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Keywords

Sunday, September 6, 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
113.2%11
212.1%11
38.6%8
48.2%10
57.1%8
66.9%9
76.8%10
86.4%5
96.2%10
106.1%5
116.0%9
125.8%8
135.4%7
145.0%7
154.9%5

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
topic12.1%3.4%+8.7 pts
organization6.8%0.3%+6.5 pts
place6.9%0.8%+6.1 pts
topic6.0%0.1%+5.9 pts
topic8.6%3.3%+5.3 pts
place5.4%0.1%+5.3 pts
organization5.8%0.5%+5.3 pts
place5.0%1.2%+3.9 pts
person4.3%0.7%+3.6 pts
person4.2%0.8%+3.5 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 24 to Sep 6, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 24 to Sep 6 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 25Aug 27Aug 29Aug 31Sep 2Sep 4Sep 6Venezuela: #10, 5.2% of stories, Aug 29immigration: #10, 4.5% of stories, Aug 26immigration: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 28immigration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 29tariff: #5, 10.9% of stories, Aug 24tariff: #4, 9.2% of stories, Aug 25tariff: #8, 4.5% of stories, Aug 30tariffIran 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: #4, 6.6% of stories, Sep 2Iran war: #8, 4.8% of stories, Sep 3Iran war: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 4Iran war: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 5death: #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 4Republican 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 Party: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 5Canada: #2, 14.8% of stories, Aug 24Canada: #7, 6.2% of stories, Aug 25Canada: #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 31Trump 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, 3.1% of stories, Aug 30Trump 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 administration: #10, 4.2% of stories, Sep 5Trump administrationIran: #4, 12.0% of stories, Aug 24Iran: #2, 10.5% of stories, Aug 25Iran: #3, 9.7% of stories, Aug 27Iran: #10, 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 2Iran: #6, 4.9% of stories, Sep 5Iranmidterm 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 election: #2, 9.3% of stories, Sep 5midterm election: #10, 4.9% of stories, Sep 610. midterm electionSupreme 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: #10, 3.4% of stories, Aug 31Supreme Court: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 1Supreme Court: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6Supreme Court9. Supreme Courtoil: #6, 3.8% of stories, Aug 28oil: #9, 5.2% of stories, Aug 29oil: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 1oil: #5, 5.5% of stories, Sep 5oil: #8, 6.1% of stories, Sep 68. oilDemocratic Party: #6, 6.0% of stories, Aug 26Democratic Party: #10, 4.7% of stories, Aug 27Democratic Party: #9, 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 Party: #8, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5Democratic Party: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 67. Democratic Partylawsuit: #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 4lawsuit: #9, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5lawsuit: #6, 6.4% of stories, Sep 6lawsuit6. lawsuitartificial 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 4artificial intelligence: #4, 7.6% of stories, Sep 5artificial intelligence: #5, 7.1% of stories, Sep 6artificial intelligence5. artificial intelligenceUnited 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: #7, 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 States: #4, 8.2% of stories, Sep 6United States4. United Statesmilitary: #8, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28military: #9, 4.2% of stories, Aug 30military: #9, 4.1% of stories, Sep 1military: #10, 4.8% of stories, Sep 2military: #3, 8.6% of stories, Sep 63. militaryelection: #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 4election: #2, 12.1% of stories, Sep 6election2. electionDonald 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 Trump: #1, 24.6% of stories, Sep 5Donald Trump: #1, 13.2% of stories, Sep 6Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 24 to Sep 6, 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

  • 19.5% vs 4.8%
  • 12.1% vs 1.9%
  • 12.1% vs 1.9%
  • 8.6% vs 0.0%
  • 6.4% vs 0.4%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 14.9% vs 0.6%
  • 18.0% vs 5.2%
  • 9.5% vs 0.0%
  • 10.1% vs 1.8%
  • 9.5% vs 1.6%

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.