Theme

Democracy, media & trust

What people can know and whom they believe, and the politics it feeds: platforms, journalism, synthetic media, manipulation from abroad, the trust in institutions it wears down, and the backsliding, polarisation and populism that follow.

Share of attention worldwide
19.3%
Over the last 52 weeks, against 18.3% the 52 weeks before. An even share would be 14.0%.
Rank among the themes
1 of 12
By share of attention worldwide over the last 52 weeks.
Trends
35 of 250
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Regional Attention

Where the theme Democracy, media & trust draws the most attention: its trends’ shares of all the attention there, added up, and its rank among the ten themes.

By region

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the themes there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

19.9%

#1

19.5%

#1

19.0%

#1

18.9%

#1

17.6%

#1

17.3%

#1

17.2%

#1

16.1%

#2

15.5%

#2

14.8%

#2

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the themes there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

30.8%

#1

26.2%

#1

25.9%

#1

23.9%

#1

22.3%

#1

19.5%

#1

19.4%

#1

19.3%

#1

18.7%

#1

18.6%

#1

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the themes there: the 10 highest of 49.

Share of attention over time

The share of all the attention the 250 trends draw that goes to the trends in Democracy, media & trust, week by week, worldwide and in each region. Its even share, 14.0%, is the share it would have if every trend drew the same attention.

Share of attention to Democracy, media & trust

A four-week rolling average, worldwide and in each region, against its even share. Select a place below to bring its line forward.

Top trends

The trends in Democracy, media & trust drawing the most attention, rising or falling most, or moving most, in the place and period chosen.

All Trends
Information & InfluenceSteady
Deepfakes & synthetic media
14×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 1402· +1% WoW· Turbulent
Governance & IntegritySteady
Immigration enforcement
13×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 1302· +7% WoW· Shifting
Governance & IntegritySteady
Populist politics
7.3×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 725· +9% WoW· Shifting
Information & InfluenceSteady
Misinformation & disinformation
6.0×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 605· −2% WoW· Stable
Critical TechnologySteady
Biometric identification
4.5×attention last 4 weeksIndex 449 · +1% WoW · Stable
Governance & IntegritySteady
Military rule resurgence
2.5×attention last 4 weeksIndex 249 · +9% WoW · Shifting
Governance & IntegritySteady
Political polarisation
2.3×attention last 4 weeksIndex 233 · +11% WoW · Stable
Information & InfluenceSteady
Religious & ethnic nationalism
2.2×attention last 4 weeksIndex 223 · +8% WoW · Shifting

The trends with the highest attention intensity for trends in the Democracy, media & trust theme only over the last 4 weeks. 1× is the typical trend.

The capability domains the trends in Democracy, media & trust belong to, with how many of its trends are in each.

Scenarios

The scenarios the trends in Democracy, media & trust bear on most: those with the most of its trends graded High or above.

All 35 trends in Democracy, media & trust

Rank
Trend
Thematic
Intensity
Index
Change, WoW
Volatility
1Democracy, media & trust14×1,402+1%
Turbulent±5%
2Democracy, media & trust13×1,302+7%
Shifting±4%
3Democracy, media & trust7.3×725+9%
Shifting±4%
4Democracy, media & trust6.0×605−2%
Stable±3%
5Democracy, media & trust4.5×449+1%
Stable±2%
6Democracy, media & trust2.5×249+9%
Shifting±4%
7Democracy, media & trust2.3×233+11%
Stable±3%
8Democracy, media & trust2.2×223+8%
Shifting±4%
9Democracy, media & trust2.0×1990%
Stable±2%
10Democracy, media & trust1.8×1850%
Turbulent±5%
11Democracy, media & trust1.8×182−1%
Stable±3%
12Democracy, media & trust1.8×178−1%
Turbulent±6%
13Democracy, media & trust1.7×171−3%
Stable±3%
14Democracy, media & trust1.7×169−2%
Stable±2%
15Democracy, media & trust1.6×157+30%
Turbulent±5%
16Democracy, media & trust1.5×155+4%
Turbulent±10%
17Democracy, media & trust1.4×143−7%
Stable±3%
18Democracy, media & trust1.2×124+2%
Stable±2%
19Democracy, media & trust1.2×118+2%
Shifting±4%
20Democracy, media & trust1.2×117+3%
Turbulent±7%
21Democracy, media & trust0.85×85+3%
Turbulent±6%
22Democracy, media & trust0.83×83+8%
Stable±3%
23Democracy, media & trust0.80×800%
Shifting±5%
24Democracy, media & trust0.80×800%
Stable±3%
25Democracy, media & trust0.76×76−2%
Shifting±4%
26Democracy, media & trust0.72×72+13%
Shifting±4%
27Democracy, media & trust0.69×69−2%
Stable±3%
28Democracy, media & trust0.69×69+4%
Turbulent±8%
29Democracy, media & trust0.55×55−6%
Shifting±3%
30Democracy, media & trust0.51×51−6%
Turbulent±5%
31Democracy, media & trust0.51×51−5%
Stable±3%
32Democracy, media & trust0.49×49+2%
Stable±3%
33Democracy, media & trust0.45×45−2%
Shifting±4%
34Democracy, media & trust0.31×31+4%
Shifting±4%
35Democracy, media & trust0.21×21+7%
Turbulent±10%