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Keywords

Saturday, September 12, 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
116.1%12
27.1%10
36.2%8
44.7%7
54.7%5
64.4%6
74.3%7
84.3%3
94.3%4
104.1%9
113.9%4
123.6%4
133.5%7
143.4%5
153.2%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
topic6.2%1.4%+4.8 pts
place4.1%0.1%+4.1 pts
place4.7%1.4%+3.3 pts
organization4.7%1.5%+3.3 pts
place4.3%1.0%+3.3 pts
topic4.3%1.4%+2.9 pts
place3.1%0.6%+2.5 pts
place4.3%2.0%+2.3 pts
organization3.9%1.8%+2.1 pts
topic3.4%2.0%+1.4 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Aug 30 to Sep 12, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Aug 30 to Sep 12 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 31Sep 2Sep 4Sep 6Sep 8Sep 10Sep 12China: #6, 5.4% of stories, Sep 7Supreme Court: #9, 3.4% of stories, Aug 31Supreme Court: #5, 6.1% of stories, Sep 1Supreme Court: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 5Supreme Court: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6military: #6, 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 6military9/11 attacks: #7, 5.0% of stories, Sep 89/11 attacks: #3, 11.3% of stories, Sep 11Trump administration: #7, 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: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 5Trump administration: #4, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8Trump administration: #8, 4.7% of stories, Sep 11Trump administrationIran war: #3, 7.4% of stories, Aug 30Iran war: #5, 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 4Iran war: #6, 4.8% of stories, Sep 5Iran war: #10, 4.5% of stories, Sep 6Iran war: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 7Iran war: #7, 4.2% of stories, Sep 9Iran war: #9, 4.3% of stories, Sep 10Iran war: #10, 2.7% of stories, Sep 11Iran wardeath: #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 9death: #8, 4.3% of stories, Sep 10deathSeptember 11 attacks: #5, 5.7% of stories, Sep 10September 11 attacks: #2, 14.8% of stories, Sep 11election: #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: #6, 5.2% of stories, Sep 8election: #5, 8.2% of stories, Sep 9election: #7, 4.4% of stories, Sep 10midterm election: #9, 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: #9, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6midterm election: #8, 5.0% of stories, Sep 7midterm election: #5, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8midterm election: #3, 10.8% of stories, Sep 9midterm election: #3, 11.0% of stories, Sep 10midterm election: #6, 8.0% of stories, Sep 11midterm election: #10, 3.0% of stories, Sep 12midterm election10. midterm electionDemocratic Party: #8, 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: #7, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5Democratic Party: #7, 6.2% of stories, Sep 6Democratic Party: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 8Democratic Party: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 10Democratic Party: #9, 3.1% of stories, Sep 12Democratic Party9. Democratic PartyRepublican 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 9Republican Party: #2, 15.2% of stories, Sep 10Republican Party: #5, 8.6% of stories, Sep 11Republican Party: #8, 3.2% of stories, Sep 128. Republican Partypolitics: #8, 3.9% of stories, Sep 9politics: #7, 3.4% of stories, Sep 127. politicsUnited 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 States: #6, 4.5% of stories, Sep 10United States: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 11United States: #6, 3.5% of stories, Sep 12United States6. United Stateslawsuit: #10, 3.3% of stories, Aug 31lawsuit: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 3lawsuit: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 4lawsuit: #8, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5lawsuit: #6, 6.4% of stories, Sep 6lawsuit: #9, 3.8% of stories, Sep 9lawsuit: #5, 3.6% of stories, Sep 125. lawsuitIran: #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: #5, 4.9% of stories, Sep 5Iran: #4, 5.7% of stories, Sep 7Iran: #9, 2.8% of stories, Sep 11Iran: #4, 4.4% of stories, Sep 12Iran4. IranIsrael: #3, 4.7% of stories, Sep 123. Israelartificial intelligence: #10, 2.4% of stories, Aug 30artificial 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 intelligence: #4, 10.7% of stories, Sep 10artificial intelligence: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 11artificial intelligence: #2, 7.1% of stories, Sep 12artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald 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 Trump: #1, 18.0% of stories, Sep 10Donald Trump: #1, 17.2% of stories, Sep 11Donald Trump: #1, 16.1% of stories, Sep 12Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Aug 30 to Sep 12, 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

  • 15.8% vs 1.3%
  • 13.9% vs 0.9%
  • 10.3% vs 0.0%
  • 10.4% vs 0.9%
  • 9.4% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 6.3% vs 0.0%
  • 7.8% vs 1.6%
  • 5.2% vs 0.0%
  • 6.2% vs 1.2%

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.