Social Media Sentiment Monitor
Real-time political and social sentiment intelligence across 190+ countries — tracking public mood on government performance, economic conditions, social unrest, elections, and security. Aggregated from news media, social platforms, and open data sources, processed through a multilingual NLP pipeline and updated daily.
Negative and very negative sentiment now covers 45% of monitored countries — the highest proportion since Q3 2023. The primary drivers are economic dissatisfaction (cost of living, inflation) and declining government approval ratings, concentrated in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South and Southeast Asia.
What’s moving right now
Public confidence in economic management remains elevated following the May infrastructure investment announcement. Sentiment is broad-based across income groups and urban/rural splits.
Sentiment on immigration and social policy is sharply polarised. Positive signals dominate in rural southern regions; strongly negative signals in the Paris metropolitan area and urban north.
Fuel price protests have generated a significant spike in negative social sentiment. Volume across Telegram, Reddit, and monitored news has tripled in the past 72 hours. Government response is a secondary escalation risk.
A representative selection of current national sentiment scores. Full data — including topic-level breakdowns, source attribution, and historical trends — is available on subscription.
Most positive sentiment
✓ Public| # | Country | Score | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 78.4 | Very Positive |
| 2 | UAE | 76.9 | Very Positive |
| 3 | Vietnam | 74.2 | Very Positive |
| 4 | Rwanda | 73.8 | Positive |
| 5 | Indonesia | 71.2 | Positive ↑ |
| 6 | Tanzania | 70.6 | Positive |
| 7 | Japan | 69.4 | Positive |
| 8 | India | 68.1 | Positive |
| 9 | Switzerland | 67.8 | Positive |
| 10 | Philippines | 66.3 | Positive |
Most negative sentiment
✓ Public| # | Country | Score | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | Sudan | 4.2 | Very Negative |
| 189 | Myanmar | 5.8 | Very Negative |
| 188 | Haiti | 7.3 | Very Negative |
| 187 | Venezuela | 8.9 | Very Negative |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 10.2 | Very Negative |
| 185 | Yemen | 11.7 | Very Negative |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 13.4 | Very Negative |
| 183 | Pakistan | 15.1 | Very Negative |
| 182 | Argentina | 16.8 | Negative ↓ |
| 181 | Nigeria | 18.9 | Negative ↓ |
Full Social Sentiment Monitor · 190 countries × 15 topics
⬤ Subscription required15 topic categories, 190 countries, daily
Each country receives a composite sentiment score and a breakdown across 15 distinct topic categories — allowing clients to identify not just whether sentiment is negative, but which dimension is driving it and how fast it is moving.
Government & leadership
- Head of government approval signals
- Cabinet and institutional trust
- Policy announcement reception
- Corruption and scandal perception
- Government competence narratives
Economic conditions
- Cost of living and inflation sentiment
- Employment and job security signals
- Business confidence and investment climate
- Currency and financial system trust
- Economic policy satisfaction
Social unrest & protest
- Protest call and mobilisation signals
- Strike and labour action sentiment
- Civil society grievance volume
- Unrest escalation indicators
- Government response legitimacy
Electoral & democratic sentiment
- Electoral integrity perception
- Opposition party and candidate sentiment
- Voter engagement and disenfranchisement signals
- Election result acceptance signals
- Democratic backsliding concern
Security & conflict
- Armed conflict and violence sentiment
- Terrorism threat perception
- Police and security force legitimacy
- Crime and personal safety signals
- Cross-border tension and war risk
Migration & borders
- Refugee and migration policy sentiment
- Border security perception
- Integration and social cohesion signals
- Emigration intent as distress signal
- Xenophobic and nationalist narrative volume
Environmental & energy
- Climate change concern and urgency signals
- Energy price and supply sentiment
- Green transition policy reception
- Natural disaster and resilience response
- Environmental enforcement satisfaction
Institutional trust
- Judicial system confidence
- Media credibility signals
- Military and security trust
- Religious institution sentiment
- Civil service and bureaucracy perception
All signals are processed through a multilingual NLP pipeline covering 40+ languages. Volume weighting, bot filtering, and geographic tagging are applied before scoring.
Built for political and operational risk intelligence
Social sentiment is an early warning indicator — it moves before the official statistics do. The Social Sentiment Monitor gives clients a systematic, comparable read on public mood across markets, updated daily rather than quarterly.
Early warning for instability
Political risk analysts use sentiment monitoring to identify deteriorating public mood before it manifests as protests, electoral shocks, or policy reversals — giving clients lead time to adjust exposure.
Operational risk & market entry
Multinationals use sentiment data to assess the social licence to operate in new or existing markets — particularly around labour, energy, and regulatory policy topics.
Sovereign and EM risk monitoring
Emerging market investors integrate sentiment signals into political risk models — treating sustained negative economic sentiment as a forward indicator for capital controls, rate moves, and fiscal stress.
Diplomatic and partner country tracking
Foreign affairs ministries and development institutions use sentiment monitoring to track partner country stability, identify emerging tensions, and anticipate policy shifts before official announcements.
Get access to the Social Sentiment Monitor
190 countries. 15 topic categories. Daily refresh. Alert notifications for significant sentiment shifts and emerging unrest signals.