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Each day's front page as it stood at the end of the day: the cloud, the stories and every measure, kept as they were. Our archive starts on October 2, 2026.

🌡️ How newsy each hour was

🚨 big news day📰 normal00.250.50.75Oct 22Oct 23Oct 24Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 28Oct 21, 7 AM ET: 0.27 (normal). Top story: Ramaswamy campaign admits using ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother (29 of 78 outlets)Oct 21, 8 AM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Ramaswamy campaign admits using ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother (29 of 77 outlets)Oct 21, 9 AM ET: 0.25 (normal). Top story: Ramaswamy campaign admits using ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother (28 of 76 outlets)Oct 21, 10 AM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Ramaswamy campaign admits using ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother (29 of 75 outlets)Oct 21, 11 AM ET: 0.25 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (44 of 75 outlets)Oct 21, 12 PM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Ramaswamy campaign admits using ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother (27 of 74 outlets)Oct 21, 1 PM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (50 of 77 outlets)Oct 21, 2 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Supreme Court rejects Trump's transgender inmate care restrictions (20 of 76 outlets)Oct 21, 3 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Supreme Court rejects Trump's transgender inmate care restrictions (20 of 77 outlets)Oct 21, 4 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Supreme Court rejects Trump's transgender inmate care restrictions (20 of 78 outlets)Oct 21, 5 PM ET: 0.40 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (43 of 76 outlets)Oct 21, 6 PM ET: 0.39 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (43 of 77 outlets)Oct 21, 7 PM ET: 0.44 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (38 of 79 outlets)Oct 21, 8 PM ET: 0.41 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (36 of 78 outlets)Oct 21, 9 PM ET: 0.38 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (34 of 78 outlets)Oct 21, 10 PM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (34 of 78 outlets)Oct 21, 11 PM ET: 0.34 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (32 of 76 outlets)Oct 22, 12 AM ET: 0.32 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (31 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 1 AM ET: 0.30 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (30 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 2 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (30 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 3 AM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (30 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 4 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (32 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 5 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (33 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 6 AM ET: 0.27 (normal). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (31 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 7 AM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (27 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 8 AM ET: 0.21 (slow). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (26 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 9 AM ET: 0.21 (slow). Top story: Trump's Ukraine War Strategy (24 of 71 outlets)Oct 22, 10 AM ET: 0.16 (slow). Top story: AI identifies critical security flaw affecting 70% of websites (16 of 73 outlets)Oct 22, 11 AM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (21 of 75 outlets)Oct 22, 12 PM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (28 of 75 outlets)Oct 22, 1 PM ET: 0.36 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (28 of 78 outlets)Oct 22, 2 PM ET: 0.40 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (30 of 75 outlets)Oct 22, 3 PM ET: 0.42 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (32 of 76 outlets)Oct 22, 4 PM ET: 0.42 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (33 of 78 outlets)Oct 22, 6 PM ET: 0.40 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (31 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 7 PM ET: 0.36 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (28 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 8 PM ET: 0.34 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (26 of 77 outlets)Oct 22, 9 PM ET: 0.32 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (25 of 79 outlets)Oct 22, 10 PM ET: 0.30 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (24 of 79 outlets)Oct 22, 11 PM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Virginia state senator charged with drug trafficking and money laundering (24 of 79 outlets)Oct 23, 12 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (23 of 79 outlets)Oct 23, 1 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (23 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 2 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (23 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 3 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (23 of 79 outlets)Oct 23, 4 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (23 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 5 AM ET: 0.27 (normal). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (22 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 6 AM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS (20 of 79 outlets)Oct 23, 7 AM ET: 0.21 (slow). Top story: Justice Department investigates Corey Lewandowski over alleged profiteering at DHS (19 of 79 outlets)Oct 23, 8 AM ET: 0.20 (slow). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (16 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 9 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (19 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 10 AM ET: 0.30 (normal). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (23 of 76 outlets)Oct 23, 11 AM ET: 0.33 (normal). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (25 of 75 outlets)Oct 23, 12 PM ET: 0.35 (normal). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (26 of 75 outlets)Oct 23, 1 PM ET: 0.34 (normal). Top story: Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack (26 of 76 outlets)Oct 23, 7 PM ET: 0.42 (normal). Top story: Two former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe (33 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 8 PM ET: 0.45 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (38 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 9 PM ET: 0.44 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (39 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 10 PM ET: 0.44 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (40 of 78 outlets)Oct 23, 11 PM ET: 0.42 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (39 of 78 outlets)Oct 24, 12 AM ET: 0.42 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (40 of 78 outlets)Oct 24, 1 AM ET: 0.40 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (40 of 80 outlets)Oct 24, 2 AM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: Two former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe (32 of 80 outlets)Oct 24, 3 AM ET: 0.36 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (38 of 79 outlets)Oct 24, 4 AM ET: 0.35 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (39 of 80 outlets)Oct 24, 5 AM ET: 0.34 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (38 of 80 outlets)Oct 24, 6 AM ET: 0.33 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (38 of 79 outlets)Oct 24, 7 AM ET: 0.32 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses (39 of 81 outlets)Oct 24, 8 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (36 of 79 outlets)Oct 24, 9 AM ET: 0.31 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (34 of 79 outlets)Oct 24, 10 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (33 of 81 outlets)Oct 24, 11 AM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (33 of 80 outlets)Oct 24, 12 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (33 of 79 outlets)Oct 24, 2 PM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (30 of 78 outlets)Oct 24, 3 PM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (30 of 77 outlets)Oct 24, 4 PM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (27 of 72 outlets)Oct 24, 5 PM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if GOP loses (27 of 71 outlets)Oct 24, 6 PM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Fire damages Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat; suspect arrested (18 of 68 outlets)Oct 24, 7 PM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Fire damages Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat; suspect arrested (19 of 70 outlets)Oct 24, 8 PM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Fire damages Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat; suspect arrested (18 of 70 outlets)Oct 24, 9 PM ET: 0.19 (slow). Top story: Fire damages Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat; suspect arrested (17 of 73 outlets)Oct 24, 10 PM ET: 0.20 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (19 of 74 outlets)Oct 24, 11 PM ET: 0.21 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (20 of 72 outlets)Oct 25, 12 AM ET: 0.18 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (17 of 70 outlets)Oct 25, 1 AM ET: 0.16 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (16 of 71 outlets)Oct 25, 2 AM ET: 0.16 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (17 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 3 AM ET: 0.17 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (18 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 4 AM ET: 0.15 (slow). Top story: Paris protests disrupt NFL game (28 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 5 AM ET: 0.14 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (16 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 6 AM ET: 0.14 (slow). Top story: Fire destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat, suspect arrested (17 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 7 AM ET: 0.18 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (13 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 8 AM ET: 0.18 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (13 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 9 AM ET: 0.19 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (13 of 70 outlets)Oct 25, 10 AM ET: 0.19 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (14 of 74 outlets)Oct 25, 11 AM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (16 of 71 outlets)Oct 25, 12 PM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (17 of 70 outlets)Oct 25, 1 PM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (18 of 72 outlets)Oct 25, 2 PM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (17 of 73 outlets)Oct 25, 4 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Shooting injures 12 near Florida A&M university (22 of 76 outlets)Oct 25, 5 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (21 of 75 outlets)Oct 25, 6 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (21 of 75 outlets)Oct 25, 7 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (19 of 73 outlets)Oct 25, 8 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (21 of 75 outlets)Oct 25, 9 PM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (22 of 76 outlets)Oct 25, 10 PM ET: 0.30 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (23 of 76 outlets)Oct 25, 11 PM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (22 of 76 outlets)Oct 26, 12 AM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (22 of 76 outlets)Oct 26, 1 AM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile (22 of 77 outlets)Oct 26, 2 AM ET: 0.27 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (22 of 76 outlets)Oct 26, 3 AM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (23 of 75 outlets)Oct 26, 4 AM ET: 0.25 (normal). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (22 of 78 outlets)Oct 26, 5 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (22 of 78 outlets)Oct 26, 6 AM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (20 of 77 outlets)Oct 26, 7 AM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (21 of 77 outlets)Oct 26, 8 AM ET: 0.23 (slow). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (23 of 78 outlets)Oct 26, 9 AM ET: 0.22 (slow). Top story: Venezuelan opposition leader returns to country (23 of 79 outlets)Oct 26, 10 AM ET: 0.20 (slow). Top story: Anthropic IPO and AI safety concerns (17 of 77 outlets)Oct 26, 11 AM ET: 0.30 (normal). Top story: Anthropic IPO and AI safety concerns (27 of 80 outlets)Oct 26, 12 PM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Anthropic IPO and AI safety concerns (27 of 79 outlets)Oct 26, 1 PM ET: 0.33 (normal). Top story: Anthropic IPO and AI safety concerns (32 of 82 outlets)Oct 26, 2 PM ET: 0.32 (normal). Top story: Anthropic IPO and AI safety concerns (33 of 83 outlets)Oct 26, 3 PM ET: 0.35 (normal). Top story: Federal judge rules Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired (29 of 82 outlets)Oct 26, 4 PM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: Federal judge rules Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired (32 of 86 outlets)Oct 26, 5 PM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: Federal judge rules Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired (31 of 83 outlets)Oct 26, 6 PM ET: 0.33 (normal). Top story: Federal judge rules Trump DOJ unlawfully fired Maurene Comey (28 of 85 outlets)Oct 26, 7 PM ET: 0.43 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (36 of 84 outlets)Oct 26, 8 PM ET: 0.47 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (39 of 83 outlets)Oct 26, 9 PM ET: 0.51 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (43 of 84 outlets)Oct 26, 10 PM ET: 0.51 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (44 of 86 outlets)Oct 26, 11 PM ET: 0.51 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (43 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 12 AM ET: 0.52 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (44 of 84 outlets)Oct 27, 1 AM ET: 0.53 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (45 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 2 AM ET: 0.52 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (44 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 3 AM ET: 0.52 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (44 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 4 AM ET: 0.52 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (44 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 5 AM ET: 0.51 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (43 of 84 outlets)Oct 27, 6 AM ET: 0.47 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (40 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 7 AM ET: 0.46 (big). Top story: Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time (41 of 86 outlets)Oct 27, 8 AM ET: 0.43 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time (40 of 87 outlets)Oct 27, 9 AM ET: 0.39 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time (36 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 10 AM ET: 0.40 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time (38 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 11 AM ET: 0.36 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time (36 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 12 PM ET: 0.33 (normal). Top story: Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time (33 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 1 PM ET: 0.32 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (27 of 84 outlets)Oct 27, 2 PM ET: 0.39 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (33 of 84 outlets)Oct 27, 3 PM ET: 0.38 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (32 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 4 PM ET: 0.39 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (33 of 85 outlets)Oct 27, 5 PM ET: 0.37 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (31 of 84 outlets)Oct 27, 6 PM ET: 0.31 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (27 of 87 outlets)Oct 27, 7 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (25 of 88 outlets)Oct 27, 8 PM ET: 0.29 (normal). Top story: Lula wins Brazil presidential election, Bolsonaro challenges results (51 of 88 outlets)Oct 27, 9 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former rep Eric Swalwell (25 of 88 outlets)Oct 27, 10 PM ET: 0.28 (normal). Top story: U.S. grants visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and family after Brazil election loss (52 of 88 outlets)Oct 27, 11 PM ET: 0.26 (normal). Top story: U.S. grants visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and family after Brazil election loss (49 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 12 AM ET: 0.25 (slow). Top story: U.S. grants visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and family after Brazil election loss (49 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 1 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: U.S. grants visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and family after Brazil election loss (49 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 2 AM ET: 0.25 (normal). Top story: Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (22 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 3 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (21 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 4 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (21 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 5 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (21 of 88 outlets)Oct 28, 6 AM ET: 0.24 (slow). Top story: Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (21 of 88 outlets)Justice Department charges James Comey with…Justice Department charges James Comey with federal crime for third time: 0.53
Each hour's news-day score over the past week: the share of the outlets with a story on their front page that carry the day's biggest story, halving every 24 hours once it's 12 hours old. Over 0.45 is a big news day. Dashed: worked out afterwards from what we'd saved; solid: kept by each hour's build. Hover for the hour's top story; a dot marks each story's peak over the big line.
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