Space & Defense Coverage Statistics
Original analysis of our own accumulated coverage — not a syndicated report. Every figure below is a live, real-time aggregate computed directly from our source-verified story record. See our editorial methodology for how stories are classified, scored, and verified.
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 (459), but Acquisitions carries the highest average impact score (7.8/10) despite far fewer stories (11). Coverage volume and consequence are different signals.
Sentiment Distribution
Directional read of 1,068 classified stories — the development's implication for the space, not the tone of the reporting.
Most-Mentioned Entities
Ranked by distinct story mentions, all-time — the companies, people, and technologies our coverage returns to most often.
- 1 Iran country 369
- 2 Donald Trump person 202
- 3 United States government 199
- 4 SpaceX company 144
- 5 Israel country 105
- 6 Anthropic company 97
- 7 Elon Musk person 96
- 8 Strait of Hormuz location 86
- 9 Pentagon organization 71
- 10 NASA company 61
- 11 Pete Hegseth person 52
- 12 Lockheed Martin company 52
- 13 China country 46
- 14 xAI company 42
- 15 Starlink product 42
How This Page Is Computed
Every figure on this page is a live SQL aggregate over our own accumulated story and entity records — never a manual estimate or a syndicated third-party statistic. Category and sentiment figures cover all stories ever tracked in this niche; the entity ranking counts distinct story mentions above our minimum relevance threshold (see methodology). Found a discrepancy? Email hello@getspacebrief.com.
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"Space & Defense Coverage Statistics: 1,068 Stories Analyzed." Space & Defense Intelligence Brief. https://getspacebrief.com/statistics