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Keywords

Monday, August 31, 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
113.7%14
210.1%14
37.8%10
47.0%10
57.0%13
66.4%13
75.8%10
84.8%9
94.5%10
104.1%8
113.7%5
123.7%2
133.6%9
143.4%9
153.3%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
topic10.1%2.9%+7.3 pts
topic3.7%0.4%+3.2 pts
place3.6%0.5%+3.1 pts
place3.2%0.4%+2.8 pts
topic3.3%0.7%+2.6 pts
place3.2%0.8%+2.4 pts
topic7.8%5.6%+2.2 pts
topic6.4%4.3%+2.2 pts
place4.1%2.8%+1.3 pts
place3.2%1.9%+1.3 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 18 to Aug 31, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 18 to Aug 31 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 19Aug 21Aug 23Aug 25Aug 27Aug 29Aug 31midterm election: #9, 3.6% of stories, Aug 20midterm election: #9, 3.3% of stories, Aug 21midterm election: #8, 7.2% of stories, Aug 22midterm election: #9, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23midterm election: #10, 5.3% of stories, Aug 24midterm election: #8, 5.1% of stories, Aug 26China: #8, 7.2% of stories, Aug 18China: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 23Chinaimmigration: #9, 6.7% of stories, Aug 22immigration: #10, 4.5% of stories, Aug 26immigration: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 28immigration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 29Senate race: #10, 4.8% of stories, Aug 18Senate race: #10, 5.6% of stories, Aug 22Senate race: #5, 8.5% of stories, Aug 25Senate racemilitary: #8, 4.0% of stories, Aug 20military: #5, 4.3% of stories, Aug 21military: #7, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28military: #9, 4.2% of stories, Aug 30tariff: #10, 3.7% of stories, Aug 19tariff: #10, 2.8% of stories, Aug 21tariff: #3, 20.3% of stories, Aug 22tariff: #5, 10.9% of stories, Aug 24tariff: #4, 9.2% of stories, Aug 25tariff: #10, 3.1% of stories, Aug 28tariff: #7, 4.5% of stories, Aug 30Canada: #5, 14.7% of stories, Aug 22Canada: #10, 3.6% of stories, Aug 23Canada: #2, 14.8% of stories, Aug 24Canada: #7, 6.2% of stories, Aug 25Canada: #9, 4.3% of stories, Aug 29Canada: #6, 6.3% of stories, Aug 30election: #2, 10.1% of stories, Aug 18election: #3, 8.3% of stories, Aug 19election: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 20election: #6, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24election: #6, 7.9% of stories, Aug 25election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Aug 26electionRepublican Party: #4, 9.1% of stories, Aug 18Republican Party: #2, 8.6% of stories, Aug 19Republican Party: #7, 8.9% of stories, Aug 22Republican Party: #7, 5.2% of stories, Aug 23Republican Party: #3, 9.4% of stories, Aug 25Republican Partylawsuit: #8, 4.6% of stories, Aug 19lawsuit: #8, 3.7% of stories, Aug 21lawsuit: #6, 11.7% of stories, Aug 22lawsuit: #8, 6.1% of stories, Aug 24lawsuit: #9, 5.0% of stories, Aug 25lawsuit: #2, 12.7% of stories, Aug 26lawsuit: #7, 6.0% of stories, Aug 27lawsuit: #5, 5.8% of stories, Aug 29lawsuit: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 3110. lawsuitCalifornia: #4, 5.9% of stories, Aug 23California: #9, 4.6% of stories, Aug 26California: #10, 4.2% of stories, Aug 27California: #8, 4.3% of stories, Aug 30California: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 319. CaliforniaDemocratic Party: #3, 9.8% of stories, Aug 18Democratic Party: #7, 5.1% of stories, Aug 19Democratic Party: #4, 4.3% of stories, Aug 20Democratic Party: #3, 7.2% of stories, Aug 23Democratic Party: #6, 6.0% of stories, Aug 26Democratic Party: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 27Democratic Party: #8, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28Democratic Party: #2, 7.0% of stories, Aug 29Democratic Party: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 31Democratic Party8. Democratic PartyTrump administration: #5, 6.2% of stories, Aug 19Trump administration: #6, 4.0% of stories, Aug 21Trump administration: #4, 15.6% of stories, Aug 22Trump administration: #7, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24Trump administration: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 27Trump administration: #2, 6.1% of stories, Aug 28Trump administration: #10, 3.7% of stories, Aug 29Trump administration: #10, 3.1% of stories, Aug 30Trump administration: #7, 4.8% of stories, Aug 317. Trump administrationartificial intelligence: #7, 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: #9, 5.8% of stories, Aug 24artificial intelligence: #7, 5.8% of stories, Aug 26artificial intelligence: #2, 13.8% of stories, Aug 27artificial intelligence: #4, 5.5% of stories, Aug 28artificial intelligence: #3, 6.8% of stories, Aug 29artificial intelligence: #6, 5.8% of stories, Aug 31artificial intelligence6. artificial intelligenceIran war: #5, 8.1% of stories, Aug 18Iran war: #6, 4.1% of stories, Aug 20Iran war: #6, 6.1% of stories, Aug 27Iran war: #3, 5.7% of stories, Aug 28Iran war: #8, 5.3% of stories, Aug 29Iran war: #3, 7.4% of stories, Aug 30Iran war: #5, 6.4% of stories, Aug 31Iran war5. Iran warIran: #6, 7.9% of stories, Aug 18Iran: #10, 3.4% of stories, Aug 20Iran: #7, 3.8% of stories, Aug 21Iran: #4, 12.0% of stories, Aug 24Iran: #2, 10.5% of stories, Aug 25Iran: #3, 9.7% of stories, Aug 27Iran: #9, 3.6% of stories, Aug 28Iran: #4, 6.0% of stories, Aug 29Iran: #5, 6.3% of stories, Aug 30Iran: #4, 7.0% of stories, Aug 31Iran4. IranUnited 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: #3, 13.2% of stories, Aug 24United States: #10, 5.0% of stories, Aug 25United States: #5, 6.1% of stories, Aug 26United States: #5, 6.7% of stories, Aug 27United States: #6, 3.8% of stories, Aug 28United States: #7, 5.5% of stories, Aug 29United States: #2, 8.1% of stories, Aug 30United States: #3, 7.0% of stories, Aug 31United States3. United Statesdeath: #9, 4.0% of stories, Aug 19death: #7, 4.0% of stories, Aug 20death: #4, 5.9% of stories, Aug 21death: #8, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23death: #8, 5.8% of stories, Aug 25death: #3, 8.1% of stories, Aug 26death: #4, 8.9% of stories, Aug 27death: #4, 7.1% of stories, Aug 30death: #2, 7.8% of stories, Aug 312. deathDonald 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 Trump: #1, 17.5% of stories, Aug 27Donald Trump: #1, 19.9% of stories, Aug 28Donald Trump: #1, 28.4% of stories, Aug 29Donald Trump: #1, 19.3% of stories, Aug 30Donald Trump: #1, 13.7% of stories, Aug 31Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 18 to Aug 31, 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

  • 5.0% vs 1.2%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 9.2% vs 1.0%
  • 6.7% vs 1.7%
  • 5.7% vs 1.0%

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.