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What United States 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 US · 15 Nov 2026
  1. purdue vs iowa new 10k+
  2. indiana football schedule new 5k+
  3. south carolina vs arkansas new 5k+
  4. husker volleyball schedule new 5k+
  5. charlie becker new 2k+
  6. xrp price new 2k+
  7. stanford vs virginia tech new 2k+
  8. querétaro vs monterrey new 2k+
  9. boa grand nationals 2026 new 1k+
  10. unlv vs new mexico new 1k+
  11. richard sterban new 1k+
  12. ucf new 500+
  13. jeffery simmons chicago bears trade new 500+
  14. gold new 500+
  15. amy acker new 500+
  16. jesse palmer new 500+
  17. joe jonas new 200+
  18. gonzaga new 200+
  19. wku football new 200+
  20. uf new 200+

Reading

Wikipedia top pages · 13 Nov 2026
  1. Jensen Huang en in 11 countries 304.3k
  2. Sam Hartman en 173.1k
  3. Chris Van Hollen en 171.4k
  4. Colette Kress en in 9 countries 124.7k
  5. Dan Hicks (sportscaster) en 97.6k
  6. Nvidia en in 8 countries 95.6k
  7. Hannah Storm en 90.9k
  8. Anthony Clark (actor) en 89.9k
  9. Cam Skattebo en 72.6k
  10. Alice Huang (executive) en in 7 countries 68.6k
  11. Deaths in 2026 en in 3 countries 66.7k
  12. SS United States en 60.8k
  13. Yella Beezy en 54.6k
  14. Jeff Bezos en 53.6k
  15. J. J. McCarthy en 53.6k
  16. Avril Lavigne en in 6 countries 53.5k
  17. Scott Colom en 43.3k
  18. Abdul El-Sayed en 43k
  19. Russell Brand en in 5 countries 42.7k
  20. 2026 Streamer Awards en 42.7k

In the news

GDELT · outlets in United States · last 2 days
  • Manmade disaster implied 8.3k
  • Leader 7.6k
  • Affect 6.5k
  • Education 6.2k
  • General health 5.8k
  • Medical 5.6k
  • General government 5.3k
  • Msm 4.8k
  • Kill 4.3k
  • Ussecurityagencies 4.2k
  • Armedconflict 4.1k
  • Delay 3.9k

People

Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · Los Angeles · Las Vegas · Jensen Huang · Steve Arroyo · Vladimir Putin · Hakeem Jeffries · Bryan Bedford

Organisations

Aviation Administration · United States · White House · Associated Press · Instagram · Microsoft · United Airlines · Nvidia · Cnn · Reuters · Route Traffic Control Centers · Department Of Homeland Security

"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.

  • Sam Hartman
  • Colette Kress
  • Dan Hicks (sportscaster)
  • Hannah Storm
  • Anthony Clark (actor)
  • Cam Skattebo
  • Alice Huang (executive)
  • Yella Beezy

Evergreen

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

  • Deaths in 2026 27d
  • Jeff Bezos 20d
  • Abdul El-Sayed 28d
  • Elizabeth Holmes 27d
  • 2026 United States elections 13d

Topics in the news · United States

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
Crime22.2%22.9%
War & conflict21.7%20.3%
Jobs13.4%12.8%Jobs & cost of living →
Elections12.3%9.5%more herePolitics →
Energy9.4%11.0%Energy →
Protest8.4%7.7%Politics →
Migration4.4%3.6%Population & migration →
Cost of living2.8%2.4%Economy →
AI2.0%2.5%
Housing1.8%2.0%Economy →
Health1.8%1.1%more herePopulation & migration →
Climate1.3%1.8%less hereEnergy →
Trade0.2%0.2%Economy →
Robotics0.1%0.1%Robotics →
Self-driving0.0%0.0%more hereSelf-driving →
Source: The GDELT Project · to 15 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 United States that no other tracked country has in its list.

  1. Cam Skattebo72.6k views
  2. Yella Beezy54.6k views
  3. Jeff Bezos53.6k views
  4. J. J. McCarthy53.6k views
  5. Scott Colom43.3k views
  6. Sean Duffy33.8k views
  7. Markwayne Mullin30.1k views

Tech discussion: Hacker News front page

Source: Hacker News via the Algolia HN Search API · front page, refreshed every 30 minutes.

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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