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Trackers / Reader mood
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How African readers feel about the news this week: reader mood tracker

Readers of Country Pulse tap how a story makes them feel. This page adds those taps up by country and week.

Reader reaction, not a scientific poll

  • Refresh: Reactions are counted as they arrive; this page re-reads them every few minutes. The weekly reading covers the last 7 days.
  • Last update: 31 Oct 2026. Pulse stories are collected every 30 minutes.
  • Minimum: a country is shown only once it has at least 10 reactions in the period.

Last 7 days by country

Ghana 27 reactions, most common: hopeful (89%)

Kenya 11 reactions, most common: worried (36%)

Nigeria 80 reactions, most common: happy (38%)

South Africa 16 reactions, most common: worried (31%)

Worried, Angry, Hopeful, Happy, Don't care

Weekly history

Reader reactions by country and week
CountryWeek startingReactionsMost commonShare
Ghana26 Oct 202627hopeful89%
Kenya26 Oct 202611worried36%
Nigeria26 Oct 202679happy38%
Nigeria19 Oct 202616angry88%
South Africa26 Oct 202616worried31%

What this is and is not

These are reactions from people who read a Pulse story and chose to tap. They are not a sample of the population, they are not weighted, and the share who tapped says nothing reliable about how a whole country feels. Each device can react once to each story. Read how we treat reader polls in our methods.

Download the weekly counts: CSV or open JSON, free to use under CC BY 4.0. Countries below the minimum are not included.

Cite this

PollsAfrica (2026). How African readers feel about the news this week: reader mood tracker. Retrieved 31 Oct 2026 from https://pollsafrica.com/trackers/reader-mood