Lead conversation
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan
8.2K mentions · 19.2% share
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisis is the second-largest conversation. Engagement density is 445 interactions per mention, with 18% negative sentiment.
9 campaigns · 488 keywords · 108 live searchesCollected Sep 6 – Oct 6, 2026
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The conversation right now is led by Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan and Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisis. X carries 75% of mentions, while Instagram carries 60% of engagement.
Dominant conversation
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan
Lead cluster
Sudanese Armed Forces
Active platforms
6 of 7
Watch targets
7 people · 32 places
Mentions tracked
42.8K▲ 1.9%
Posts collected this window
Total engagement
27.9M▼ 2.2%
Likes, shares, comments, views
Unique authors
31.2K
Distinct voices
Negative sentiment
12%
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
389 RSF · 3.3K SAF
The actor layer is asymmetric: Burhan appears in 0 labeled mentions and Hemedti in 0. Track the dedicated feeds: RSF, SAF, Burhan, Hemedti.
Geography
Kordofan outranks the older capital signal
1.5K 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 · Instagram attention
X supplies 75% of mentions, but Instagram supplies 60% 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
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudanregional
21 keywords · 9 live searches
8.2K
19.2% share
18%
445
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisisthematic
75 keywords · 13 live searches
8.1K
18.8% share
7%
284
Khartoum & Central Sudanregional
40 keywords · 11 live searches
7.2K
16.8% share
7%
51
Sudan War & Military Situationthematic
127 keywords · 17 live searches
6.5K
15.3% share
12%
824
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actorsthematic
89 keywords · 14 live searches
4.3K
10.0% share
12%
738
Business, Economy & Resourcesthematic
42 keywords · 11 live searches
4.3K
10.0% share
14%
240
Culture, Society & Diasporathematic
39 keywords · 12 live searches
2.7K
6.3% share
14%
1.2K
Cross-Border & Refugee Crisisregional
21 keywords · 10 live searches
996
2.3% share
23%
2.3K
Darfurregional
34 keywords · 11 live searches
288
0.7% share
12%
7.5K
Clusters
Top keywords
The conflict themes showing up most across tracked posts.
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
3.3K
5% negative
Kordofan front
Kordofan · كردفان · El Obeid · الأبيض
1.5K
2% negative
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
1.5K
53% negative
Central Sudan
Wad Madani · Wad Medani · ود مدني · Gezira
933
8% negative
Gold, gum arabic, and resources
gold · الذهب · gold mining · Sudanese gold
806
14% negative
Ports and trade routes
Port Sudan · Red Sea port · imports · exports
803
12% negative
Foreign actors
UAE · United Arab Emirates · الإمارات · Emirates
616
13% negative
Gold, gum arabic, and resources
gold · الذهب · gold mining · Sudanese gold
609
17% negative
Momentum
Trending keywords
Keywords rising fastest versus the previous period of the same length.
- weapon4▲ 300%
- person_agar4▲ 300%
- parallel3▲ 200%
- Gold, gum arabic, and resources6▲ 100%
- aid_org4▲ 100%
- person_rsf22▲ 100%
- Civil society7▲ 75%
- Kordofan front87▲ 45%
Timeline
Daily mention volume
Mentions per day, Sep 6 – Oct 6, 2026.
Attention
Highest-engagement mentions
Instagramneutral
1.7M eng.Please donate and support Palestinian, Sudanese andSyrian families with the link in my bio. The only difference between us and a refugee… is luck. We were bor...
theduasanctuary
Instagramneutral
1.7M eng.Hello, I am Sarah from Gaza. I came out from under the rubble with all my family and were displaced to the south and live in a tent. There are no resistance to ...
sarafromgaza
Instagrampositive
1.1M eng.📍Red Sea, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 Welcome to Shebara Hotel, part of the groundbreaking Red Sea Project, is redefining luxury travel — transforming the Red Sea into the ...
Sean Riffel
Instagrampositive
891K eng.Made it to the Maldives of Saudi Arabia and I still can’t believe this place is real 🥹🩵 Did you know there are landscapes like this in Saudi? @thestregisredsea ...
Aurélie Bouti