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Keywords

Thursday, October 8, 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
114.4%21
26.3%18
35.3%16
45.1%17
54.6%17
64.3%15
73.4%12
83.4%12
93.3%13
103.2%12
113.0%11
123.0%11
132.9%11
142.9%13
152.8%10

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
topic4.3%2.1%+2.2 pts
organization3.2%1.2%+2.1 pts
place5.1%3.6%+1.5 pts
place4.6%3.4%+1.2 pts
topic3.4%2.3%+1.0 pts
topic3.4%2.4%+1.0 pts
topic3.3%2.5%+0.7 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Sep 25 to Oct 8, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 25 to Oct 8 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.

Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4Oct 6Oct 8death: #7, 5.6% of stories, Oct 5death: #7, 4.4% of stories, Oct 6lawsuit: #5, 5.5% of stories, Oct 1lawsuit: #7, 5.4% of stories, Oct 2lawsuit: #8, 4.8% of stories, Oct 5lawsuit: #8, 4.3% of stories, Oct 6lawsuit: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 7China: #5, 7.4% of stories, Sep 25China: #4, 6.8% of stories, Sep 26China: #10, 3.0% of stories, Sep 27China: #9, 6.0% of stories, Sep 29ChinaTrump administration: #5, 5.0% of stories, Sep 26Trump administration: #6, 4.0% of stories, Sep 28Trump administration: #4, 7.0% of stories, Sep 29Trump administration: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 30Trump administration: #9, 4.3% of stories, Oct 2Trump administration: #9, 4.2% of stories, Oct 6sexual assault: #6, 6.5% of stories, Sep 29sexual assault: #8, 4.4% of stories, Oct 1sexual assault: #3, 6.8% of stories, Oct 2sexual assault: #6, 4.0% of stories, Oct 3sexual assault: #7, 4.9% of stories, Oct 4sexual assault: #10, 4.2% of stories, Oct 5sexual assault: #10, 4.2% of stories, Oct 6Cornell University: #3, 9.4% of stories, Sep 29Cornell University: #7, 4.5% of stories, Oct 1Cornell University: #4, 6.7% of stories, Oct 2Cornell University: #5, 4.2% of stories, Oct 3Cornell University: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 4Supreme Court: #8, 4.3% of stories, Sep 25Supreme Court: #8, 6.0% of stories, Sep 29Supreme Court: #10, 4.8% of stories, Sep 30Supreme Court: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Supreme Court: #2, 8.3% of stories, Oct 5Supreme Courtelection: #8, 3.5% of stories, Sep 27election: #3, 6.8% of stories, Sep 28election: #8, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3election: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4election: #6, 5.8% of stories, Oct 5election: #2, 5.9% of stories, Oct 6election: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 7Israel: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 25Israel: #4, 9.4% of stories, Sep 30Israel: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 1Israel: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 7IsraelRepublican Party: #2, 10.1% of stories, Sep 25Republican Party: #8, 4.0% of stories, Sep 26Republican Party: #9, 3.2% of stories, Sep 27Republican Party: #9, 2.7% of stories, Sep 28Republican Party: #2, 13.9% of stories, Sep 30Republican Party: #4, 5.6% of stories, Oct 1Republican Party: #5, 6.2% of stories, Oct 2Republican Party: #2, 12.7% of stories, Oct 3Republican Party: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4Republican Party: #4, 6.7% of stories, Oct 5Republican Party: #5, 5.6% of stories, Oct 6Republican Party: #3, 8.9% of stories, Oct 7Republican PartyDemocratic Party: #7, 5.0% of stories, Sep 25Democratic Party: #5, 6.4% of stories, Sep 27Democratic Party: #8, 2.9% of stories, Sep 28Democratic Party: #6, 5.3% of stories, Oct 1Democratic Party: #6, 4.9% of stories, Oct 4Democratic Party: #5, 6.3% of stories, Oct 5Democratic Party: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 6Democratic Party: #10, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Democratic Party10. Democratic PartyIran war: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 25Iran war: #9, 3.6% of stories, Sep 26Iran war: #3, 8.0% of stories, Sep 27Iran war: #5, 4.5% of stories, Sep 28Iran war: #5, 7.6% of stories, Sep 30Iran war: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran war: #9, 3.3% of stories, Oct 8Iran war9. Iran warmilitary: #6, 4.8% of stories, Sep 26military: #7, 6.1% of stories, Sep 29military: #8, 5.8% of stories, Sep 30military: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 88. militarySenate race: #10, 4.1% of stories, Oct 2Senate race: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 3Senate race: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 87. Senate raceimmigration: #7, 3.9% of stories, Sep 28immigration: #10, 5.8% of stories, Sep 29immigration: #10, 3.7% of stories, Oct 1immigration: #6, 4.3% of stories, Oct 86. immigrationIran: #10, 3.5% of stories, Sep 26Iran: #6, 5.8% of stories, Sep 27Iran: #10, 2.5% of stories, Sep 28Iran: #7, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3Iran: #10, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Iran: #7, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran: #5, 4.6% of stories, Oct 85. IranUnited States: #6, 5.2% of stories, Sep 25United States: #2, 9.2% of stories, Sep 26United States: #2, 8.8% of stories, Sep 27United States: #4, 5.3% of stories, Sep 28United States: #5, 6.8% of stories, Sep 29United States: #3, 10.0% of stories, Sep 30United States: #6, 5.8% of stories, Oct 2United States: #9, 3.5% of stories, Oct 3United States: #9, 4.2% of stories, Oct 7United States: #4, 5.1% of stories, Oct 8United States4. United Statesmidterm election: #4, 8.2% of stories, Sep 25midterm election: #7, 4.4% of stories, Sep 26midterm election: #7, 4.8% of stories, Sep 27midterm election: #7, 6.3% of stories, Sep 30midterm election: #2, 8.8% of stories, Oct 1midterm election: #8, 4.5% of stories, Oct 2midterm election: #3, 11.3% of stories, Oct 3midterm election: #3, 9.3% of stories, Oct 4midterm election: #3, 7.4% of stories, Oct 5midterm election: #3, 5.8% of stories, Oct 6midterm election: #6, 5.0% of stories, Oct 7midterm election: #3, 5.3% of stories, Oct 8midterm election3. midterm electionartificial intelligence: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 25artificial intelligence: #3, 8.2% of stories, Sep 26artificial intelligence: #4, 6.6% of stories, Sep 27artificial intelligence: #2, 12.7% of stories, Sep 28artificial intelligence: #2, 14.5% of stories, Sep 29artificial intelligence: #9, 5.1% of stories, Sep 30artificial intelligence: #3, 8.3% of stories, Oct 1artificial intelligence: #2, 8.4% of stories, Oct 2artificial intelligence: #4, 9.2% of stories, Oct 3artificial intelligence: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 4artificial intelligence: #9, 4.3% of stories, Oct 5artificial intelligence: #6, 5.1% of stories, Oct 6artificial intelligence: #5, 5.7% of stories, Oct 7artificial intelligence: #2, 6.3% of stories, Oct 8artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald Trump: #1, 22.3% of stories, Sep 25Donald Trump: #1, 27.0% of stories, Sep 26Donald Trump: #1, 17.5% of stories, Sep 27Donald Trump: #1, 21.1% of stories, Sep 28Donald Trump: #1, 27.2% of stories, Sep 29Donald Trump: #1, 14.3% of stories, Sep 30Donald Trump: #1, 20.8% of stories, Oct 1Donald Trump: #1, 12.4% of stories, Oct 2Donald Trump: #1, 15.0% of stories, Oct 3Donald Trump: #1, 15.2% of stories, Oct 4Donald Trump: #1, 11.9% of stories, Oct 5Donald Trump: #1, 18.5% of stories, Oct 6Donald Trump: #1, 16.9% of stories, Oct 7Donald Trump: #1, 14.4% of stories, Oct 8Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 25 to Oct 8, 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

  • 7.5% vs 1.9%
  • 5.0% vs 0.0%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 6.1% vs 1.5%
  • 5.2% vs 1.3%

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.