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Keywords

Wednesday, August 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
116.4%9
212.7%8
311.1%7
48.1%6
57.3%6
66.2%7
76.1%6
86.0%6
95.9%6
105.9%4
115.8%4
125.2%6
135.2%5
145.1%5
154.8%6

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
person11.1%0.8%+10.3 pts
topic12.7%4.8%+7.8 pts
organization6.2%0.4%+5.8 pts
topic5.9%1.1%+4.9 pts
organization4.7%0.3%+4.4 pts
topic8.1%4.1%+4.0 pts
topic4.2%0.4%+3.8 pts
topic3.5%0.1%+3.4 pts
topic5.2%1.9%+3.4 pts
topic5.2%2.2%+3.0 pts

Two-week trend

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

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 13 to Aug 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.

Aug 14Aug 16Aug 18Aug 20Aug 22Aug 24Aug 26murder: #10, 2.9% of stories, Aug 23Iran war: #8, 4.1% of stories, Aug 15Iran war: #10, 4.0% of stories, Aug 17Iran war: #6, 8.1% of stories, Aug 18Iran war: #6, 4.1% of stories, Aug 20Senate race: #8, 5.6% of stories, Aug 22Senate race: #5, 8.5% of stories, Aug 25politics: #10, 4.4% of stories, Aug 13politics: #10, 2.6% of stories, Aug 15politics: #4, 7.0% of stories, Aug 17politics: #10, 5.4% of stories, Aug 18politics: #4, 6.6% of stories, Aug 21politicstariff: #3, 20.3% of stories, Aug 22tariff: #4, 10.9% of stories, Aug 24tariff: #4, 9.2% of stories, Aug 25military: #7, 5.2% of stories, Aug 13military: #3, 5.8% of stories, Aug 14military: #7, 4.3% of stories, Aug 15military: #8, 5.1% of stories, Aug 17military: #8, 4.0% of stories, Aug 20military: #6, 4.3% of stories, Aug 21militaryIsrael: #6, 6.0% of stories, Aug 13Israel: #4, 5.0% of stories, Aug 14Israel: #7, 5.9% of stories, Aug 17Israel: #2, 10.5% of stories, Aug 18Israel: #10, 3.5% of stories, Aug 21IsraelTrump administration: #8, 4.8% of stories, Aug 13Trump administration: #4, 6.1% of stories, Aug 16Trump administration: #2, 8.3% of stories, Aug 17Trump administration: #5, 6.2% of stories, Aug 19Trump administration: #7, 4.0% of stories, Aug 21Trump administration: #4, 15.6% of stories, Aug 22Trump administration: #6, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24Trump administration: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 25Trump administrationRepublican Party: #5, 9.1% of stories, Aug 18Republican Party: #2, 8.6% of stories, Aug 19Republican Party: #6, 8.9% of stories, Aug 22Republican Party: #6, 5.2% of stories, Aug 23Republican Party: #3, 9.4% of stories, Aug 25Iran: #10, 3.4% of stories, Aug 14Iran: #3, 5.5% of stories, Aug 15Iran: #7, 4.6% of stories, Aug 16Iran: #7, 7.9% of stories, Aug 18Iran: #10, 3.4% of stories, Aug 20Iran: #8, 3.8% of stories, Aug 21Iran: #3, 12.0% of stories, Aug 24Iran: #2, 10.5% of stories, Aug 25California: #6, 4.7% of stories, Aug 16California: #3, 7.9% of stories, Aug 17California: #4, 5.9% of stories, Aug 23California: #10, 4.9% of stories, Aug 24California: #10, 4.6% of stories, Aug 2610. Californiamidterm election: #8, 4.0% of stories, Aug 16midterm election: #9, 3.6% of stories, Aug 20midterm election: #7, 7.2% of stories, Aug 22midterm election: #9, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23midterm election: #9, 5.3% of stories, Aug 24midterm election: #9, 5.1% of stories, Aug 269. midterm electionhealth care: #9, 3.9% of stories, Aug 15health care: #10, 3.9% of stories, Aug 19health care: #7, 5.0% of stories, Aug 23health care: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 268. health careartificial intelligence: #2, 7.7% of stories, Aug 13artificial intelligence: #2, 6.5% of stories, Aug 14artificial intelligence: #6, 4.7% of stories, Aug 15artificial intelligence: #2, 6.9% of stories, Aug 16artificial intelligence: #8, 7.4% of stories, Aug 18artificial intelligence: #6, 5.3% of stories, Aug 19artificial intelligence: #3, 7.1% of stories, Aug 20artificial intelligence: #3, 6.6% of stories, Aug 21artificial intelligence: #1, 15.0% of stories, Aug 23artificial intelligence: #8, 5.8% of stories, Aug 24artificial intelligence: #7, 5.8% of stories, Aug 26artificial intelligence7. artificial intelligenceDemocratic Party: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 13Democratic Party: #5, 4.9% of stories, Aug 14Democratic Party: #5, 5.3% of stories, Aug 15Democratic Party: #3, 6.2% of stories, Aug 16Democratic Party: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 17Democratic Party: #4, 9.8% of stories, Aug 18Democratic Party: #7, 5.1% of stories, Aug 19Democratic Party: #4, 4.3% of stories, Aug 20Democratic Party: #9, 3.3% of stories, Aug 22Democratic Party: #3, 7.2% of stories, Aug 23Democratic Party: #6, 6.0% of stories, Aug 26Democratic Party6. Democratic PartyUnited States: #3, 7.7% of stories, Aug 13United States: #6, 4.7% of stories, Aug 14United States: #4, 5.4% of stories, Aug 15United States: #5, 4.8% of stories, Aug 16United States: #5, 7.0% of stories, Aug 17United States: #9, 6.0% of stories, Aug 18United States: #4, 7.7% of stories, Aug 19United States: #2, 7.8% of stories, Aug 20United States: #2, 6.7% of stories, Aug 21United States: #1, 23.9% of stories, Aug 22United States: #2, 8.2% of stories, Aug 23United States: #2, 13.2% of stories, Aug 24United States: #9, 5.0% of stories, Aug 25United States: #5, 6.1% of stories, Aug 26United States5. United Stateselection: #4, 7.5% of stories, Aug 13election: #7, 4.5% of stories, Aug 14election: #10, 3.7% of stories, Aug 16election: #3, 10.1% of stories, Aug 18election: #3, 8.3% of stories, Aug 19election: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 20election: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 22election: #5, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24election: #6, 7.9% of stories, Aug 25election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Aug 26election4. electiondeath: #9, 3.5% of stories, Aug 14death: #1, 7.2% of stories, Aug 15death: #9, 3.8% of stories, Aug 16death: #9, 4.0% of stories, Aug 19death: #7, 4.0% of stories, Aug 20death: #5, 5.9% of stories, Aug 21death: #8, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23death: #7, 5.8% of stories, Aug 25death: #3, 8.1% of stories, Aug 263. deathlawsuit: #5, 7.2% of stories, Aug 13lawsuit: #8, 4.4% of stories, Aug 14lawsuit: #6, 6.3% of stories, Aug 17lawsuit: #8, 4.6% of stories, Aug 19lawsuit: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 21lawsuit: #5, 11.7% of stories, Aug 22lawsuit: #7, 6.1% of stories, Aug 24lawsuit: #8, 5.0% of stories, Aug 25lawsuit: #2, 12.7% of stories, Aug 26lawsuit2. lawsuitDonald Trump: #1, 19.8% of stories, Aug 13Donald Trump: #1, 16.1% of stories, Aug 14Donald Trump: #2, 6.4% of stories, Aug 15Donald Trump: #1, 18.4% of stories, Aug 16Donald Trump: #1, 17.8% of stories, Aug 17Donald Trump: #1, 31.4% of stories, Aug 18Donald Trump: #1, 29.3% of stories, Aug 19Donald Trump: #1, 13.3% of stories, Aug 20Donald Trump: #1, 22.8% of stories, Aug 21Donald Trump: #2, 22.8% of stories, Aug 22Donald Trump: #5, 5.7% of stories, Aug 23Donald Trump: #1, 20.7% of stories, Aug 24Donald Trump: #1, 28.1% of stories, Aug 25Donald Trump: #1, 16.4% of stories, Aug 26Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 13 to Aug 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

  • 26.3% vs 7.8%
  • 9.0% vs 0.5%
  • 10.4% vs 2.2%
  • 9.2% vs 1.6%
  • 7.4% vs 1.1%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 7.9% vs 1.7%
  • 5.9% vs 0.0%
  • 5.6% vs 0.0%
  • 5.1% vs 0.6%

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.