📰 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: 2026-04-30. Points are assigned by daily mention rank (1st = 10 pts, 2nd = 9 pts, ...).
Rank Country Mentions Points
#1 Iran 144 10
#2 China 31 9
#3 Israel 30 8
#4 Russia 16 7
#5 Ukraine 16 6
#6 Mexico 10 5
#7 Cuba 10 4
#8 Germany 7 3
#9 Lebanon 7 2
#10 Canada 7 1

Cumulative Country Leaderboard

Built from 52 days of saved daily leaderboard results.
Rank Country Total Points Days Scored
#1 Iran 520 52
#2 Israel 461 52
#3 China 407 52
#4 Ukraine 291 52
#5 Russia 281 52
#6 Cuba 223 51
#7 Lebanon 216 51
#8 Pakistan 103 41
#9 Canada 90 43
#10 Hungary 90 22
#11 Mexico 86 29
#12 Venezuela 57 23
#13 Iraq 51 21
#14 Taiwan 33 18
#15 Japan 29 15
#16 India 25 15
#17 Bahamas 22 11
#18 Colombia 21 10
#19 France 20 11
#20 Spain 19 13
#21 Italy 16 9
#22 Afghanistan 14 10
#23 Australia 14 7
#24 North Korea 12 8
#25 Mali 9 4
#26 Sudan 9 6
#27 Germany 8 4
#28 Turkey 8 4
#29 Jordan 7 4
#30 Nigeria 7 4
#31 Syria 7 4
#32 United Arab Emirates 7 2
#33 Brazil 5 4
#34 Vietnam 5 3
#35 South Africa 4 3
#36 Peru 3 2
#37 Yemen 3 2
#38 Cameroon 2 1
#39 Denmark 2 2
#40 Belarus 1 1
#41 Dominican Republic 1 1
#42 Finland 1 1
#43 Indonesia 1 1
#44 Ireland 1 1
#45 Kuwait 1 1
#46 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 (5)
  • Israel (1)
Slate
  • Iran (3)
The Atlantic
BuzzFeed News
Foreign Policy
  • Iran (12)
  • China (6)
  • Pakistan (4)
  • India (3)
  • Taiwan (2)
The Intercept
  • Israel (7)
  • Iran (5)
  • Lebanon (1)
Mother Jones
  • Iran (2)
The Nation
  • Iran (1)
  • Hungary (1)
Common Dreams
  • Cuba (4)
  • Iran (3)
  • Hungary (1)
  • Colombia (1)
  • Yemen (1)
Truthout
  • Israel (8)
  • Iran (1)
  • Syria (1)
  • Mexico (1)
Jacobin
  • India (3)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Iraq (2)
  • Ireland (2)
  • Israel (2)
Democracy Now
  • Iran (3)
  • Canada (1)
  • Colombia (1)
  • South Africa (1)
The American Prospect
  • China (1)
War on the Rocks
  • Russia (1)
Responsible Statecraft
  • Iran (11)
  • China (6)
  • Cuba (5)
  • Israel (3)
  • Russia (3)
Center-leaning
Breakdown by source
NPR
  • Iran (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • Syria (1)
AP News
  • Iran (8)
  • Colombia (2)
  • Ukraine (2)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Germany (1)
ABC News
  • Iran (5)
  • China (2)
  • Israel (2)
  • Singapore (1)
  • New Zealand (1)
NBC News
  • Iran (2)
  • Singapore (1)
CBS News
Defense One
  • Iran (3)
  • China (2)
  • Ukraine (1)
Just Security
Lawfare
  • Ukraine (3)
  • Iran (3)
  • China (1)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • Russia (1)
Council on Foreign Relations
  • Iran (30)
  • China (5)
  • Russia (4)
  • Ukraine (2)
  • Israel (2)
The Dispatch
Roll Call
The Week
PolitiFact
FactCheck
  • Iran (1)
USA Today
Newsweek
  • Iran (6)
  • Saudi Arabia (3)
  • Germany (2)
  • Ukraine (2)
  • Mexico (2)
Right-leaning
Breakdown by source
Fox News
  • Iran (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • Iraq (1)
  • Jordan (1)
  • Russia (1)
The Blaze
  • Canada (1)
  • Haiti (1)
  • Syria (1)
Daily Caller
  • Iran (2)
  • Israel (1)
Breitbart
  • Iran (4)
  • Mexico (3)
  • Russia (2)
  • Haiti (1)
  • Panama (1)
The New York Post
  • Iran (7)
  • China (1)
  • Israel (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
  • Mexico (1)
The Washington Times
  • Iran (8)
  • Russia (2)
  • Ukraine (2)
  • North Korea (2)
  • China (1)
The Daily Wire
  • Jordan (1)
  • China (1)
One America News Network
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
  • Iran (1)
Townhall
  • Iran (3)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • China (1)
The Federalist
The Daily Signal
  • Iran (3)
HotAir
American Spectator
The Washington Examiner
  • Iran (7)
  • Lebanon (2)
  • Haiti (2)
  • China (2)
  • Philippines (1)
The American Conservative
NewsBusters