche: #7, 6.3% of stories, Aug 4Todd Blanche: #8, 5.4% of stories, Aug 7Todd Blanche: #3, 7.5% of stories, Aug 8election: #6, 5.3% of stories, Jul 28election: #7, 5.8% of stories, Jul 30election: #9, 4.4% of stories, Aug 1election: #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 6electionIran war: #5, 5.3% of stories, Jul 28Iran war: #3, 8.9% of stories, Jul 29Iran war: #9, 4.5% of stories, Jul 30Iran war: #8, 4.4% of stories, Jul 31Iran war: #2, 8.3% of stories, Aug 2Iran war: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 3Iran war: #6, 6.9% of stories, Aug 4Iran war: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 8Iran war: #4, 6.1% of stories, Aug 9Iran warRepublican 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 Party: #2, 13.5% of stories, Aug 3Republican Party: #5, 7.2% of stories, Aug 4Republican Party: #2, 9.2% of stories, Aug 6Republican Party: #9, 5.3% of stories, Aug 7Republican Party: #10, 4.0% of stories, Aug 8Republican Party: #2, 7.0% of stories, Aug 9Republican PartyAbdul El-Sayed: #8, 6.2% of stories, Aug 4Abdul El-Sayed: #1, 22.4% of stories, Aug 5Abdul El-Sayed: #9, 5.7% of stories, Aug 6Abdul El-Sayed: #10, 4.9% of stories, Aug 7Abdul El-Sayed: #7, 4.7% of stories, Aug 9Senate: #7, 5.1% of stories, Jul 28Senate: #6, 6.3% of stories, Jul 29Senate: #8, 5.3% of stories, Jul 30Senate: #8, 3.5% of stories, Aug 2Senate: #4, 6.5% of stories, Aug 6Senate: #2, 8.1% of stories, Aug 7Senate: #1, 11.0% of stories, Aug 8SenateDemocratic 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: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 1Democratic Party: #6, 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 Party: #3, 7.9% of stories, Aug 7Democratic Party: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 8Democratic Party: #8, 4.6% of stories, Aug 9Democratic Party: #10, 2.9% of stories, Aug 1010. Democratic Partylawsuit: #5, 7.0% of stories, Jul 29lawsuit: #4, 8.2% of stories, Jul 31lawsuit: #7, 6.7% of stories, Aug 3lawsuit: #6, 6.6% of stories, Aug 7lawsuit: #9, 3.1% of stories, Aug 109. lawsuitIsrael: #8, 4.9% of stories, Jul 28Israel: #9, 3.4% of stories, Jul 29Israel: #6, 4.9% of stories, Jul 31Israel: #7, 3.5% of stories, Aug 2Israel: #8, 3.5% of stories, Aug 10Israel8. IsraelTrump administration: #10, 3.9% of stories, Jul 31Trump administration: #10, 5.3% of stories, Aug 6Trump administration: #5, 7.0% of stories, Aug 7Trump administration: #4, 6.8% of stories, Aug 8Trump administration: #7, 3.8% of stories, Aug 107. Trump administrationpolitics: #6, 4.0% of stories, Aug 106. politicsdeath: #2, 9.6% of stories, Aug 1death: #3, 6.5% of stories, Aug 2death: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 5death: #7, 5.9% of stories, Aug 7death: #9, 4.5% of stories, Aug 9death: #5, 4.3% of stories, Aug 105. deathIran: #2, 7.8% of stories, Jul 28Iran: #2, 11.2% of stories, Jul 29Iran: #10, 4.3% of stories, Jul 30Iran: #9, 4.2% of stories, Jul 31Iran: #7, 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 6Iran: #8, 4.9% of stories, Aug 8Iran: #5, 5.5% of stories, Aug 9Iran: #4, 4.9% of stories, Aug 10Iran4. IranUnited 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: #8, 6.1% of stories, Aug 5United States: #3, 8.1% of stories, Aug 6United States: #5, 6.3% of stories, Aug 8United States: #6, 5.3% of stories, Aug 9United States: #3, 9.0% of stories, Aug 10United States3. United Statesartificial 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: #10, 4.5% of stories, Aug 4artificial intelligence: #9, 4.8% of stories, Aug 5artificial intelligence: #6, 6.1% of stories, Aug 6artificial intelligence: #4, 7.5% of stories, Aug 7artificial intelligence: #7, 5.5% of stories, Aug 8artificial intelligence: #3, 6.6% of stories, Aug 9artificial intelligence: #2, 9.0% of stories, Aug 10artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald 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 Trump: #1, 17.8% of stories, Aug 7Donald Trump: #2, 7.8% of stories, Aug 8Donald Trump: #1, 8.0% of stories, Aug 9Donald Trump: #1, 18.6% of stories, Aug 10Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Jul 28 to Aug 10, 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

  • 7.3% vs 0.6%
  • 6.3% vs 0.0%
  • 6.7% vs 0.6%
  • 7.6% vs 2.0%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 11.7% vs 0.0%
  • 11.1% vs 0.0%
  • 12.3% vs 1.7%
  • 11.1% vs 1.7%
  • 8.5% vs 1.3%

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.