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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Week of 25 May 2026
This week
Topic · social

Public Trust In National

643 posts · 26,443 engagement · first seen 18 Aug 2015 · last seen 6 Jun 2026

This release criticizes the National Party for failing to address rising living costs, highlighting increases in housing, energy, and insurance prices, and argues that leadership promises are unmet, leading to declining public confidence.

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • reddit
    16 posts · 5,413 engagement
    5,413
  • twitter
    36 posts · 4,599 engagement
    4,599
  • facebook
    5 posts · 3,535 engagement
    3,535
  • youtube
    415 posts · 1,624 engagement
    1,624

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.