📰 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: 2026-11-02. Points are assigned by daily mention rank (1st = 10 pts, 2nd = 9 pts, ...).
Rank Country Mentions Points
#1 Iran 59 10
#2 Israel 33 9
#3 Ukraine 22 8
#4 China 20 7
#5 Russia 14 6
#6 France 13 5
#7 Brazil 10 4
#8 Canada 10 3
#9 Cuba 9 2
#10 North Korea 8 1

Cumulative Country Leaderboard

Built from 238 days of saved daily leaderboard results.
Rank Country Total Points Days Scored
#1 Iran 2372 238
#2 Israel 1947 238
#3 China 1946 238
#4 Ukraine 1394 238
#5 Russia 1288 238
#6 Canada 562 185
#7 Cuba 550 162
#8 Mexico 416 160
#9 Lebanon 397 110
#10 France 359 106
#11 Venezuela 262 86
#12 Spain 227 83
#13 India 219 107
#14 Colombia 183 65
#15 Taiwan 181 80
#16 Japan 180 87
#17 Brazil 176 52
#18 Germany 162 58
#19 Pakistan 145 63
#20 Saudi Arabia 139 56
#21 Turkey 102 44
#22 Hungary 96 25
#23 Nepal 93 19
#24 Iraq 78 33
#25 Congo 75 33
#26 South Korea 72 26
#27 Argentina 66 24
#28 North Korea 58 35
#29 Jordan 53 33
#30 Yemen 46 25
#31 Australia 45 21
#32 Morocco 35 15
#33 Bahamas 34 18
#34 Italy 34 20
#35 Belgium 32 10
#36 Afghanistan 29 17
#37 Syria 26 16
#38 Poland 24 12
#39 South Africa 24 11
#40 Norway 21 12
#41 Oman 20 10
#42 Indonesia 19 7
#43 Ireland 19 8
#44 Denmark 18 9
#45 Nigeria 17 8
#46 Paraguay 16 7
#47 Switzerland 15 6
#48 Greece 14 5
#49 Kenya 14 7
#50 Mali 14 8
#51 Panama 14 4
#52 Qatar 14 7
#53 Haiti 13 11
#54 Kuwait 12 5
#55 Portugal 10 4
#56 Serbia 10 5
#57 Sudan 10 7
#58 Monaco 9 3
#59 Peru 9 7
#60 Thailand 9 5
#61 Vietnam 9 7
#62 Chad 8 4
#63 Maldives 8 6
#64 United Arab Emirates 8 3
#65 Senegal 7 3
#66 Sweden 7 2
#67 Ecuador 6 3
#68 Philippines 6 3
#69 Croatia 4 1
#70 Egypt 4 3
#71 Bahrain 3 2
#72 Cyprus 3 2
#73 Iceland 3 2
#74 Laos 3 1
#75 Austria 2 1
#76 Belarus 2 2
#77 Cameroon 2 1
#78 Liberia 2 2
#79 Niger 2 2
#80 Romania 2 2
#81 Dominican Republic 1 1
#82 Ethiopia 1 1
#83 Fiji 1 1
#84 Finland 1 1
#85 Ghana 1 1
#86 Lithuania 1 1
#87 Nicaragua 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
MSNBC
  • Brazil (1)
  • Iran (1)
Slate
  • Iran (2)
The Atlantic
BuzzFeed News
Foreign Policy
  • China (6)
  • Russia (5)
  • Iran (3)
  • France (2)
  • Israel (2)
The Intercept
  • Iran (5)
  • South Africa (1)
  • Brazil (1)
Mother Jones
  • Iran (1)
The Nation
  • Iran (2)
  • Ukraine (1)
Common Dreams
  • Iran (7)
  • Israel (3)
  • Brazil (2)
Truthout
  • Israel (1)
  • Canada (1)
Jacobin
  • Israel (5)
  • France (4)
  • Cuba (2)
  • Serbia (2)
  • China (2)
Democracy Now
  • Egypt (3)
  • Israel (2)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Serbia (1)
The American Prospect
  • Israel (2)
War on the Rocks
Responsible Statecraft
  • Iran (8)
  • Ukraine (3)
  • Cuba (2)
  • China (2)
  • Yemen (2)
Center-leaning
Breakdown by source
NPR
AP News
ABC News
  • Iran (2)
  • North Korea (2)
  • India (1)
  • Uruguay (1)
  • Cambodia (1)
NBC News
  • Cambodia (3)
  • Israel (2)
  • North Korea (2)
  • South Korea (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
CBS News
  • Cuba (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Spain (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • North Korea (1)
Defense One
  • Ukraine (2)
  • France (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Japan (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
Just Security
Lawfare
Council on Foreign Relations
  • Ukraine (7)
  • Iran (6)
  • China (4)
  • Haiti (4)
  • Cuba (4)
The Dispatch
  • Israel (4)
  • Canada (3)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Italy (2)
  • France (1)
Roll Call
  • Iran (1)
The Week
PolitiFact
FactCheck
USA Today
Newsweek
  • Iran (6)
  • Canada (2)
  • China (2)
  • Israel (2)
  • Japan (1)
Right-leaning
Breakdown by source
Fox News
  • Ukraine (4)
  • Israel (3)
  • China (1)
  • Libya (1)
  • Turkey (1)
The Blaze
  • Brazil (1)
Daily Caller
  • Iran (3)
  • Haiti (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
  • China (1)
Breitbart
  • France (2)
  • Iran (2)
  • Mexico (1)
The New York Post
  • North Korea (2)
  • Israel (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Russia (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
The Washington Times
The Daily Wire
  • Jordan (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • France (1)
One America News Network
Townhall
  • France (1)
  • Russia (1)
The Federalist
The Daily Signal
HotAir
  • Poland (2)
  • Ukraine (1)
  • Haiti (1)
American Spectator
The Washington Examiner
  • Iran (4)
  • Israel (2)
  • China (2)
  • Germany (2)
  • Russia (2)
The American Conservative
NewsBusters
  • Jordan (2)