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 28 Oct 2026Last evidence 28 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Emir of Qatar, Iran’s leader discuss developments around Hormuz in Moscow

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed as Tanker Transits Drop to 4

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • US military says it helped Gulf states export 1.5 billion barrels of oil

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • October records highest number of ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 120 mentions on 28 Oct 2026, against 156 on 7 Oct 2026 (-23%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 27 Oct 2026 (3 changes recorded since 16 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 27 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

4,691 documents · 303 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 28 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.096: about 90% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 3 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 · 3,780 shared documents
  • Oil · 3,237 shared documents
  • Trump · 2,032 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,003 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,834 shared documents
  • United States · 1,677 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,551 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,496 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 1,107 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 1,098 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 120 mentions on 28 Oct 2026 with 156 on 7 Oct 2026 (-23%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions -5% from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 Oct 2026, between 68 and 186 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

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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.

  • Emir of Qatar, Iran’s leader discuss developments around Hormuz in Moscow

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed as Tanker Transits Drop to 4

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • US military says it helped Gulf states export 1.5 billion barrels of oil

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • October records highest number of ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 22 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Iran Says 7 Oil Tankers Hit In One Night In Strait Of Hormuz As Fears Of Return To War Grow

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran Threatens the Hormuz Internet Cables: Four Gulf States Have No Subsea Route That Avoids the Strait

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran says seven ships hit in Hormuz Strait, warns US of wider response

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Hormuz

Entity.

Evidence
4,691 documents · 303 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 28 Oct 2026
Measured
10% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
28 Oct 2026
19 links from here

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

What is claimed about it (7)

  • 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.

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.

1 market past its stated close date is not shown as open: “Shipping targeted in Hormuz on October 26, 2026?” (closed 26 Oct 2026).

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 27 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 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

3 changes recorded since 16 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 28 Oct 2026.