Information & Influence Democracy, media & trust

Commercial spyware

Mercenary spyware that silently compromises phones is being sold to a growing number of governments and used against journalists, officials and dissidents, undermining confidential communication and diplomatic trust.

Rank: 83; of 250 trends
Attention intensity: 1.6×; 1× is the typical trend
Attention index: 157; 100 is the typical trend
Change: +30%; WoW
Volatility: ±5%; Turbulent

The week ending 7 Nov 2026, World. Volatility is the typical weekly move over the last 26 weeks. How these are measured.

Regional Attention

By region

Latin America & Caribbean

88×

65×

21×

#14

11×

9.5×

#32

2.3×

#69

2.1×

#96

1.6×

#103

1.1×

#147

0.67×

#177

This trend’s attention intensity in each region, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

13×

4.6×

#48

3.4×

#35

2.5×

#63

2.2×

#87

2.2×

#62

1.7×

#67

1.7×

#101

1.6×

#103

1.5×

#93

This trend’s attention intensity in each bloc, the average of its member countries, and its rank there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

4179×

150×

69×

65×

52×

#11

48×

35×

#11

34×

#20

34×

This trend’s attention intensity in each country, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 49.

Attention Index over time

The attention index, worldwide and in each region: 100 is the typical trend in each place, the median of every trend's attention there over the past 52 weeks.

Attention to Commercial spyware, by place

Attention index, a four-week rolling average, on a log scale. 100 is the typical trend in each place, so a line at 1,000 is ten times the typical trend’s attention there. A country chosen at the top of the page is drawn beside its region and the world. Select a place below to bring its line forward.