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The Week in Attention

28 Sep – 4 Oct 2026

Seven days of technology coverage, counted night by night: the name each day led with, who stayed above its usual pace, who arrived, and who went quiet.

7,332articles counted
173topics above usual pace
4new names
7/7days counted
31 Aug 2026: 1,061 articles1 Sep 2026: 1,310 articles2 Sep 2026: 1,351 articles3 Sep 2026: 1,373 articles4 Sep 2026: 1,064 articles5 Sep 2026: 427 articles6 Sep 2026: 359 articles7 Sep 2026: 676 articles8 Sep 2026: 1,003 articles9 Sep 2026: 1,568 articles10 Sep 2026: 1,529 articles11 Sep 2026: 950 articles12 Sep 2026: 666 articles13 Sep 2026: 692 articles14 Sep 2026: 1,167 articles15 Sep 2026: 1,419 articles16 Sep 2026: 1,391 articles17 Sep 2026: 1,089 articles18 Sep 2026: 1,160 articles19 Sep 2026: 523 articles20 Sep 2026: 460 articles21 Sep 2026: 1,227 articles22 Sep 2026: 1,229 articles23 Sep 2026: 1,391 articles24 Sep 2026: 1,309 articles25 Sep 2026: 1,051 articles26 Sep 2026: 473 articles27 Sep 2026: 426 articles28 Sep 2026: 1,274 articles29 Sep 2026: 1,350 articles30 Sep 2026: 1,383 articles1 Oct 2026: 1,335 articles2 Oct 2026: 1,048 articles3 Oct 2026: 494 articles4 Oct 2026: 437 articles5001,0001,500
31 Aug 2026 ▬ this week ▬ the four weeks before┄ their daily average 4 Oct 2026

1,047 articles a day this week — 3% above the four weeks before (1,012 a day).

counted through 4 Oct 2026, UTC · every number is a count of de-duplicated articles from the published source panel
▦ The attention calendar

The name each day's coverage led with — the one fact that stood furthest outside its own pattern. Open a day for the whole picture.

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Monday28 Sep
surge Starship
19 articles · usually 1
1,270 articles46 above pace
That day's Overnight →
Tuesday29 Sep
surge DevDay
29 articles · usually none
1,348 articles46 above pace2 firsts
That day's Overnight →
Wednesday30 Sep
surge Gemini 4
17 articles · usually none
1,396 articles48 above pace1 first
That day's Overnight →
Thursday1 Oct
surge Micron
17 articles · usually 1
1,362 articles45 above pace1 first
That day's Overnight →
Friday2 Oct
surge AT&T
23 articles · usually 2
1,034 articles24 above pace
That day's Overnight →
Saturday3 Oct
ahead this week Starship
28 articles this week · 4 the week before
485 articles5 above pace
That day's Overnight →
Sunday4 Oct
surge Plex
5 articles · usually 1
437 articles4 above pace
That day's Overnight →
● Above their usual pace, day after day

Each dot is one counted day. A lit dot means the topic was counted well above its own usual day — the same bar the Overnight uses. The longest unbroken run wins the tag.

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How long attention held 185 runs above usual pace this week; 29 held a second day or longer — about 1 in 6. Most attention held for a single day.
Cloudflare companylongest run · 4 days
4 of 7 days
🔒 161 more topics above their usual pace this week, and filter every list by type — with Pro.
✦ Arrivals

Names the technology press had never covered before, by the day they arrived — and whether it came back to them.

⇄ First seen together

Two topics the press wrote about in the same articles for the first time.

No first pairing on a counted day of this week.

◌ Went quiet

Topics that posted no counted articles on the most days, against a healthy usual pace. Silence is a measurement too.

🔒 35 more quiet topics this week — with Pro.
Put two topics side by side
Any two topics, day by day, each against its own usual pace — on one chart you can download.
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