BBC News Archive - Categories

This page measures the distribution by category of the three main headlines on the BBC News front page, with links to the stories that appeared there. The percentage is of time during that month.

Three main headlines | Main headline only | Left sub-headline only | Right sub-headline only | Both sub-headlines

July 2005

UK 36.13%
UK Politics 8.09%
World → Middle East 7.36%
Business 5.98%
Sci → Tech 5.2%
England → London 3.79%
World → Europe 3.56%
World → Americas 3.42%
Entertainment → Music 2.95%
Health 2.9%
World → South Asia 2.52%
England → Merseyside 2.31%
England 2.05%
Northern Ireland 2%
Front Page 1.51%
World → Asia-pacific 0.95%
Sport → Other Sports → Olympics 2012 0.93%
World → Africa 0.83%
Scotland 0.79%
Education 0.74%
England → West Midlands 0.65%
Entertainment → Arts 0.6%
Technology 0.57%
England → Manchester 0.56%
Sport → Tennis 0.5%
Other Sports → Olympics 2012 0.48%
Wales 0.43%
Entertainment → Tv And Radio 0.42%
Sport → Cricket → England 0.36%
England → Southern Counties 0.26%
World 0.23%
Entertainment → Film 0.23%
Sport → Football → Teams → L → Liverpool 0.22%
Sport → Front Page 0.18%
England → Nottinghamshire 0.11%
England → West Yorkshire 0.09%
Prep Obits - Will Not Publish 0.05%
Sport → Other Sports → Cycling 0.03%
Other Sports 0.02%

August 2005

UK 23.76%
World → Middle East 18.68%
UK Politics 7.74%
World → Americas 6.48%
World → Europe 6.44%
England → London 5.49%
Business 5.41%
Scotland 4.49%
Sci → Tech 4.45%
England → Merseyside 2.99%
Health 2.67%
Education 1.88%
World → Asia-pacific 1.68%
World → South Asia 1.16%
Sport → Cricket → England 0.91%
England → Staffordshire 0.7%
Wales 0.64%
England → Tyne 0.61%
England → Kent 0.6%
World → Africa 0.55%
Northern Ireland 0.54%
Sport → Athletics 0.49%
England → Manchester 0.4%
England → West Yorkshire 0.35%
England → Hampshire 0.23%
Entertainment → Arts 0.2%
England → Norfolk 0.18%
England 0.06%
England → Northamptonshire 0.06%
England → Cornwall 0.06%
Cricket → England 0.04%
0.02%
World 0.02%
Science → Nature 0.01%

September 2005

World → Americas 24.24%
UK 17.21%
World → Middle East 12.39%
UK Politics 10.68%
World → Europe 5.42%
Northern Ireland 4.57%
Health 3.24%
Business 2.89%
Education 2.46%
Sci → Tech 2.25%
England → Nottinghamshire 1.65%
World → South Asia 1.39%
World → Asia-pacific 1.23%
Cricket → England 1.22%
England → London 1.22%
England → Manchester 1.11%
England → Cambridgeshire 1.05%
Scotland 0.64%
England → Staffordshire 0.63%
England → Berkshire 0.61%
England → West Midlands 0.58%
England → Devon 0.57%
England → Lancashire 0.52%
Entertainment → Arts 0.43%
Entertainment → Music 0.42%
England → Tyne 0.27%
Sport → Football → Internationals 0.25%
Cricket 0.18%
Sport → Cricket → England 0.13%
World → Africa 0.13%
England → Southern Counties 0.12%
Sport → Cricket 0.09%
Entertainment 0.07%
Wales 0.06%
England 0.05%
World 0%

October 2005

UK Politics 21.13%
UK 15.01%
World → South Asia 12.6%
World → Middle East 9.66%
World → Americas 9.31%
World → Europe 6.23%
Health 4.5%
World → Asia-pacific 4.45%
England → London 3.42%
England → West Midlands 2.37%
Business 1.69%
Sci → Tech 1.29%
Entertainment → Tv And Radio 1.05%
England → West Yorkshire 0.83%
Entertainment → Arts 0.77%
World → Africa 0.76%
England → Manchester 0.59%
England → Nottinghamshire 0.57%
Scotland 0.43%
Entertainment → Film 0.42%
England → Hampshire 0.38%
Entertainment → Music 0.34%
England → Shropshire 0.3%
England → Bristol 0.26%
England → Cambridgeshire 0.26%
England → Essex 0.25%
Northern Ireland 0.22%
England 0.19%
Sport → Tennis 0.18%
England → South Yorkshire 0.13%
Technology 0.09%
England → Somerset 0.09%
England → Merseyside 0.08%
Education 0.04%
England → Southern Counties 0.04%
World 0.03%
England → Cornwall 0.03%
England → Wear 0.01%

November 2005

UK 20.5%
UK Politics 18.21%
World → Middle East 13.13%
World → Europe 10.58%
England → Bradford 6.22%
Health 4.58%
World → Asia-pacific 4.09%
England → Humber 3.9%
Business 3.28%
England → Southern Counties 2.36%
England 1.94%
England → Merseyside 1.67%
Education 1.51%
World → Americas 1.34%
England → Staffordshire 1.3%
Sci → Tech 0.72%
World → South Asia 0.62%
Scotland 0.55%
Northern Ireland 0.54%
England → London 0.53%
England → Devon 0.49%
Technology 0.46%
Sport → Football → Teams → M → Man Utd 0.43%
Entertainment → Tv And Radio 0.39%
World → Africa 0.24%
Sport → Cricket → England 0.16%
Sport → Football 0.14%
England → Oxfordshire 0.08%
Wales 0.02%

December 2005

UK 20.8%
UK Politics 12.49%
Health 12.11%
World → Americas 11.44%
World → Middle East 9.76%
Northern Ireland 8.03%
Business 5.04%
England → Merseyside 3.43%
World → Asia-pacific 3.34%
World → South Asia 3.22%
Education 3.17%
England → Essex 2.64%
World → Europe 1.77%
Entertainment 1.19%
England → Southern Counties 0.79%
England → Bradford 0.77%