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Keywords

Friday, September 4, 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
115.8%14
28.5%10
37.7%10
47.0%7
57.0%9
65.1%8
75.1%8
85.0%7
94.8%6
104.6%7
114.6%8
124.4%8
133.9%6
143.8%5
153.7%7

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
person5.1%1.4%+3.6 pts
topic5.0%1.8%+3.1 pts
topic3.5%0.5%+3.0 pts
topic8.5%5.6%+2.9 pts
topic3.5%0.9%+2.6 pts
organization7.7%5.2%+2.5 pts
person3.3%1.1%+2.2 pts
topic3.9%2.1%+1.8 pts
organization3.8%2.2%+1.6 pts
topic4.6%3.0%+1.6 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 22 to Sep 4, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 22 to Sep 4 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 23Aug 25Aug 27Aug 29Aug 31Sep 2Sep 4military: #7, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28military: #10, 4.2% of stories, Aug 30military: #9, 4.1% of stories, Sep 1military: #10, 4.8% of stories, Sep 2China: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 23Supreme Court: #8, 7.9% of stories, Aug 24Supreme Court: #6, 7.4% of stories, Aug 25Supreme Court: #7, 5.9% of stories, Aug 26Supreme Court: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 1immigration: #9, 6.7% of stories, Aug 22immigration: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 28immigration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 29immigrationCalifornia: #4, 5.9% of stories, Aug 23California: #10, 4.6% of stories, Aug 26California: #9, 4.3% of stories, Aug 30California: #10, 3.7% of stories, Aug 31tariff: #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: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 30tariffCanada: #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: #7, 6.3% of stories, Aug 30Canadaflood: #6, 6.2% of stories, Aug 27flood: #3, 7.5% of stories, Aug 30flood: #2, 10.1% of stories, Aug 31Iran: #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: #6, 6.3% of stories, Aug 30Iran: #5, 7.0% of stories, Aug 31Iran: #4, 6.7% of stories, Sep 1Iran: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 2Democratic 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: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 27Democratic Party: #8, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28Democratic Party: #2, 7.0% of stories, Aug 29Democratic Party: #9, 4.5% of stories, Aug 31Democratic Party: #6, 5.8% of stories, Sep 1Democratic Party: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 2Democratic Party: #2, 10.4% of stories, Sep 3Democratic Partymidterm election: #8, 7.2% of stories, Aug 22midterm election: #9, 4.4% of stories, Aug 23midterm election: #9, 5.1% of stories, Aug 26midterm election: #2, 8.5% of stories, Sep 2midterm election: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 3midterm election: #10, 4.4% of stories, Sep 4midterm election10. midterm electionelection: #6, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24election: #5, 7.9% of stories, Aug 25election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Aug 26election: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 1election: #9, 4.6% of stories, Sep 49. electionRepublican Party: #7, 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 2Republican Party: #5, 8.7% of stories, Sep 3Republican Party: #8, 4.6% of stories, Sep 4Republican Party8. Republican Partylawsuit: #6, 11.7% of stories, Aug 22lawsuit: #9, 6.1% of stories, Aug 24lawsuit: #9, 5.0% of stories, Aug 25lawsuit: #2, 12.7% of stories, Aug 26lawsuit: #8, 6.0% of stories, Aug 27lawsuit: #5, 5.8% of stories, Aug 29lawsuit: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 3lawsuit: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 4lawsuit7. lawsuitdeath: #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: #5, 7.1% of stories, Aug 30death: #3, 7.8% of stories, Aug 31death: #8, 4.3% of stories, Sep 1death: #6, 8.2% of stories, Sep 3death: #6, 5.1% of stories, Sep 46. deathUnited 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: #4, 7.0% of stories, Aug 31United States: #2, 9.4% of stories, Sep 1United States: #3, 7.8% of stories, Sep 2United States: #9, 4.7% of stories, Sep 3United States: #5, 7.0% of stories, Sep 4United States5. United StatesIran war: #7, 6.1% of stories, Aug 27Iran war: #3, 5.7% of stories, Aug 28Iran war: #8, 5.3% of stories, Aug 29Iran war: #4, 7.4% of stories, Aug 30Iran war: #6, 6.4% of stories, Aug 31Iran war: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 1Iran war: #4, 6.6% of stories, Sep 2Iran war: #8, 4.8% of stories, Sep 3Iran war: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 44. Iran warTrump administration: #4, 15.6% of stories, Aug 22Trump administration: #7, 8.8% of stories, Aug 24Trump administration: #9, 5.2% of stories, Aug 27Trump administration: #2, 6.1% of stories, Aug 28Trump administration: #10, 3.7% of stories, Aug 29Trump administration: #8, 4.8% of stories, Aug 31Trump administration: #3, 7.4% of stories, Sep 1Trump administration: #8, 5.4% of stories, Sep 2Trump administration: #7, 5.9% of stories, Sep 3Trump administration: #3, 7.7% of stories, Sep 4Trump administration3. Trump administrationartificial intelligence: #1, 15.0% of stories, Aug 23artificial intelligence: #10, 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: #7, 5.8% of stories, Aug 31artificial intelligence: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 2artificial intelligence: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 3artificial intelligence: #2, 8.5% of stories, Sep 42. artificial intelligenceDonald 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 Trump: #1, 15.5% of stories, Sep 3Donald Trump: #1, 15.8% of stories, Sep 4Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 22 to Sep 4, 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

  • 11.5% vs 1.5%
  • 12.3% vs 3.9%
  • 8.2% vs 2.3%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

No keyword stood out.

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.