Sentiment Digest

2026-05-17 15:34 UTC  |  Dashboard  |  PM Watch  |  Markdown
Across 4,534 items scanned in 9 verticals, the overall mood is upbeat (avg sentiment score +0.15). Gaming leads the pulse at +0.27; News is heaviest at -0.10 — a 0.36-point spread.

Per-vertical mood

VerticalItemsPositiveNeutralNegativeAvg scoreMood
Gaming 666 55.7% 23.9% 20.4% +0.27 buoyant
Sports 537 54.0% 29.8% 16.2% +0.26 buoyant
Music 428 50.7% 34.8% 14.5% +0.25 upbeat
Tv 443 50.8% 26.2% 23.0% +0.22 upbeat
Science 354 46.0% 32.5% 21.5% +0.18 upbeat
Tech 575 44.3% 36.2% 19.5% +0.18 upbeat
Influencers 326 46.0% 27.0% 27.0% +0.15 upbeat
Film 504 43.7% 24.8% 31.5% +0.07 mixed
News 701 31.5% 27.0% 41.5% -0.10 downbeat

PM mentions in this pulse

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Most positive stories (cross-vertical)

Krafton Will Likely Have to Pay $250 Million Bonus for Subnautica 2 That It Tried to Avoid
gaming +0.98 · r/gaming · 2026-05-16 19:20 UTC
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Drake - Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti
music +0.94 · r/hiphopheads · 2026-05-16 01:21 UTC
PS5 Help and Questions Megathread | Game Recommendations, Simple Questions, and Tech Support
gaming +0.93 · r/PS5 · 2024-12-02 12:02 UTC
Daily Discussion Thread 05/16/2026
music +0.92 · r/hiphopheads · 2026-05-16 11:38 UTC
Growing up in a disadvantaged environment not only hinders cognitive development but also weakens a person’s default willingness to trust others later in life. While higher intelligence generally makes people more trusting, early childhood adversity cuts this social benefit in half.
science +0.88 · r/science · 2026-05-16 12:27 UTC
Kristen Stewart's "I just don’t think that it’s possible to create sort of radical, vital work under capitalistic parameters."
film +0.87 · r/TrueFilm · 2026-05-16 21:20 UTC

Most negative stories (cross-vertical)

Influencer Chud the Builder has bond set at $1.25 Million for attempted murder of a man outside Tennessee court house. Dalton Eatherly, 28, faces additional charges including employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
influencers -0.97 · r/LivestreamFail · 2026-05-15 17:10 UTC
Shutting Down USAID Led to a Rise in Global Violence. Protests and riots increased by 10%, incidents of armed fighting rose by 6.9%, and battle-related fatalities grew 9.3%. The uptick in violence began almost immediately after the aid stopped and remained elevated for months.
science -0.96 · r/science · 2026-05-15 13:12 UTC
The problem with Your Friends and Neighbours
tv -0.91 · r/television · 2026-05-17 02:14 UTC
At least 3 killed, numerous residential buildings hit in mass drone attack on Moscow region
news -0.82 · r/worldnews · 2026-05-17 04:40 UTC
Report: Netflix's Devil May Cry Renewed for a Third Season
gaming -0.82 · r/gaming · 2026-05-16 10:40 UTC
Feeling empty after finishing a video game (post-game depression) is a real phenomenon. A recent study has found that many video game players experience a specific sense of emptiness and sadness after finishing highly engaging games.
science -0.80 · r/science · 2026-05-17 10:09 UTC

What everyone's talking about

NameMentionsVerticalsAvg sentiment
MSN 96 film, gaming, influencers, music, science, sports, tech, tv +0.06
AI 27 news, science, tech -0.10
AOL 24 film, influencers, science, tech, tv +0.29
York Times 22 gaming, news, sports -0.11
IMDb 21 film, tv +0.01
Trump 16 news -0.14
Subnautica 15 gaming +0.56
Sports 12 sports +0.28
Scientists 12 science -0.22
Economic Times 12 tech +0.04
Netflix 11 tv +0.21
Know 10 gaming, tv +0.15

Source coverage

302 of 302 source feeds responded across RSS, Google News, Reddit, and YouTube. Total items collected: 4,719.

Source typeOK / AttemptedItems
google_news_rss 70 / 70 1566
reddit 52 / 52 768
rss 127 / 127 1968
youtube 53 / 53 417
Internal PM tool — sentiment is VADER baseline (lexical, fast). Tune terms in config/topics/*.yaml and config/pm_watch.yaml.