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NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka dies at 86

Rank
Running
19h
Updated
46m ago
Momentum
+54%
Outlets
10
Regions
4
Countries
8
Languages
4

CBS News United States · English 9 Oct, 15:26 UTC

The earliest of 7 English reports

Read it also in Dansk (1) · Español (1) · 中文 (1) · +2 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 10 after 20 hours.

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Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: CBS News, 9 Oct, 15:26 UTC.
  2. Second country: United Kingdom, with The Independent.
  3. Second region: Europe, with The Independent.
  4. Fastest hour: +3 outlets from 9 Oct, 15:26 UTC.
  5. Now: 10 outlets.

Where it travelled

21 of 21 hours

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The 8 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

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  • Africa 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Americas 5 outlets · 3 countries · 50%
  • Asia-Pacific 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Europe 3 outlets · 3 countries · 30%

First movers

  1. CBS News 9 Oct, 15:26 UTC
  2. The Independent +18m
  3. ABC News +38m
  4. NBC News +2h 20m
  5. Infobae +2h 35m

Latest arrivals

  1. DR 10 Oct, 10:48 UTC
  2. Cyprus Mail 10 Oct, 08:46 UTC
  3. Punch 9 Oct, 20:20 UTC
  4. Liberty Times 9 Oct, 19:45 UTC
  5. Jamaica Observer 9 Oct, 19:25 UTC

The figures

Coverage
10 outlets in 8 countries, across 4 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 10 outlets, 1 public-service, 9 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Africa 1: Nigeria. Americas 3: Argentina, Jamaica, United States. Asia-Pacific 1: Taiwan. Europe 3: Cyprus, Denmark, United Kingdom. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
Danish, English, Spanish, Chinese.
Timeline
Earliest article CBS News, 9 Oct 2026, 15:26 UTC. First seen 9 Oct 2026, 15:40 UTC. Last seen 10 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region Americas, United States. Topic Sport. Hard news Judged not hard news. Left off the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
2.69, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Day by day

Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method
9 Oct 2026 99 6.47 8 6 8 6 4.6

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Started 9 Oct, 15:40 UTC · Updated 10 Oct, 10:48 UTC

Covered by 10 outlets

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  • DR Denmark 10 Oct, 10:48 UTC
    NFL-legenden Mike Ditka er død i en alder af 86 år
  • Cyprus Mail Cyprus 10 Oct, 08:46 UTC
    NFL legend Mike Ditka dies at 86
  • Infobae Argentina 9 Oct, 23:51 UTC
    Murió a los 86 años Mike Ditka, el hombre que llevó a los Chicago Bears a su único Super Bowl
    +1 more articleHide 1 more article
    • Muere Mike Ditka a los 86 años, legendario entrenador de los Chicago Bears 9 Oct, 18:01 UTC
  • CBS News United States 9 Oct, 23:47 UTC
    A look at NFL legend Mike Ditka's legacy after his death at 86
    +2 more articlesHide 2 more articles
    • Mike Ditka, who led Chicago Bears to only Super Bowl title, dies at 86 9 Oct, 17:27 UTC
    • Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86 9 Oct, 15:26 UTC
  • NBC News United States 9 Oct, 23:29 UTC
    NFL Hall of Fame coach Mike Ditka dead at 86
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    • Remembering Mike Ditka's life and legacy 9 Oct, 17:46 UTC
  • Punch Nigeria 9 Oct, 20:20 UTC
    NFL legend Mike Ditka dies at 86
  • Liberty Times Taiwan 9 Oct, 19:45 UTC
    NFL名人堂傳奇迪特卡86歲逝世 家人、球隊同悼念
  • Jamaica Observer Jamaica 9 Oct, 19:25 UTC
    NFL legend Mike Ditka dead at 86
  • ABC News United States 9 Oct, 16:04 UTC
    Mike Ditka, legendary NFL player and coach, dies at 86
  • The Independent United Kingdom 9 Oct, 15:45 UTC
    Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear, dies at 86
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