Topic monitoring for politics, research, media and social media
Earlyswell shows which topics are gaining importance: in the Bundestag, in the Bundesrat and in EU legislation, in research worldwide and in German-language online media. Each source on its own – and every figure can be traced back to the original document.
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Politics, funding, research, online media and social media each follow their own rhythm. Earlyswell therefore counts them separately and never adds them up into an overall value.
The Bundestag and Bundesrat via the parliamentary documentation system DIP – printed papers and plenary records since March 2025. Plus EU legislation from EUR-Lex: Commission proposals, positions of the Parliament and the Council, the Official Journal — and legislation of the Austrian and UK parliaments.
Federal funding programmes from the Federal Funding Database (Förderdatenbank des Bundes) – from publication of the funding guideline in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger), with deadlines – and the European Commission’s funding calls from the Funding & Tenders Portal (Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and others).
The worldwide scientific literature via OpenAlex – publications with a DOI.
All German-language online articles captured by the GDELT Project – since March 2026, unique titles per week. As evidence: outlet, date and link to the original.
All German-language posts on Bluesky are counted – only posts from public accounts such as authorities, parties and media are stored and shown.
A base catalogue of 150 topics in 25 Bundestag subject areas is already set up – from the minimum wage, military service and hospital reform to semiconductors, hydrogen, chat control, e-invoicing and housing benefit.
Create your own topics with terms and exclusions and check the matches in the live preview. The time series applies retroactively straight away.
The last 4 weeks are compared with the average of the preceding 26 weeks – separately for each source. This shows what is currently gaining importance.
The weekly report summarises what is rising, which early signals there are and which significant legislative steps are new – with a link to the printed paper.
No count without proof. Every figure can be expanded down to the individual original document – printed paper, plenary record, paper with a DOI or article.
Draft Act amending the Minimum Wage Act
“… In future, the adjustment of the statutory minimum wage is to be aligned more closely with the development of collectively agreed wages …”
Topics often travel from research via funding into legislation. Earlyswell highlights topics that are rising in research but not yet in politics – so that you can engage with them early.
For every topic you can see which terms and exclusions are used in the search.
Known limitations are disclosed openly – for example, that scientific publications are captured with a delay.
For everyone who needs to know early which topics are gaining weight in politics, research and public debate.
Introductory prices, net plus VAT. The prices are provisional and may still change before final publication.
€014 days
€19per month
or €190 for the first 12 months – 2 months free
€59per month
or €590 for the first 12 months – 2 months free
from €199per month
annually on invoice
Five sources, separately: the parliamentary documentation system DIP for the Bundestag and Bundesrat and EUR-Lex for EU legislation (both since March 2025), federal funding programmes (Federal Funding Database) and the European Commission’s funding calls (Funding & Tenders Portal), the worldwide scientific literature via OpenAlex, German-language online media via the GDELT Project (since March 2026), and German-language posts on Bluesky (counted; only public accounts are shown as evidence). The sources are never added up into a combined value.
For every topic and every source, the matches from the last 4 weeks are compared with the average of the preceding 26 weeks. Every count can be expanded down to the individual documents.
Yes. The search patterns for each topic can be inspected, and known limitations are stated – for example, that research is captured with a delay because publications only appear in the literature database gradually.
Earlyswell uses no trackers and does not embed any third-party content. The application runs on our own servers in Germany; it is delivered via the Cloudflare network, which processes the technically necessary connection data in the process. For details, please see the Privacy Policy.
The trial runs for 14 days and ends automatically. As you do not provide any payment details, no costs are incurred. The terms for the duration and cancellation of the paid plans will be published together with the final prices.
No. Earlyswell automatically analyses public sources and shows which topics are gaining importance. The linked original document is always authoritative.
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