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Chicago Marathon

Fitness & Nutrition · first detected 28 Sept 2026 · scored 7 Oct 2026

Not medical advice. Topics are rising in attention, not proven to work. Talk to a qualified professional before changing your training, diet or medication.

Health topics: rely on evidence from reputable sources, and do not present a trend as a treatment.

Attention is moving a little, and the topic is already well covered: worth watching.

Trend

17/100Stirring

Some movement, but not yet a clear rise.

Opportunity

8/100Some

A little room, but the topic is either slow or already busy.

Confidence

68%Medium

Enough data to trust the direction, not every detail.

Trend, 30 days

Trend (0–100):
How fast attention is growing right now, compared with the topic's usual level. 20+ makes the radar.
Opportunity (0–100):
The trend, discounted when a topic is already crowded or past its peak: the room left to stand out. How scores work

Why this score

  • +Wikipedia views up 1.6× against its 4-week median
  • −Rising in only one source so far
  • +Up 45% on the previous 7 days (average across sources)
  • +First detected 9 days ago
  • −Already covered heavily (saturation 46%)
  • ·Only 10 days of history so far
How this score was calculated
ComponentValueWeightPoints
Attention growth21%0.30+6.1
Coverage growth0%0.25+0.0
Cross-source breadth33%0.20+6.7
Acceleration54%0.15+8.1
Freshness80%0.10+8.0
Saturation (subtracted)46%0.25−11.5
Trend score (0–100)17.4

Opportunity = trend 17.4 × (1 − saturation 46%) × stage weight 1 × niche relevance 0.82 = 7.7

Saturation parts: volume 81%, time elevated 18%, mainstream 0%. Spike ratio = mean of the last 3 days ÷ median of days 4–31. A source counts as spiking at ≥ 1.5× and robust z ≥ 2.

SourceSpikeRobust zWeek over weekSpiking
rss1.00×0.00%no
gdelt1.00×0.00%no
wikipedia1.60×3.5206%yes

Full method: methodology. Rising means rising now; it is not a prediction that a topic will go viral.

Signals by source

Wikipedia views

317/day

2026-09-28 → 2026-10-07 · fetched 8 Oct, 14:31 UTC

News coverage

0/day

2026-10-07 → 2026-10-07 · fetched 8 Oct, 14:17 UTC

Niche headlines

0/day

2026-10-06 → 2026-10-07 · fetched 8 Oct, 14:17 UTC

Attention data: Wikipedia pageviews via the Wikimedia Analytics API · News data: GDELT Project · Headlines: niche publications via their public feeds (headline, date and link only) · Data as of 8 Oct, 14:31 UTC

Licences and terms
  • Attention data: Wikipedia pageviews via the Wikimedia Analytics API: CC0 (pageview data)
  • News data: GDELT Project: Free for commercial use with citation
  • Headlines: niche publications via their public feeds (headline, date and link only): Headline and link only

Why it's rising

Observed (measured data)

  • Wikipedia: 1.6× its 4-week median (about 314.3 a day recently, against 196 before).

Interpretation (our reading, not a fact)

Interpretation: recent headlines (chicagotribune.com, chicagotribune.com) suggest renewed interest, but the data shows attention, not the reason behind it.

Written by AI from the stored evidence on this page (mock:claude-sonnet-5-5), 8 Oct 2026.

Key headlines

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Check what people are posting about “Chicago Marathon” right now on Reddit and YouTube. Opens their sites; we don't collect their data.

What to make about it

Angle 1 · short video

Chicago Marathon, explained for beginners

Hook: Everyone is suddenly talking about Chicago Marathon. Here's what it actually is.

  1. What it is in one sentence
  2. Why people are searching for it now
  3. One thing most explainers get wrong
  4. Where to learn more

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