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Keywords

Monday, October 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
121.7%21
28.2%20
37.6%15
46.4%12
56.0%16
65.6%15
75.3%16
85.3%15
94.0%11
103.1%2
113.1%11
123.0%10
132.9%9
142.9%11
152.7%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
person21.7%15.5%+6.2 pts
person5.3%<0.1%+5.3 pts
person3.1%0.2%+3.0 pts
place5.3%2.4%+2.9 pts
topic8.2%5.4%+2.8 pts
organization7.6%5.5%+2.1 pts
topic3.1%1.3%+1.8 pts
place6.0%4.2%+1.7 pts
organization5.6%4.1%+1.5 pts
topic6.4%5.5%+1.0 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Sep 29 to Oct 12, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 29 to Oct 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.

Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4Oct 6Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Senate race: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 3Senate race: #6, 3.4% of stories, Oct 8Senate race: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 11lawsuit: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 29lawsuit: #6, 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 7lawsuitIran: #9, 3.7% of stories, Sep 29Iran: #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 8Iran: #10, 2.1% of stories, Oct 11Iranexecution: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 1execution: #10, 4.3% of stories, Oct 2execution: #5, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9execution: #5, 4.5% of stories, Oct 10Trump 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 6Trump administrationsexual assault: #6, 6.5% of stories, Sep 29sexual assault: #9, 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 6sexual assaultCornell University: #3, 9.4% of stories, Sep 29Cornell University: #8, 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 4Cornell University: #10, 2.8% of stories, Oct 9Cornell University: #10, 2.8% of stories, Oct 10Cornell UniversitySupreme Court: #7, 6.0% of stories, Sep 29Supreme Court: #9, 4.8% of stories, Sep 30Supreme Court: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Supreme Court: #2, 8.3% of stories, Oct 5Supreme CourtIsrael: #4, 9.4% of stories, Sep 30Israel: #10, 3.9% of stories, Oct 1Israel: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 7Israel: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Israel: #9, 3.2% of stories, Oct 9election: #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 7election: #8, 2.8% of stories, Oct 11Iran war: #5, 7.6% of stories, Sep 30Iran war: #8, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran war: #7, 3.3% of stories, Oct 8Iran war: #10, 2.9% of stories, Oct 1210. Iran wardeath: #7, 5.6% of stories, Oct 5death: #7, 4.4% of stories, Oct 6death: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 10death: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 129. deatheconomy: #8, 3.1% of stories, Oct 128. economyUnited 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 States: #4, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9United States: #6, 3.8% of stories, Oct 10United States: #3, 5.6% of stories, Oct 11United States: #7, 4.0% of stories, Oct 12United States7. United StatesDemocratic Party: #10, 4.2% of stories, Sep 30Democratic Party: #7, 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: #8, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Democratic Party: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 9Democratic Party: #8, 3.1% of stories, Oct 10Democratic Party: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 11Democratic Party: #6, 5.6% of stories, Oct 126. Democratic PartyRussia: #9, 4.7% of stories, Oct 5Russia: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 9Russia: #4, 4.9% of stories, Oct 10Russia: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 11Russia: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 125. Russiaartificial intelligence: #2, 14.5% of stories, Sep 29artificial intelligence: #8, 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: #10, 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 intelligence: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 9artificial intelligence: #2, 6.1% of stories, Oct 10artificial intelligence: #9, 2.6% of stories, Oct 11artificial intelligence: #4, 6.4% of stories, Oct 12artificial intelligence4. artificial intelligenceRepublican Party: #2, 13.9% of stories, Sep 30Republican Party: #5, 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 Party: #10, 2.9% of stories, Oct 8Republican Party: #6, 5.5% of stories, Oct 9Republican Party: #3, 5.0% of stories, Oct 10Republican Party: #5, 4.2% of stories, Oct 11Republican Party: #3, 7.6% of stories, Oct 123. Republican Partymidterm election: #8, 3.9% of stories, Sep 29midterm 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 election: #3, 5.9% of stories, Oct 9midterm election: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 10midterm election: #4, 4.5% of stories, Oct 11midterm election: #2, 8.2% of stories, Oct 12midterm election2. midterm electionDonald 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 Trump: #1, 14.7% of stories, Oct 9Donald Trump: #1, 15.8% of stories, Oct 10Donald Trump: #1, 16.6% of stories, Oct 11Donald Trump: #1, 21.7% of stories, Oct 12Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 29 to Oct 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

  • 6.8% vs 0.0%
  • 8.5% 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.