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Keywords

Friday, October 16, 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
115.5%26
28.5%17
36.3%15
46.0%13
56.0%14
65.4%16
74.9%13
84.5%10
94.0%11
103.9%12
113.6%12
123.6%13
133.5%11
142.7%10
152.7%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
topic6.0%0.2%+5.8 pts
place4.5%0.4%+4.1 pts
person5.4%1.5%+4.0 pts
organization6.0%2.2%+3.8 pts
topic8.5%5.3%+3.1 pts
topic3.6%1.2%+2.4 pts
person3.5%2.1%+1.4 pts
organization4.0%3.7%+0.3 pts
topic6.3%6.0%+0.3 pts
place4.9%4.8%+0.1 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Oct 3 to Oct 16, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Oct 3 to Oct 16 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.

Oct 4Oct 6Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Senate race: #8, 3.1% of stories, Oct 3Senate race: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 8Senate race: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 11Senate raceCalifornia: #7, 4.5% of stories, Oct 6California: #10, 3.1% of stories, Oct 7California: #9, 3.9% of stories, Oct 14California: #8, 3.4% of stories, Oct 15lawsuit: #8, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4lawsuit: #7, 4.8% of stories, Oct 5lawsuit: #9, 4.3% of stories, Oct 6lawsuit: #9, 3.1% of stories, Oct 7lawsuit: #9, 3.3% of stories, Oct 13immigration: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 3immigration: #10, 3.6% of stories, Oct 6immigration: #6, 4.3% of stories, Oct 8immigrationdeath: #6, 5.6% of stories, Oct 5death: #8, 4.4% of stories, Oct 6death: #10, 3.0% of stories, Oct 10death: #10, 3.0% of stories, Oct 12death: #8, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13execution: #10, 2.9% of stories, Oct 3execution: #6, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9execution: #5, 4.5% of stories, Oct 10executionIran: #5, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3Iran: #7, 3.9% of stories, Oct 4Iran: #7, 4.6% of stories, Oct 7Iran: #5, 4.6% of stories, Oct 8Iran: #10, 3.2% of stories, Oct 13IranImmigration and Customs Enforcement: #8, 3.2% of stories, Oct 8Immigration and Customs Enforcement: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 9Israel: #2, 10.6% of stories, Oct 7Israel: #10, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Israel: #10, 3.2% of stories, Oct 9Ilhan Omar: #7, 5.3% of stories, Oct 12Ilhan Omar: #4, 5.5% of stories, Oct 13Ilhan Omar: #2, 8.6% of stories, Oct 14Ukraine: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 10Ukraine: #2, 8.2% of stories, Oct 11Ukraine: #8, 5.3% of stories, Oct 12Ukraine: #10, 3.2% of stories, Oct 14Ukraine: #5, 4.8% of stories, Oct 15Ukraine: #10, 2.7% of stories, Oct 1610. Ukraineelection: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 3election: #4, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4election: #5, 5.8% of stories, Oct 5election: #2, 5.9% of stories, Oct 6election: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 7election: #9, 2.8% of stories, Oct 11election: #6, 4.8% of stories, Oct 14election: #10, 2.8% of stories, Oct 15election: #9, 2.7% of stories, Oct 16election9. electionElon Musk: #3, 5.6% of stories, Oct 13Elon Musk: #8, 3.5% of stories, Oct 168. Elon MuskRussia: #9, 3.6% of stories, Oct 4Russia: #8, 4.7% of stories, Oct 5Russia: #9, 3.4% of stories, Oct 9Russia: #4, 4.9% of stories, Oct 10Russia: #3, 8.0% of stories, Oct 11Russia: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 12Russia: #7, 3.4% of stories, Oct 15Russia: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 167. RussiaRepublican Party: #2, 12.7% of stories, Oct 3Republican Party: #5, 6.0% of stories, Oct 4Republican Party: #3, 6.7% of stories, Oct 5Republican Party: #5, 5.6% of stories, Oct 6Republican Party: #3, 8.9% of stories, Oct 7Republican Party: #7, 5.5% of stories, Oct 9Republican Party: #3, 5.0% of stories, Oct 10Republican Party: #6, 4.2% of stories, Oct 11Republican Party: #3, 7.6% of stories, Oct 12Republican Party: #5, 5.2% of stories, Oct 13Republican Party: #7, 4.5% of stories, Oct 14Republican Party: #2, 6.0% of stories, Oct 15Republican Party: #6, 3.9% of stories, Oct 16Republican Party6. Republican PartyDemocratic Party: #6, 4.9% of stories, Oct 4Democratic Party: #4, 6.3% of stories, Oct 5Democratic Party: #4, 5.8% of stories, Oct 6Democratic Party: #9, 3.0% of stories, Oct 8Democratic Party: #8, 3.6% of stories, Oct 9Democratic Party: #9, 3.1% of stories, Oct 10Democratic Party: #7, 3.9% of stories, Oct 11Democratic Party: #6, 5.6% of stories, Oct 12Democratic Party: #8, 4.3% of stories, Oct 14Democratic Party: #9, 2.8% of stories, Oct 15Democratic Party: #5, 4.0% of stories, Oct 165. Democratic PartyUnited States: #7, 3.5% of stories, Oct 3United States: #10, 3.3% of stories, Oct 4United States: #10, 3.7% of stories, Oct 5United States: #8, 4.2% of stories, Oct 7United States: #4, 5.1% of stories, Oct 8United States: #5, 5.7% of stories, Oct 9United States: #7, 3.8% of stories, Oct 10United States: #4, 5.6% of stories, Oct 11United States: #9, 4.0% of stories, Oct 12United States: #6, 4.3% of stories, Oct 13United States: #3, 6.6% of stories, Oct 14United States: #6, 3.5% of stories, Oct 15United States: #4, 4.9% of stories, Oct 16United States4. United Statesmidterm election: #3, 11.3% of stories, Oct 3midterm election: #3, 9.3% of stories, Oct 4midterm election: #2, 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: #8, 3.6% of stories, Oct 10midterm election: #5, 4.5% of stories, Oct 11midterm election: #2, 8.2% of stories, Oct 12midterm election: #2, 8.6% of stories, Oct 13midterm election: #5, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14midterm election: #3, 5.8% of stories, Oct 15midterm election: #3, 6.3% of stories, Oct 16midterm election3. midterm electionartificial 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 intelligence: #2, 8.0% of stories, Oct 9artificial intelligence: #2, 6.1% of stories, Oct 10artificial intelligence: #10, 2.6% of stories, Oct 11artificial intelligence: #4, 6.4% of stories, Oct 12artificial intelligence: #7, 3.6% of stories, Oct 13artificial intelligence: #4, 5.3% of stories, Oct 14artificial intelligence: #4, 5.3% of stories, Oct 15artificial intelligence: #2, 8.5% of stories, Oct 16artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald 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 Trump: #1, 21.8% of stories, Oct 13Donald Trump: #1, 15.7% of stories, Oct 14Donald Trump: #1, 16.4% of stories, Oct 15Donald Trump: #1, 15.5% of stories, Oct 16Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Oct 3 to Oct 16, 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

  • 12.4% vs 3.9%

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.