Monday, November 2, 2026

What's happening

What each country has on its mind, day by day.

October 26–November 1, 2026

The week in searches: 10 countries, 18,006 different searches. The one they all had in common: Man City vs Brighton.

Biggest spike
Patrick Stewart in United States, 5M+ searches
Longest on a list
Bank in United States, 5 days
Most weather-minded
India, with “Mausam” on the list 6 days
Stories written
18, from 3,674 lists we checked

The one every country searched

The search that turned up on the most countries' lists.

Man City vs Brighton

10 of 10 countries had it on their list

United StatesKenyaNigeriaNorwaySwedenIndiaJapanCroatiaFinlandDenmark

Day by day

The biggest new search each day, and how many new ones turned up.

  1. Mon 26Harry Kane1M+ · United States+4,889 new
  2. Tue 27New Zealand vs India2M+ · India+2,312 new
  3. Wed 28Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab2M+ · India+2,131 new
  4. Thu 29Patrick Stewart5M+ · United States+2,125 new
  5. Fri 30Dinesh Karthik2M+ · India+1,963 new
  6. Sat 31India vs UAE2M+ · India+2,185 new
  7. Sun 1Native American Heritage Month2M+ · United States+2,143 new

Match week

The games people looked up, and how many countries looked.

Liverpool vs Chelsea

Looked up in 10 countries · 200K+

Chelsea vs Man Utd

Looked up in 9 countries · 200K+

Liverpool vs Arsenal

Looked up in 9 countries · 200K+

Psg vs OL

Looked up in 8 countries · 100K+

Stories that stuck around

Searches we wrote up that stayed on a list for days.

Who kept checking the weather

Days a weather search was on each country's list.

  • India “Mausam”
  • Japan “Weather Tomorrow”
  • United States “Weather Houston”
  • Croatia “Vrijeme Sutra”
  • Norway “Yr No”
  • Kenya “Weather”
  • Denmark “Weather Tomorrow”
  • Finland “Weather Tomorrow”
  • Nigeria “El Niño”
  • Sweden “Smhi Göteborg”

Postcards

What each country had on its mind.

Every week

Each week since the lists began.

  1. October 26–November 1, 2026
  2. October 19–25, 2026
  3. October 12–18, 2026
  4. October 5–11, 2026