The Ratio

How the world is doing right now. Real data from 1838 published articles.

0.53

1.9× more gloom stories than bloom

Total Stories
Total Stories: 1838
Bloom Stories
Bloom Stories: 636
Gloom Stories
Gloom Stories: 1202
Avg. Confidence
Avg. Confidence: 90%

Category Breakdown

Human Interest
1.55
240 bloom · 155 gloom
Politics & Governance
0.05
17 bloom · 343 gloom
Society & Culture
0.32
65 bloom · 204 gloom
International Affairs
0.04
9 bloom · 220 gloom
Environment & Climate
0.39
33 bloom · 84 gloom
Economy & Work
0.45
35 bloom · 77 gloom
Consumer & Products
4.10
82 bloom · 20 gloom
Health & Medicine
0.90
44 bloom · 49 gloom
Technology & Innovation
1.93
52 bloom · 27 gloom
Science & Space
8.17
49 bloom · 6 gloom
Transportation
0.83
5 bloom · 6 gloom
Energy
0.60
3 bloom · 5 gloom
Education
0.33
2 bloom · 6 gloom