Red Sea Shipping

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 14.5 anger · 29 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-03). Tone split: 0% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Yemen (177)
• Saudi Arabia (154)
• Djibouti (130)
• Iran (104)
• United States (52)
• Israel (34)
• Egypt (27)
• United Kingdom (19)

Countries where Red Sea Shipping coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -79.9%, reader interest -38.0%.

Top recent articles

1. Saudi Arabia Plans Houthi Offensive To Retake Bab el-Mandeb And Secure Red Sea Shipping — outlookindia.com
2. Saudi Arabia plans 100,000 troop attack on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold. — investmentwatchblog.com
3. Houthi and Al-Shabab ties raise alarm over widening threat to Red Sea shipping | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide — hellenicshippingnews.com
4. Yemen carried out 20 strikes on Houthi targets in Taiz province , spokesperson says — internazionale.it
5. Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles , drones — arynews.tv
6. Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles , drones — arynews.tv
7. Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles , drones — arynews.tv
8. Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles , drones — arynews.tv
9. Houthis damage Madinah power station serving Prophet Mosque — siasat.com
10. Pangeran MbS Tegaskan Saudi Ogah Kompromi Respons Serangan Houthi — cnnindonesia.com
11. UN envoy raises alarm over intensified fighting in SW Yemen Taiz - Xinhua — english.news.cn
12. Saudi - led coalition says Houthis attacked power station — examiner.com.au
13. الحوثيون وحركة الشباب .. شراكة مسلحة تنقل الخطر إلى القرن الأفريقي — newsyemen.net
14. Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles , drones — standardmedia.co.ke
15. Saudi - led coalition says Houthis attacked power station — standard.net.au
16. Houthis are now vital Iran allies . Can Tehran count on them ? — csmonitor.com
17. Middle East Oil Exports Stage a Remarkable Comeback — oilprice.com
18. Saudi - Led Coalition Says Houthis Attacked Power Station In Medina — deccanchronicle.com
19. Houthi militia targets Madina power station in drone attack , coalition forces say — arynews.tv
20. Yemen , October 2026 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report — securitycouncilreport.org
21. Oil Exports Find A Way Past Iranian Attacks , But Refinery Bottleneck Persists — rferl.org
22. Arab News | Can united kingdom - Saudi ties become a security architecture for an unstable Gulf ? — arabnews.com
23. A shield , not a sword : what the Makkah pact first test reveals – Middle East Monitor — middleeastmonitor.com
24. Yemeni govt forces say 30 Houthis killed in fierce Taiz battles - Xinhua — english.news.cn
25. Γαλλική « ασπίδα » στο Μπαμπ ελ Μαντέμπ : Φρεγάτα συνόδευσε 10 πλοία σε μία εβδομάδα — skai.gr
26. درگیری مسلحانه در زاهدان ؛ سپاه می‌گوید شش عضو یک گروه « تروریستی » کشته شدند — radiofarda.com
27. Tanker Congestion Shunts Vital Oil Transfers Farther From Hormuz — gcaptain.com
28. Саудитска Арабия повиши прогнозата си за бюджетния дефицит , очаква свиване на икономиката — investor.bg
29. An Attack on One : Pakistan Signals It Will Fight for Saudi Arabia — voiceofvienna.org
30. Износът на петрол през Ормузкия проток се върна на предвоенните нива — money.bg
31. Indian oil refiners change strategy to get cheaper oil ; hire ships & tankers to sail through Strait of Hormuz — timesofindia.indiatimes.com
32. Indian oil refiners change tactics , hire tankers to sail through Hormuz — business-standard.com
33. Iran indicates it received a US response on its war - ending proposal , with details still unclear — dailyadvance.com
34. Iran indicates it received a US response on its war - ending proposal , with details still unclear — idahostatejournal.com
35. African Red Sea states risks grow as Houthi rebels expand reach — wn.com
36. Iran indicates it received a US response on its war - ending proposal , with details still unclear — idahopress.com
37. Iran indicates it received a US response on its war - ending proposal , with details still unclear — reflector.com
38. Iran indicates it received a US response on its war - ending proposal , with details still unclear — santamariatimes.com
39. 欧佩克+预计维持石油生产配额不变 _ 期市动态 _ 期货 _ 中金在线 — futures.cnfol.com
40. EU warns airlines to avoid parts of Saudi airspace amid Houthi attacks — israelnationalnews.com

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Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Red Sea Shipping receiving right now?

As of October 3, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.001% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 1 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Red Sea Shipping increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 79.9% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Red Sea Shipping?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is 0.00, which reads as neutral-to-positive. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.