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The Verge · February 2026
February 2026 editorial profile for The Verge. Below: how this outlet framed the actors and regions it covered most in February 2026. Tap any tile to jump to the detailed card.
Editorial stance
One tile per entity (country or public figure) covered enough times this month to draw a confident editorial-stance read. Colour from red (hostile) to green (supportive); intensity scales with headline volume. Tap to jump to the detailed card.
United States25 titles0Reportorial“neutral with mixed signals”
Patterns
- factual reporting of US government actions
- occasional critical framing of US policies
- no consistent evaluative language toward the US as entity
Caveats
The bundle covers a wide range of topics (tech, defense, immigration, politics) with no dominant stance toward the US. Headlines like 'Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk' (7) and 'ICE activity increased in small towns' (11) imply some critical distance, but others are purely factual or positive (e.g., OpenAI-Pentagon deal). The entity 'US' is too broad and the coverage too scattered to assign a clear stance.
February 2026 overview
Track distributioniShare of coverage across thematic tracks
economy
politics
Top actorsiMost frequently mentioned actor categories
CORPORATION
67.5%
US EXECUTIVE
9.1%
US LAW ENFORCEMENT
5.2%
US STATE JUDICIARY
3.9%
US LEGISLATURE
1.3%
GEORGIA ELECTION AUTHORITY
1.3%
US ARMED FORCES
1.3%
META CORPORATION
1.3%
Domain focusiThematic domains: security, governance, economy, etc.
TECHNOLOGY
77.9%
GOVERNANCE
10.4%
ECONOMY
7.8%
MEDIA
1.3%
SOCIETY
1.3%
SECURITY
1.3%
Publication patterniDay-of-week distribution of published titlesall time
Monday
16.8%
Tuesday
21.5%
Wednesday
18.9%
Thursday
22.3%
Friday
12.2%
Saturday
4.9%
Sunday
3.5%
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