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Keywords

Wednesday, September 2, 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
121.2%12
28.5%8
37.8%7
46.6%9
56.5%7
66.3%9
76.2%7
85.4%7
94.9%8
104.8%9
114.2%8
123.7%7
133.7%5
143.7%6
153.6%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
topic8.5%2.5%+6.0 pts
organization6.5%2.2%+4.2 pts
person21.2%18.1%+3.1 pts
topic3.7%1.2%+2.5 pts
place3.6%1.3%+2.3 pts
topic4.8%2.5%+2.3 pts
place3.1%1.2%+1.9 pts
organization3.0%1.5%+1.6 pts
topic6.6%5.1%+1.5 pts
topic3.1%1.8%+1.3 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 20 to Sep 2, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 20 to Sep 2 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 21Aug 23Aug 25Aug 27Aug 29Aug 31Sep 2murder: #10, 2.9% of stories, Aug 23murder: #10, 3.7% of stories, Sep 1China: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 23China: #10, 3.5% of stories, Aug 29Senate race: #9, 5.6% of stories, Aug 22Senate race: #5, 8.5% of stories, Aug 25immigration: #8, 6.7% of stories, Aug 22immigration: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 28immigration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 29Supreme Court: #5, 5.7% of stories, Aug 21Supreme Court: #7, 7.9% of stories, Aug 24Supreme Court: #7, 7.4% of stories, Aug 25Supreme Court: #7, 5.9% of stories, Aug 26Supreme Court: #10, 3.4% of stories, Aug 31Supreme Court: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 1California: #4, 5.9% of stories, Aug 23California: #10, 4.6% of stories, Aug 26California: #10, 4.2% of stories, Aug 27California: #7, 4.3% of stories, Aug 30California: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 31election: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 20election: #5, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24election: #6, 7.9% of stories, Aug 25election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Aug 26election: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 1electiontariff: #3, 20.3% of stories, Aug 22tariff: #4, 10.9% of stories, Aug 24tariff: #4, 9.2% of stories, Aug 25tariff: #10, 3.1% of stories, Aug 28tariff: #6, 4.5% of stories, Aug 30lawsuit: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 21lawsuit: #5, 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 29death: #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 31death: #8, 4.3% of stories, Sep 1deathmilitary: #8, 4.0% of stories, Aug 20military: #6, 4.3% of stories, Aug 21military: #7, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28military: #8, 4.2% of stories, Aug 30military: #9, 4.1% of stories, Sep 1military: #10, 4.8% of stories, Sep 2military10. militaryDemocratic Party: #4, 4.3% of stories, Aug 20Democratic Party: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 22Democratic 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: #10, 2.7% of stories, Aug 30Democratic Party: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 31Democratic Party: #6, 5.8% of stories, Sep 1Democratic Party: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 2Democratic Party9. Democratic PartyTrump 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: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 27Trump administration: #2, 6.1% of stories, Aug 28Trump administration: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 29Trump administration: #9, 3.1% of stories, Aug 30Trump administration: #7, 4.8% of stories, Aug 31Trump administration: #3, 7.4% of stories, Sep 1Trump administration: #8, 5.4% of stories, Sep 28. Trump administrationartificial 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: #8, 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 intelligence: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 2artificial intelligence7. artificial intelligenceIran: #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 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 31Iran: #4, 6.7% of stories, Sep 1Iran: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 2Iran6. IranRepublican Party: #6, 8.9% of stories, Aug 22Republican Party: #7, 5.2% of stories, Aug 23Republican Party: #3, 9.4% of stories, Aug 25Republican Party: #5, 6.5% of stories, Sep 25. Republican PartyIran 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 war: #4, 6.6% of stories, Sep 2Iran war4. Iran warUnited 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: #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 States: #2, 9.4% of stories, Sep 1United States: #3, 7.8% of stories, Sep 2United States3. United Statesmidterm election: #9, 3.6% of stories, Aug 20midterm election: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 21midterm election: #7, 7.2% of stories, Aug 22midterm election: #9, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23midterm election: #10, 5.3% of stories, Aug 24midterm election: #9, 5.1% of stories, Aug 26midterm election: #2, 8.5% of stories, Sep 2midterm election2. midterm electionDonald 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 Trump: #1, 11.5% of stories, Sep 1Donald Trump: #1, 21.2% of stories, Sep 2Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 20 to Sep 2, 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

  • 13.8% vs 2.3%
  • 6.2% vs 1.1%
  • 7.2% vs 2.3%
  • 5.1% vs 0.3%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 5.8% vs 1.8%

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.