Entity

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 17 Oct 2026Last evidence 17 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Singapore-Flagged Container Ship Carrying Over 2,500 Containers Sinks In Strait Of Hormuz

    Reported event · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Super tanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC says

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran war live: Trump claims US Navy blockade stops Iranian ships in Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Fog of War Deepens in Hormuz as UKMTO Says Most Ship Attacks Go Unreported

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 13 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 136 mentions on 17 Oct 2026, against 116 on 26 Sept 2026 (+17%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 17 Oct 2026 (11 changes recorded since 7 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 16 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” moved from 26% to 12% Yes since 2 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

3,807 documents · 272 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 17 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.098: about 90% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 4 receipts 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 · 3,049 shared documents
  • Oil · 2,614 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,665 shared documents
  • Middle East · 1,605 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,437 shared documents
  • United States · 1,346 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,181 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,154 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 918 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 898 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 136 mentions on 17 Oct 2026 with 116 on 26 Sept 2026 (+17%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +369% from 2 Sept 2026 to 17 Oct 2026, between 19 and 191 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

12% Yes

priced 17 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 26% → 12% Yes (-14pts, from 2 Sept 2026 to 17 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

“Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/c0ec2e6075dbc1602e45194e returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name hormuz.

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

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.

  • Singapore-Flagged Container Ship Carrying Over 2,500 Containers Sinks In Strait Of Hormuz

    Reported event · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Singapore-Flagged Container Ship Carrying Over 2,500 Containers Sinks In Strait Of Hormuz · corroborated · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 5 separate publishers
    • Container ship sinks near strait of Hormuz amid surge in Iranian attacks · reported by two · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
  • Super tanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC says

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran war live: Trump claims US Navy blockade stops Iranian ships in Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Fog of War Deepens in Hormuz as UKMTO Says Most Ship Attacks Go Unreported

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • India’s West Coast Emerges As New Hub For Oil Transfers As Waters Outside Hormuz Become Congested

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil prices rise after reported Iranian attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Two ships sink near Hormuz after being hit by projectiles amid surge in attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Failure to activate Hormuz fertilizer plan could trigger food crisis, UN official says

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • US-Iran war: Yemen says 950 Houthis killed; Iran denies RAF Fairford plot, IRGC warns foreign powers off Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran says it will reply to US response on Hormuz proposal once review over

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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

Walk the record from Hormuz

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US-Iran war: Yemen says 950 Houthis killed; Iran denies RAF Fairford plot, IRGC warns foreign powers off Strait of Hormuz

Claim, reached from Hormuz.

Evidence
2 separate publishers · 2 separate origins · a wire story and its reprints count once; agreement between outlets, not proof
Standing
●●○ Reported by two
Time
first seen 13 Oct 2026, last seen 17 Oct 2026
Measured
fully
As of
17 Oct 2026
1 link from here

Who it names (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.

  • 63.7% Yes

    “Will there be no Hormuz agreement by October 23 or oil at least $80, and the Democrats win the Senate?”

    Polymarket · priced 17 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “hormuz” is named in the question · closes 23 Oct 2026

  • 60.9% Yes

    “Will there be no Hormuz agreement or oil at least $80, and the Democrats win the Senate?”

    Polymarket · priced 17 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “hormuz” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

  • 90.6% Yes

    “Will there be no Hormuz agreement?”

    Polymarket · priced 17 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “hormuz” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

Recorded history

  • 17 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 15 Oct 2026

  • 15 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 11 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026

  • 11 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026

  • 10 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 9 Oct 2026

  • 10 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 9 Oct 2026

11 changes recorded since 7 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 17 Oct 2026.