Samoa

News coverage about Samoa accounts for 0.023% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 6.3% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.29 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.023%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+6.3%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.29
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Samoa coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.02% on 2026-08-200.000.050.10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Samoa coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.29 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Samoa: 4 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-060.001.02.0Jun 13Jun 17Aug 4Aug 6

Diplomacy (5/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Samoa: 85 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 26Aug 10Aug 20

Coercion & force (1/day latest)

Coercive events located in Samoa: 62 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0May 26Jun 9Jun 24Jul 10Jul 28Aug 13Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Samoa, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Samoa came from outlets based in Samoa — the rest was written from abroad (226 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Samoa from domestic outlets (%): 24 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-180.000.501.0Jul 3Jul 9Jul 15Jul 23Jul 29Aug 6Aug 18

Share of articles about Samoa produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Iliili (1)
  • Motootua (1)

Places named in coverage about Samoa on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Samoa

Coverage share measures articles published by Samoa-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).