Microsoft News Mentions: Chart and History
Microsoft appeared in 544 news articles a day over the 7 days to Oct 1, 2026, +13% on 30 days earlier, #3 of 10 tech stocks we track.
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The full history is on Pro
3,127 earlier points back to Jan 1, 2017. Free shows the last 365 days. Pro shows every point we hold; Max adds the API and CSV.
See ProOver 30 days: +13%. Over a year: -14%. This week: +28%, 2.8x its usual weekly move. High so far: 12.7K on May 15, 2017.
News mentions: Microsoft and its peers
Microsoft is #3 of 10 tech stocks on news mentions (7-day average). Alphabet leads at 1,677. Each panel has its own scale; the last 90 days.
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Method and source
What it measures: news articles that name it. Source: GDELT DOC 2.0 API, read daily with mode=timelinevolraw (raw daily article count for the query); days where GDELT indexed under half its usual volume are dropped. The headline number is the 7-day average, so one busy day does not swing it. Changes compare like with like: the latest value against the value 30 days and a year earlier. "Usual move" is the median size of this signal's weekly moves over the past year.
Raw daily count of articles matching Microsoft in GDELT (all languages GDELT translates), from 2017-01-01. 57 days were left out because GDELT indexed under 60% of its usual same-weekday volume that day; days with no point are gaps, not zeros.
Open data. GDELT asks for at most one request every 5 seconds; we wait 8 seconds and stop for the run on repeated 429 answers.
Fetched Oct 14, 2026. Not investment advice.
API · MCP
Use this signal via API
Pull Microsoft news mentions as JSON with its source and coverage, or call it from an agent over MCP. Signal microsoft/news-mentions.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/signals/microsoft/news-mentions | Latest value, the last 365 days, source and coverage. No key needed | Free |
| GET | /api/v1/signals/microsoft/news-mentions | The same call returns every point we hold when you are signed in to Pro or send a Max key | Pro |
| GET | /api/v1/signals/microsoft/news-mentions?format=csv | The same as CSV | Max |
| POST | /mcp | Tool get_signal with entity microsoft and metric news-mentions | Max |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/signals/microsoft/news-mentions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"API keys come with Max: up to 5 per account, 60 requests a minute each. Billing is not open yet, so the plan page is the place to start.
Questions people ask
How is Microsoft doing on news mentions right now?
Microsoft appeared in 544 news articles a day over the 7 days to Oct 1, 2026, +13% on 30 days earlier, #3 of 10 tech stocks we track.
Is Microsoft rising on news mentions?
Over 30 days: +13%. Over a year: -14%. This week: +28%, 2.8x its usual weekly move. High so far: 12.7K on May 15, 2017.
How does Microsoft compare with other tech stocks?
Microsoft is #3 of 10 tech stocks on news mentions (7-day average). Alphabet leads at 1,677. 1. Alphabet 1,677; 2. Meta 1,422; 3. Microsoft 544; 4. NVIDIA 457.
Where does this data come from?
GDELT DOC 2.0 API: news articles that name it, read daily by ViralChart (mode=timelinevolraw (raw daily article count for the query); days where GDELT indexed under half its usual volume are dropped). Coverage Jan 1, 2017 to Oct 1, 2026, 3,476 points. Open data. GDELT asks for at most one request every 5 seconds; we wait 8 seconds and stop for the run on repeated 429 answers.