Weekly · 2026, Week 42 (Oct 12–18)
The week of Oct 12: “Katie Zacharia bar exam” was covered by 24 of 27 outlets
- Articles
- 8,507
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- YouTube views
- 102M
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- Bluesky likes
- 72K
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- New events
- 70
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Not comparable: sources changed
From Monday, Oct 12 to Sunday, Oct 18, the 27 outlets we track published 8,507 articles. The busiest day was Thursday, Oct 15, with 2,215.
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The most-covered stories
“Katie Zacharia bar exam” was the story covered by the most outlets this week: 24 of 27 reported on it, in 123 articles. Next were “Oregon elementary school” (24 outlets) and “Pope Leo lung surgery recovery” (23 outlets).
CNBC · Katie Zacharia bar exam · Politics · 123 articles
NBC News · Oregon elementary school · U.S. · 107 articles
Breitbart · Pope Leo lung surgery recovery · World · 87 articles
New York Post · California voter rolls lawsuit · Politics · 42 articles
Newsmax · Canadian Forces Base Wainwright fire · World · 37 articles
On YouTube and Bluesky
News videos that the outlets published on YouTube this week have 102 million views so far. The most-viewed was “Elon Musk unveils Tesla's new Roadster, and it can fly” from ABC News, with 3.6 million views.
On Bluesky, the outlets’ official accounts posted 4,302 times and received 72,281 likes. Associated Press received the most likes (11,744), followed by The New York Times (10,750).
70 new events started this week — see “This week’s events” for each timeline.
This report is generated automatically every Monday from our tallies of 27 outlets’ articles, their YouTube channels and their official Bluesky accounts. Headlines link to the original outlets; we don’t quote or rewrite news articles. See every day in the archive.