Topics
The topics this product tracks, the most attention first. Attention is measured against each topic’s own history — 50 is its usual level — so a high figure means unusually busy for that topic, not the most-discussed topic in the world.
Ordered by each topic’s current Attention figure: 0–100 against that topic’s own recent history, with 50 its usual level. Topics with no figure yet are listed last, A–Z. How attention is measured.
- Japan52Attentionabout usual · −1.1 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Nuclear weapons52Attentionabout usual · +2.4 ptsup over 24 hours
- Antimicrobial resistance52Attentionabout usual · −6.1 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Sovereign debt and default52Attentionabout usual · +2.5 ptsup over 24 hours
- South China Sea52Attentionabout usual · −8.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursTerritorial disputes, coast-guard confrontations and naval activity in the South China Sea.
- Hong Kong politics52Attentionabout usual · −10.8 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe territory's own politics — its government, legislature, courts and national-security cases.
- Philippines52Attentionabout usual · −0.6 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Portugal52Attentionabout usual · +1.4 ptsup over 24 hoursPortuguese politics, government and economy.
- Sanctions on Russia52Attentionabout usual · +5.4 ptsup over 24 hoursWestern sanctions on Russia — sanctions packages, the oil price cap, frozen assets and the shadow fleet.
- Oil52Attentionabout usual · ±0.2 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- National elections worldwide52Attentionabout usual · −21.7 ptsdown over 24 hoursElection mechanics anywhere — the topic that catches a contest whose country has no topic here.
- Reserve Bank of Australia52Attentionabout usual · +1.0 ptsup over 24 hours
- Samsung52Attentionabout usual · +2.8 ptsup over 24 hoursSamsung Electronics and the Samsung group — phones, memory chips and foundry.
- Ethereum52Attentionabout usual · −1.8 ptsdown over 24 hours
- ByteDance52Attentionabout usual · +13.3 ptsup over 24 hoursByteDance — TikTok's parent company, Douyin and its ownership questions.
- Mental health52Attentionabout usual · +1.3 ptsup over 24 hours
- Abortion and reproductive health51Attentionabout usual · +1.9 ptsup over 24 hoursAbortion law, contraception, IVF and reproductive rights.
- Film and TV production51Attentionabout usual · −2.4 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Qatar51Attentionabout usual · +15.1 ptsup over 24 hours
- Mozambique51Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Autonomous vehicles51Attentionabout usual · +2.4 ptsup over 24 hours
- US inflation51Attentionabout usual · +3.6 ptsup over 24 hours
- Extreme heat and cold51Attentionabout usual · +1.2 ptsup over 24 hours
- Mexico51Attentionabout usual · ±0.1 ptsunchanged over 24 hours