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 21 Oct 2026Last evidence 21 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • People scour strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacks container ships

    Reported event · first reported 15 Oct 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • IRGC claims it downed US drone, set two tankers ablaze near Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran's Araqchi blames US for Strait of Hormuz tensions, calls for diplomacy

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • Strait of Hormuz crisis traps 6,000 sailors as attacks on ships mount, UN maritime chief says

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 13 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 185 mentions on 20 Oct 2026, against 160 on 29 Sept 2026 (+16%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 20 Oct 2026 (7 changes recorded since 10 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 20 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” moved from 26% to 12% Yes since 5 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

4,146 documents · 283 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 21 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.099: about 90% 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.

IranTrumpMiddle EastSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 3,327 shared documents
  • Oil · 2,836 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Trump · 1,804 shared documents
  • Middle East · 1,732 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,576 shared documents
  • United States · 1,459 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,301 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,271 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 988 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 969 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 185 mentions on 20 Oct 2026 with 160 on 29 Sept 2026 (+16%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +741% from 5 Sept 2026 to 20 Oct 2026, between 22 and 191 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

12% Yes

Polymarket · priced 21 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 26% → 12% Yes (-14pts, from 5 Sept 2026 to 21 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

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.

  • People scour strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacks container ships

    Reported event · first reported 15 Oct 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • People scour strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacks container ships · reported by two · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • Container Ship Sinks in Strait of Hormuz as Attacks Ramp Up · reported by two · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • IRGC claims it downed US drone, set two tankers ablaze near Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran's Araqchi blames US for Strait of Hormuz tensions, calls for diplomacy

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Strait of Hormuz crisis traps 6,000 sailors as attacks on ships mount, UN maritime chief says

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • 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 says two tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 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

  • Iran says Strait of Hormuz reopening, seven-day ceasefire conditions still on the table

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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

  • Iranian navy says 'violating' oil tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz

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

    single source

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Hormuz

Entity.

Evidence
4,146 documents · 283 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 21 Oct 2026
Measured
10% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
21 Oct 2026
24 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (2)

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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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Recorded history

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

  • 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

7 changes recorded since 10 Oct 2026, newest first.

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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 21 Oct 2026.