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Keywords

Wednesday, September 9, 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
115.3%23
211.1%21
310.8%20
49.7%20
58.2%15
67.0%18
74.5%16
84.2%14
94.0%16
103.9%8
113.8%12
123.8%13
133.6%9
143.6%12
153.5%11

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
organization11.1%5.6%+5.5 pts
topic10.8%6.7%+4.2 pts
topic4.5%0.4%+4.1 pts
organization4.0%0.5%+3.5 pts
topic3.2%0.5%+2.7 pts
topic3.9%1.3%+2.6 pts
topic8.2%5.7%+2.4 pts
topic9.7%7.6%+2.1 pts
topic3.6%1.9%+1.7 pts
topic3.8%3.6%+0.2 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 27 to Sep 9, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 27 to Sep 9 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 28Aug 30Sep 1Sep 3Sep 5Sep 7Sep 9China: #6, 5.4% of stories, Sep 7oil: #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 6Supreme Court: #9, 3.4% of stories, Aug 31Supreme Court: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 1Supreme Court: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6immigration: #5, 4.2% of stories, Aug 28immigration: #6, 5.7% of stories, Aug 29Canada: #10, 4.1% of stories, Aug 27Canada: #10, 4.3% of stories, Aug 29Canada: #6, 6.3% of stories, Aug 30Canada: #4, 8.0% of stories, Sep 8Canadamilitary: #8, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28military: #7, 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 6Iran: #3, 9.7% of stories, Aug 27Iran: #10, 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 2Iran: #6, 4.9% of stories, Sep 5Iran: #4, 5.7% of stories, Sep 7IranTrump administration: #8, 5.2% of stories, Aug 27Trump administration: #2, 6.1% of stories, Aug 28Trump administration: #8, 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 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 administration: #5, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8Trump administrationDemocratic Party: #9, 4.7% of stories, Aug 27Democratic Party: #9, 3.7% of stories, Aug 28Democratic Party: #2, 7.0% of stories, Aug 29Democratic Party: #9, 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 Party: #2, 10.4% of stories, Sep 3Democratic Party: #8, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5Democratic Party: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 6Democratic Party: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 8Democratic Partydeath: #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 1death: #6, 8.2% of stories, Sep 3death: #6, 5.1% of stories, Sep 4death: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 7death: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 8death: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 9death10. deathlawsuit: #7, 6.0% of stories, Aug 27lawsuit: #5, 5.8% of stories, Aug 29lawsuit: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 31lawsuit: #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 6lawsuit: #9, 3.8% of stories, Sep 9lawsuit9. lawsuitpolitics: #8, 3.9% of stories, Sep 98. politicsIran 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 war: #8, 4.8% of stories, Sep 3Iran war: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 4Iran war: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 5Iran war: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 7Iran war: #7, 4.2% of stories, Sep 9Iran war7. Iran warUnited 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: #3, 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 States: #1, 13.1% of stories, Sep 7United States: #2, 10.4% of stories, Sep 8United States: #6, 7.0% of stories, Sep 9United States6. United Stateselection: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 1election: #9, 4.6% of stories, Sep 4election: #2, 12.1% of stories, Sep 6election: #3, 7.7% of stories, Sep 7election: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 8election: #5, 8.2% of stories, Sep 95. electionartificial 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 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 intelligence: #5, 5.5% of stories, Sep 7artificial intelligence: #3, 9.6% of stories, Sep 8artificial intelligence: #4, 9.7% of stories, Sep 9artificial intelligence4. artificial intelligencemidterm election: #10, 2.7% of stories, Aug 30midterm 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 6midterm election: #8, 5.0% of stories, Sep 7midterm election: #6, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8midterm election: #3, 10.8% of stories, Sep 93. midterm electionRepublican 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 5Republican Party: #10, 3.9% of stories, Sep 7Republican Party: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 8Republican Party: #2, 11.1% of stories, Sep 92. Republican PartyDonald 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 Trump: #2, 12.6% of stories, Sep 7Donald Trump: #1, 15.4% of stories, Sep 8Donald Trump: #1, 15.3% of stories, Sep 9Donald Trump1. Donald Trump

Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 27 to Sep 9, 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

  • 13.7% vs 0.9%
  • 7.0% vs 1.7%

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.