Space & Defense Coverage Statistics

Coverage by Category

Story count per category, all-time. Download full dataset (CSV).

Volume vs. Impact: Where the Headlines Aren't the Story

Our most-covered category isn't our most consequential one: Geopolitics generates the most stories (533), but Acquisitions carries the highest average impact score (7.6/10) despite far fewer stories (13). Coverage volume and consequence are different signals.

Sentiment Distribution

Directional read of 1,465 classified stories — the development's implication for the space, not the tone of the reporting. Download sentiment dataset (CSV).

Most-Mentioned Entities

Ranked by distinct story mentions, all-time — the companies, people, and technologies our coverage returns to most often. Download entities dataset (CSV).

1. 1 Iran country
   463
2. 2 Donald Trump person
   296
3. 3 United States government
   258
4. 4 SpaceX company
   211
5. 5 Elon Musk person
   134
6. 6 Israel country
   131
7. 7 Strait of Hormuz location
   120
8. 8 Anthropic company
   102
9. 9 Pentagon organization
   92
10. 10 NASA company
    84
11. 11 China country
    79
12. 12 Pete Hegseth person
    75
13. 13 Russia country
    74
14. 14 Starlink product
    68
15. 15 Lockheed Martin company
    66
16. 16 Ukraine country
    58
17. 17 U.S. Department of Defense organization
    56
18. 18 NATO organization
    47
19. 19 xAI company
    45
20. 20 OpenAI company
    44
21. 21 Boeing company
    44
22. 22 IRGC organization
    40
23. 23 U.S. Central Command organization
    34
24. 24 Starship product
    33
25. 25 Claude product
    33

Source Diversity

Distinct publisher coverage and total source records across 1,465 tracked stories. Download source diversity dataset (CSV).