Houthi movement

Houthi movement appears in roughly 2 monitored articles per day as of August 19, 2026. Mentions are down 51.1% week-over-week. The tone of that coverage averages -3.52 — negative.

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, whose namesake leadership is drawn largely from the al-Houthi family. The group has been a central player in Yemen's civil war, drawing widespread international condemnation for its human rights abuses, including targeting civilians and using child soldiers. The movement is designated as a terrorist organization by some countries. The Houthis are backed by Iran, and they are widely considered part of the Iranian-led "Axis of Resistance".

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Also covered as: Houthis, Ansar Allah · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Articles / day
2
mentioning this entity
Week over week
-51.1%
7-day mean vs prior
Tone
-3.52
negative

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Houthi movement mentions per day: 57 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jul 4Jul 14Jul 24Aug 3Aug 13Aug 19

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Houthi movement coverage tone: 57 days, latest tone -3.52 on 2026-08-19+100-10May 26Jul 4Jul 14Jul 24Aug 3Aug 13Aug 19

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Houthi movement: 89 days, latest 2159.00 on 2026-08-180.001250025000May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 18

Daily human pageviews of the entity's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage above measures what the press SUPPLIES; this measures what readers DEMAND — divergence between the two is its own signal.

Mentions counted via a quoted-name query against the GDELT DOC API, aggregated to UTC days — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).