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What France is talking about

Measured attention, not opinion polls: what people search for (Google Trends), what they read (Wikipedia page views) and what the news covers and how (GDELT, every 15 minutes). For what people think, see the opinion surveys.

Today

Searching

Google Trends FR · 15 Nov 2026
  1. star academy new 10k+
  2. ufc new 10k+
  3. elina svitolina 1k+
  4. cantine new 500+
  5. rosalie van breemen aujourd'hui new 500+
  6. pelicans – nuggets new 200+
  7. noskova new 200+
  8. italie new 200+
  9. btc new 200+
  10. paix new 200+
  11. leeloo star academy new 200+
  12. gadi eisenkot new 200+
  13. linda nosková new 200+
  14. ufc 335 new 100+
  15. kayla harrison new 100+
  16. yousri belgaroui new 100+
  17. wwe new 100+
  18. bilal hasan new 100+
  19. wta finals 2026 new 100+

Reading

Wikipedia top pages · 13 Nov 2026
  1. Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 en France fr 45.5k
  2. Liste de sondages sur l'élection présidentielle française de 2027 fr 36.7k
  3. Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang fr 35.5k
  4. Teddy Riner fr 34.1k
  5. Jensen Huang fr in 11 countries 26.9k
  6. Michel Sardou fr 24.1k
  7. Le Chat (film) fr 22.7k
  8. Antoine de Caunes fr 17.6k
  9. Championnat des nations fr 17.1k
  10. Championnat des nations 2026 fr 16.7k
  11. David Lisnard fr 15.9k
  12. Afrique du Sud-France en rugby à XV fr 14.8k
  13. Nvidia fr in 8 countries 13.8k
  14. Christine Lagarde fr 12.8k
  15. Elsa Zylberstein fr 12.6k
  16. Élisabeth de Wittelsbach fr 12.5k
  17. Sylvain Durif fr 12.4k
  18. Jean Gabin fr 12.2k
  19. Simone Signoret fr 10.6k
  20. Didier Digard fr 10.3k

In the news

GDELT · outlets in France · last 2 days
  • Education 754
  • Manmade disaster implied 691
  • General health 621
  • Medical 520
  • Leader 517
  • Msm 477
  • Affect 474
  • General government 384
  • Kill 366
  • Armedconflict 363
  • Appointment 322
  • Security services 322

People

Luc Mlenchon · Laurent Nunez · Roger Sessions · Edward Philippe · Rudolf Diesel · Zinedine Zidane · Philippe Baptist · Catholic Pope · Eurovision Asia · Magali Josse · Edouard Philippe

Organisations

United States · Service Customers · Philippe · Union European · Spacex · France Television · League John · Team Of France · Cnn · Agency France · A Center · White House

"new" = first day in the trending list; "N days" = trending on N of the last 14 days. Traffic is Google's rounded search-volume band. GDELT themes are machine-tagged from articles published by outlets in the country (in any language); people and organisations are extracted automatically and can be noisy.

Rising

New in the lists today.

  • Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang
  • Michel Sardou
  • Le Chat (film)
  • Antoine de Caunes
  • Championnat des nations
  • Afrique du Sud-France en rugby à XV
  • Elsa Zylberstein
  • Élisabeth de Wittelsbach

Evergreen

In the lists on most recent days (searches: 5+ of 14, pages: 10+ of 30).

  • Liste de sondages sur l'élection présidentielle française de 2027 25d
  • David Lisnard 25d
  • Christine Lagarde 15d
  • Lionel Messi 25d
  • Sarah Knafo 25d
  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon 20d

Topics in the news · France

Share of news by topic

% of articles from outlets in this country, per day (GDELT GKG)

Topics are keyword groups over GDELT's GKG themes; an article can be in several. Collection started in Oct 2026, so the history fills up from there.

Source: The GDELT Project updated 1 min ago

This week vs the world

% of articles, last 7 days
TopicHereAll countriesMore
Crime17.5%22.9%less here
War & conflict16.5%20.3%
Jobs11.2%12.8%Jobs & cost of living →
Energy10.0%11.0%Energy →
Protest9.7%7.7%Politics →
Elections6.5%9.5%less herePolitics →
AI3.0%2.5%
Migration2.5%3.6%less herePopulation & migration →
Cost of living2.2%2.4%Economy →
Climate1.7%1.8%Energy →
Housing1.5%2.0%less hereEconomy →
Health0.8%1.1%less herePopulation & migration →
Robotics0.3%0.1%more hereRobotics →
Trade0.1%0.2%less hereEconomy →
Self-driving0.0%0.0%Self-driving →
Source: The GDELT Project · to 14 Nov 2026

Around the world

Elections: share of the news, last 7 days

By the country of the outlet, not of the story. Tone is GDELT's average document tone (negative = more negative words). Countries with fewer than 50 (tone) or 200 (topic) articles in the week are left grey. Click a covered country to open its trends.

Source: The GDELT Project

Elections across countries

% of each country's news articles per day (GDELT GKG)
Source: The GDELT Project updated 1 min ago

Everywhere vs local

Read everywhere

Wikipedia articles in the top lists of 3+ countries on the latest day.

  1. Jensen Huang11 countries · 627.7k views
  2. Colette Kress9 countries · 199.7k views
  3. Nvidia8 countries · 213.4k views
  4. Alice Huang (executive)7 countries · 126.4k views
  5. Avril Lavigne6 countries · 109.9k views
  6. Russell Brand5 countries · 93.8k views
  7. Lisa Su4 countries · 57.9k views
  8. Deaths in 20263 countries · 97.7k views
  9. Mauricio Pochettino3 countries · 70.2k views
  10. David Walliams3 countries · 56k views
  11. Ebenezer (2026 film)3 countries · 55.5k views
  12. The Body (TV series)3 countries · 43.2k views
  13. Archive of Our Own3 countries · 39.3k views
  14. Grand Theft Auto VI3 countries · 26.8k views
  15. UEFA Nations League3 countries · 24.2k views
  16. Wild Horse Nine3 countries · 16.3k views

Only here

Top pages in France that no other tracked country has in its list.

  1. Liste de sondages sur l'élection présidentielle française de 202736.7k views
  2. Teddy Riner34.1k views
  3. Michel Sardou24.1k views
  4. Le Chat (film)22.7k views
  5. Antoine de Caunes17.6k views
  6. Championnat des nations17.1k views
  7. Championnat des nations 202616.7k views
  8. David Lisnard15.9k views
  9. Afrique du Sud-France en rugby à XV14.8k views
  10. Christine Lagarde12.8k views
  11. Elsa Zylberstein12.6k views
  12. Élisabeth de Wittelsbach12.5k views

Related

Sources: Source: Google Trends (hourly per country, every 3 h per region) · Source: Wikimedia Foundation pageviews API (daily top lists; language editions for the world view) · Source: The GDELT Project (15 min) · Source: Hacker News via the Algolia HN Search API. Not included: Reddit and YouTube (their APIs need keys), X (no open API), China's Google Trends and per-country Wikipedia lists (not published).

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