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Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes.

As of 12 Oct 2026Last evidence 12 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 11 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Super oil tanker catches fire after hitting sea mine in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Brent Holds Above $100 as Hormuz Tanker Traffic Hits Two-Month Low

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

All 13 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 131 mentions on 12 Oct 2026, against 130 on 21 Sept 2026 (+1%).
  • State Changes between snapshots: cannot measure, no state history is kept for Hormuz yet.
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 11 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” moved from 32% to 14% Yes since 28 Aug 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

3,379 documents · 256 publishers · 39% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 12 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.392: about 61% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Hormuz

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilTrumpMiddle EastSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 2,729 shared documents
  • Oil · 2,299 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,479 shared documents
  • Middle East · 1,430 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,237 shared documents
  • United States · 1,199 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,055 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,000 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 840 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 806 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

Daily mentions +185% from 28 Aug 2026 to 12 Oct 2026, between 19 and 191 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

14% Yes

Polymarket · priced 12 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 32% → 14% Yes (-18pts, from 28 Aug 2026 to 12 Oct 2026)

on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Hormuz

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For developers

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Events involving Hormuz

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 11 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Super oil tanker catches fire after hitting sea mine in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Brent Holds Above $100 as Hormuz Tanker Traffic Hits Two-Month Low

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Tanker Attacks Spread Beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Gulf Freight Costs Soar

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Iran lost complete control of Hormuz, its economy is in 'total freefall': Rubio

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran says Strait of Hormuz could reopen within a week as Tehran weighs US response

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • 11 Indians among 12 crew injured after vessel hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz; MEA condemns attack

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran Strikes Hormuz Tankers Daily as Gulf Oil Exports Reached Pre-War Levels

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Increased vessel attacks drive Hormuz oil exports 'sharply lower', report says

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Evidence
2,304 documents · 354 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Apr 2026, last seen 12 Oct 2026
Measured
21% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
12 Oct 2026
10 links from here

What is claimed about it (9)

  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

Who it moves with (1)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Hormuz, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Hormuz

Markets whose question is about Hormuz or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Hormuz and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 12 Oct 2026.