Lead conversation
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisis
8.8K mentions · 19.3% share
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan is the second-largest conversation. Engagement density is 85 interactions per mention, with 9% negative sentiment.
9 campaigns · 488 keywords · 108 live searchesCollected Sep 17 – Oct 17, 2026
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The conversation right now is led by Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisis and Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan. X carries 76% of mentions, while snapchat carries 35% of engagement.
Dominant conversation
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisis
Lead cluster
Sudanese Armed Forces
Active platforms
6 of 7
Watch targets
7 people · 32 places
Mentions tracked
45.4K▼ 6.8%
Posts collected this window
Total engagement
13.1M▲ 38.1%
Likes, shares, comments, views
Unique authors
32.8K
Distinct voices
Negative sentiment
14%
Share of posts flagged negative
Watch lists
People and places in the conversation
Open a watch page for any tracked person or place to see their recent mentions and most-shared posts.
Situation read
What the data is saying
Drawn from live mention volume, keywords, sentiment, platform mix, and engagement.
Actors
RSF is the strongest actor label
445 RSF · 3.8K SAF
The actor layer is asymmetric: Burhan appears in 223 labeled mentions and Hemedti in 0. Track the dedicated feeds: RSF, SAF, Burhan, Hemedti.
Geography
Kordofan outranks the older capital signal
1.7K Kordofan · 0 Darfur
The geographic layer points to Kordofan and Darfur more than Khartoum right now. Khartoum-linked labels account for 0 mentions in this window.
Platform split
Volume and attention are not on the same platform
X volume · snapchat attention
X supplies 76% of mentions, but snapchat supplies 35% of engagement. This is why viral cards should not be read as the whole conversation.
Triage
Campaigns by live signal
Ranked by mention volume in this window, with each campaign's negative share and engagement per mention.
CampaignMentionsNegativeEng/mention
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisisthematic
75 keywords · 13 live searches
8.8K
19.3% share
9%
85
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudanregional
21 keywords · 9 live searches
8.1K
17.8% share
16%
23
Khartoum & Central Sudanregional
40 keywords · 11 live searches
7.9K
17.5% share
12%
10
Sudan War & Military Situationthematic
127 keywords · 17 live searches
7K
15.3% share
15%
345
Business, Economy & Resourcesthematic
42 keywords · 11 live searches
4.7K
10.5% share
16%
122
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actorsthematic
89 keywords · 14 live searches
4.7K
10.4% share
16%
294
Culture, Society & Diasporathematic
39 keywords · 12 live searches
2.8K
6.2% share
18%
636
Cross-Border & Refugee Crisisregional
21 keywords · 10 live searches
731
1.6% share
9%
204
Darfurregional
34 keywords · 11 live searches
311
0.7% share
16%
4K
Clusters
Top keywords
The conflict themes showing up most across tracked posts.
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
3.8K
11% negative
Kordofan front
Kordofan · كردفان · El Obeid · الأبيض
1.7K
7% negative
Central Sudan
Wad Madani · Wad Medani · ود مدني · Gezira
1.2K
23% negative
Ports and trade routes
Port Sudan · Red Sea port · imports · exports
924
16% negative
Gold, gum arabic, and resources
gold · الذهب · gold mining · Sudanese gold
878
14% negative
Foreign actors
UAE · United Arab Emirates · الإمارات · Emirates
737
21% negative
Gold, gum arabic, and resources
gold · الذهب · gold mining · Sudanese gold
722
23% negative
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
622
44% negative
Momentum
Trending keywords
Keywords rising fastest versus the previous period of the same length.
- politics15▲ 1400%
- org_splmn4▲ 300%
- org_civil3▲ 200%
- ethnic3▲ 200%
- Civil society9▲ 125%
- aid_org6▲ 100%
- Gold, gum arabic, and resources6▲ 100%
- refugee4▲ 100%
Timeline
Daily mention volume
Mentions per day, Sep 17 – Oct 17, 2026.
Attention
Highest-engagement mentions
Instagramneutral
713.3K eng.SPEAK UP 🇸🇩. #savesudan #talkaboutsudan
Rouis Kofan
snapchatneutral
672.5K eng.ملاك بنت المدينة 🇸🇦🐆 · Snapchat Spotlight
ملاك بنت المدينة 🇸🇦🐆
snapchatneutral
509.2K eng.Rakan · Snapchat Spotlight
Rakan
TikTokneutral
449.5K eng.قوات الدعم السريع تعتقل الصحفي السوداني المتعاون مع قناة الجزيرة مباشر معمر إبراهيم عقب إعلانها السيطرة على مدينة #الفاشر في إقليم دارفور.
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