📰 Foreign Countries in U.S. News Statistics

Top 10 Countries (By Headline Mentions and Political Lean)

Top 10 Countries by Headline Mention

Top Mentioned Countries by News Site


Daily Country Leaderboard

Date: 2026-05-07. Points are assigned by daily mention rank (1st = 10 pts, 2nd = 9 pts, ...).
Rank Country Mentions Points
#1 Iran 173 10
#2 China 47 9
#3 Israel 33 8
#4 Russia 16 7
#5 Mexico 13 6
#6 Ukraine 9 5
#7 Canada 7 4
#8 Germany 7 3
#9 Cuba 7 2
#10 Mali 6 1

Cumulative Country Leaderboard

Built from 59 days of saved daily leaderboard results.
Rank Country Total Points Days Scored
#1 Iran 590 59
#2 Israel 519 59
#3 China 468 59
#4 Russia 318 59
#5 Ukraine 317 59
#6 Cuba 241 58
#7 Lebanon 224 56
#8 Mexico 120 36
#9 Canada 116 50
#10 Pakistan 103 41
#11 Hungary 90 22
#12 Venezuela 63 26
#13 Iraq 53 22
#14 Germany 47 11
#15 Taiwan 43 24
#16 Japan 29 15
#17 India 27 17
#18 Colombia 26 14
#19 France 26 14
#20 Bahamas 25 12
#21 Spain 21 14
#22 Australia 16 8
#23 Italy 16 9
#24 North Korea 15 9
#25 Afghanistan 14 10
#26 Mali 14 8
#27 Brazil 9 6
#28 Sudan 9 6
#29 Syria 9 5
#30 Turkey 8 4
#31 Jordan 7 4
#32 Nigeria 7 4
#33 United Arab Emirates 7 2
#34 Morocco 6 2
#35 Vietnam 5 3
#36 South Africa 4 3
#37 Peru 3 2
#38 Yemen 3 2
#39 Cameroon 2 1
#40 Denmark 2 2
#41 Belarus 1 1
#42 Dominican Republic 1 1
#43 Finland 1 1
#44 Indonesia 1 1
#45 Ireland 1 1
#46 Kuwait 1 1
#47 Saudi Arabia 1 1

Bias / Leaning Breakdown

Totals by Political Lean

Left-leaning
Top countries mentioned by Left-leaning outlets
Center-leaning
Top countries mentioned by Center-leaning outlets
Right-leaning
Top countries mentioned by Right-leaning outlets

Source-by-Source Breakdown

Left-leaning
Breakdown by source
CNN
  • Iran (1)
MSNBC
  • Iran (9)
Slate
The Atlantic
  • Iran (2)
BuzzFeed News
Foreign Policy
  • Iran (19)
  • China (9)
  • Israel (2)
  • Mali (2)
  • Libya (1)
The Intercept
  • Israel (6)
  • Iran (4)
Mother Jones
  • Iran (1)
The Nation
  • Russia (1)
  • Syria (1)
  • Hungary (1)
Common Dreams
  • Iran (8)
  • Israel (7)
  • Cuba (2)
  • El Salvador (1)
  • Spain (1)
Truthout
  • Iran (5)
  • Israel (4)
  • Lebanon (1)
Jacobin
  • Iran (3)
  • Congo (2)
Democracy Now
  • Iran (5)
  • Israel (1)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • India (1)
The American Prospect
  • Iran (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
War on the Rocks
Responsible Statecraft
  • Iran (17)
  • China (7)
  • Israel (5)
  • Russia (2)
  • Germany (2)
Center-leaning
Breakdown by source
NPR
  • Indonesia (2)
  • Iran (1)
AP News
  • China (5)
  • Iran (4)
  • Argentina (2)
  • Russia (2)
  • Brazil (2)
ABC News
  • Iran (4)
  • Russia (3)
  • Australia (1)
  • Canada (1)
  • Mexico (1)
NBC News
  • Iran (4)
  • France (1)
  • Jordan (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Russia (1)
CBS News
Defense One
  • Iran (5)
  • Venezuela (1)
Just Security
Lawfare
  • China (3)
  • Taiwan (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Lebanon (1)
Council on Foreign Relations
  • Iran (18)
  • China (4)
  • Mali (2)
  • Ukraine (2)
  • Canada (2)
The Dispatch
  • Iran (3)
  • China (2)
  • Germany (2)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • Russia (1)
Roll Call
  • Iran (2)
The Week
PolitiFact
FactCheck
  • Iran (2)
USA Today
Newsweek
  • Russia (5)
  • Iran (4)
  • Armenia (3)
  • Latvia (2)
  • Ukraine (2)
Right-leaning
Breakdown by source
Fox News
  • Iran (13)
  • Fiji (3)
  • China (3)
  • Israel (3)
  • Bahamas (3)
The Blaze
  • Nigeria (2)
Daily Caller
  • Iran (4)
Breitbart
  • Iran (5)
  • China (4)
  • Syria (2)
  • Cuba (1)
  • Pakistan (1)
The New York Post
  • Mexico (3)
  • Israel (2)
  • France (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Cuba (1)
The Washington Times
  • Iran (13)
  • China (3)
  • Mexico (2)
  • Brazil (1)
  • France (1)
The Daily Wire
  • Jordan (1)
  • China (1)
One America News Network
  • Mexico (3)
  • Iran (1)
Townhall
  • Iran (3)
The Federalist
The Daily Signal
  • Iran (1)
HotAir
American Spectator
The Washington Examiner
  • Iran (9)
  • Israel (3)
  • China (2)
  • Venezuela (1)
  • Canada (1)
The American Conservative
NewsBusters
  • North Korea (4)