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Miami

Florida, United States · updated 2026-08-07

Miami is a restless commercial city: sports owns the conversation, technology and services provide depth, and cruise giants supply enormous employment. It forms companies energetically but leaves many unfunded, while a thin industrial base undercuts manufacturing's visibility. Daily life is shadowed by road danger, immigration debate and collapse memories, yet universities and health institutions give the city serious intellectual weight.

Miami · image via Wikimedia Commons
news reported (civic)
22,058
companies + mapped places
17,421 + 129
research works (est.)
≈66,556
govt money announcements
528
The city at a glance
economic fabric

What is Miami made of?

🏟 Sports
10/10
💻 Technology
9/10
🛍 Retail
9/10
🏭 Manufacturing
9/10
🏥 Healthcare
9/10
🛕 Religion & tourism
8/10
🚛 Logistics
8/10
🎓 Education
8/10
🌱 Sustainability
8/10
🌾 Agriculture
5/10

news coverage + 3×registered companies + 2×mapped places, log-scaled vs strongest sector

momentum

What the city turned toward · Jan–Apr 2026

Each topic's share of news attention, January–April 2026 against September–December 2025 — news ingestion paused in May, so this is the latest complete window.

Healthcare

9 → 72 news reports
▲497%

Elections Politics

23 → 5 news reports
▼84%

Corruption

93 → 53 news reports
▼57%

Governance

111 → 79 news reports
▼47%

Public Safety

30 → 57 news reports
▲42%

Policing Law Enforcement

35 → 30 news reports
▼36%

Crime

290 → 508 news reports
▲31%

Disasters Emergencies

8 → 8 news reports
▼25%

Legal Judicial

41 → 68 news reports
▲24%

Accidents

136 → 140 news reports
▼23%

a rising share means the city's attention is turning toward it — not necessarily more incidents

top city themes

What Miami's news is about

Themes across the city's entire news coverage — ≈390.0K located reports — with each theme's momentum, its most specific keywords, and how the coverage feels. A CRITICAL badge means most of that theme's coverage is extremely negative.

Sports

▲26.3% growing
Knicks Heat Rivalry · College Playoffs · Nba Team Legends · Historic Nba Games
67% positive coverage

Football

▼3.2% declining
College Playoffs · College Football Finals · Nfl Player Stats · National Championship Game
64% positive coverage

Business

▲22.1% growing
Passenger Screening Cruise · Luxury Resort · Cruise Vaccination Policies · Cruise Sanitation Standards
87% positive coverage

Politics

▲5.7% growing
Homeland Security Investigations · Virtual Debates · Voter Fraud Prosecutions · Electioneering Tactics
87% negative coverage

Entertainment

▲11.3% growing
Knicks Heat Rivalry · Nba Team Legends · Historic Nba Games · Warriors Cavaliers Rivalry
73% positive coverage

Crime

▲1.3% growing
Multiple Victim Shooting · Felony Homicides · Mass Shooting · Murder Investigations
100% negative coverage

Real Estate

▲2.7% growing
Beachfront Real Estate · Condominium Developments · Luxury Resort · Condo Listings
80% positive coverage

Finance

▲14.0% growing
Housing Analytics · Securities Fraud · Condominium Developments · Commercial Storefront Properties
84% positive coverage

Technology

▲71.7% growing
Autopilot Lawsuits · Dealership Lawsuits · Autonomous Food Couriers · Digital Banking Funding
93% positive coverage

momentum window: Jan–Apr 2026 vs Sep–Dec 2025 · sentiment is a property of the news coverage, not a city rating

city signals

The character of Miami

  • ✓Sports-saturated identity— Sports leads sector strength with 12769 local news items.
  • ✓Deep technology bench— Technology combines 2144 companies with 19 mapped businesses.
  • ✓Commercial services core— Marketing, finance and real estate dominate company registrations.
  • ✓Cruise-scale employment— Royal Caribbean lists 98200 staff; Carnival lists 92000.
  • ✓Logistics gateway— Logistics has 571 companies and PortMiami shore-power funding.
  • ✓Health research engine— Local institutions produced 9508 papers, led by two universities.
  • ✓Restless startup pipeline— 3887 companies were founded since 2018 despite visible shutdowns.
everyday life

Living in Miami means…

  • ✓following road-safety worries— Accident and road-safety coverage rose 3.4 points.
  • ✓feeling immigration debates sharpen— Immigration and border coverage rose 6.9 points.
  • ✓working in a service economy— Healthcare, travel, hospitality and consulting names lead hiring.
  • ✓using office software daily— Excel, Word and Microsoft Office top employer demand.
  • ✓carrying collapse memories— Building-collapse coverage records death tolls of 86–98.
  • ✓seeing sports set the rhythm— Sports is the city's strongest measured sector.

read from the news record — not a survey

hidden depth

Things most people don't know

  • Miami's mapped software companies average 4.7 in ratings, while telecommunications providers average only 1.9.
  • The company registry contains almost as many marketing and advertising firms as financial-services firms: 986 versus 984.
  • Miami Transplant Institute appears with 126 papers in the local research record.
  • Oboya Horticulture announced a U.S. operation in Doral with an office, warehouse and local team.
  • Miami-based I Squared Capital, with 55 billion dollars under management, announced an acquisition.
The verdict & benchmarks — MiamiWhat the record is made of — MiamiJustice & accountability — MiamiEvents & specifics — MiamiThe civic record of MiamiWhat problems are increasing?What diseases are rising?What projects is my government investing in?What companies are hiring?What skills are in demand?Which industries dominate?The startup picture in MiamiIs this city good for manufacturing?What research is done in Miami?What research studies Miami?Who runs the political conversation?What is the news saying?
Safety & civic life
Civic intelligence · Prism engine

Where does Miami stand against the developed world?

Six-nation developed-median report card (USA · UK · FR · DE · AU · CA) computed from the same data, like-for-like. ▼ worse than the norm, ▲ better.

Six-nation developed median (USA · UK · France · Germany · Australia · Canada) — ▼ worse than the norm, ▲ better

Enforcement Action
27.3%here
20.3%benchmark
▲
Corruption Load
7.7%here
1.8%benchmark
▼
Cases Concluded
6.8%here
5.5%benchmark
▲
Communal Politics
3.4%here
3.6%benchmark
▲
Road-accident Accountability
5.6%here
5.8%benchmark
▼
Fatality-linked News
15.2%here
15.3%benchmark
▲
Civic record homeBenchmarksThe recordJusticeEvents
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four chapters, plus the politics and money layers

Civic record

What problems are increasing?

immigration border is taking the fastest-growing slice of the city's news (up 6.9 points), with accidents road safety next (up 3.4). Crime still leads in volume, but its share is shrinking.

Each problem's slice of city news — change in points, 2024–26 vs 2021–23
Immigration BorderImmigration BorderImmigration Border: +6.9 points of coverage share+6.9Accidents Road SafetyAccidents Road SafetyAccidents Road Safety: +3.4 points of coverage share+3.4Governance PolicyGovernance PolicyGovernance Policy: +2.6 points of coverage share+2.6Elections PoliticsElections PoliticsElections Politics: +0.3 points of coverage share+0.3Human Rights SocialHuman Rights SocialHuman Rights Social: +0.2 points of coverage share+0.2Missing PersonsMissing PersonsMissing Persons: -1.0 points of coverage share-1.0Policing Law EnforcementPolicing Law EnforcementPolicing Law Enforcement: -1.2 points of coverage share-1.2Corruption FraudCorruption FraudCorruption Fraud: -2.5 points of coverage share-2.5Disasters EmergenciesDisasters EmergenciesDisasters Emergencies: -6.5 points of coverage share-6.5
Fastest-rising specific problems
homicide attempted +1.6 ptssex trafficking +1.6 ptsdetention center expansion +1.3 ptsdetention death +0.8 ptstraffic accident +0.7 ptstheft +0.7 ptsfund theft +0.6 ptsdetention facility construction +0.6 pts
Summary

Miami's civic anxiety is shifting, not easing: immigration and border issues took a bigger slice of the city's news, up 6.9 points, while road safety rose 3.4 points. Crime still dominates with 8468 local stories, and attempted homicide and sex trafficking are among the fastest-rising specific concerns.

WATCH Watch whether road deaths and detention-related concerns keep displacing older crime and disaster coverage.
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22,058 pieces of news reported

Health

What diseases are rising?

No disease signal is rising in 2024–26 — outbreak coverage is receding. disease outbreak is the most-covered signal.

SignalNews Reported2024–26 Trend
Disease Outbreak136▼ receding
Pandemic Outbreak36▼ receding
Zika Outbreak26— flat
Viral Outbreak22▼ receding
Coronavirus Outbreak15— flat
Zoonotic Disease Outbreak9— flat
Covid Outbreak7▼ receding
Public-health coverage by year
2026: 622017202662
Summary

Outbreak anxiety is cooling overall: disease-outbreak coverage is receding across 136 items, while Zika is flat at 26 and broader pandemic coverage is receding at 36. The signal is not an all-clear; it is a quieter, narrower health-news pattern.

WATCH Watch for any renewed rise in Zika or other viral coverage.
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disease signals drawn from local news coverage

Money & governance
Public money

What projects is my government investing in?

transport leads 528 tracked announcements — development-authority land purchase, Smart City works and national-highway tenders anchor the money trail.

Announcement themes
Largest place-directed announcements
DateThemeLevelAmountWhat
2022-12HealthNational$100 MillionThe state of Florida will provide $100 million to support its cancer research centers after signing…
2019-04WaterLocal$99.7 MillionEPA awarded a $99.7 million loan to Miami-Dade County under the WIFIA program to construct deep…
2020-08HealthLocal$99 MillionFEMA is processing approximately $99 million in pending reimbursements for Hurricane Irma-related…
2026-04TransportLocal$97 MillionThe U.S. EPA provided $97 million in state and federal grants to PortMiami over five years for its…
2021-06OtherLocal$90 MillionMiami-Dade County commissioners approved a $90 million plan over 19 years to combat youth violence…
2023-06EducationLocal$87,832,471A local levy of $87,832,471 was approved to fund construction of four new classroom buildings…
Summary

Public money is aimed at systems and social strain: transport leads with 93 announcements, followed by social welfare at 79, while PortMiami secured $97 million for shore power. Large commitments also reach water, health, youth violence and classrooms.

WATCH Watch whether transport and housing commitments turn into visible delivery.
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amounts are announcement headlines — shown, never summed

Politics

Who runs the political conversation?

4952 statements track Miami politics — communal-coded rhetoric runs 4.2% (developed-world median ≈3.65%; a typical Indian city runs ≈11%).

Loudest voices
Stance mix
supports · 1923opposes · 1764condemns · 616proposes · 417endorses · 94demands · 66
Summary

Political attention is highly personality-driven: Donald Trump accounts for 1002 tracked mentions, well ahead of Francis Suarez at 308. Religious or communal framing appears in 4.2%, slightly above the developed-world median but far below the Indian-city context supplied here.

WATCH Watch whether local officials gain attention from nationally dominant personalities.
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from political statements naming the city

Economy & work
Jobs

What companies are hiring?

University of Miami leads 6,734 tracked postings; top advertised role: Sales Associate.

Top hiring companies · May–Jul 2026
Hiring volume by month · May–Jul 2026
Summary

Hiring is anchored by institutions and professional platforms: University of Miami leads with 121 advertised roles, ahead of Micro1 at 94 and Deloitte at 84. Healthcare, travel staffing and hospitality recruiters round out the leading names, giving the market a broad service-sector tilt.

WATCH Watch whether technology recruiters convert their visibility into durable local teams.
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6734 job postings tagged to the city in May–Jul 2026 (a floor, not a census)

Jobs

What skills are available?

Most-demanded skills: excel, word, microsoft office.

Most-demanded skills
Summary

Miami employers want practical office fluency first: Excel appears in 370 ads, Word in 174 and Microsoft Office in 166. CRM, SQL, Salesforce and data analysis matter too, but the center of demand is everyday business execution rather than exotic technical specialization.

WATCH Watch for SQL and data analysis to climb relative to office software.
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demand-side signal (what employers ask for), not a resident skill census

Economy

Which industries dominate?

Registered economy: marketing and advertising, financial services, real estate lead 17,421 tracked companies · biggest tracked employer: Royal Caribbean Group.

Registered companies by industry
Street economy — mapped places
Summary

Miami's economy is broad but distinctly commercial: marketing and advertising leads company registrations at 986, financial services follows at 984, and real estate at 883. Sports tops the broader sector-strength measure, while technology, retail, healthcare and logistics all show substantial depth.

WATCH Watch whether technology and logistics gain ground on the established commercial-service core.
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company registry (startup-skewed) + mapped business places

Economy

Is this city good for manufacturing?

Weak Base (0/4 signals) — each signal below is a live threshold that can fail.

  • 602 of 17421 registered startups/companies (3%) are manufacturing-adjacent
  • infrastructure news share falling (down 0.4 points)
Summary

The industrial base is weak despite manufacturing's visibility in the broader sector mix. Only 602 of 17421 tracked organizations are manufacturing-adjacent, a 3% share, and infrastructure's slice of local news is falling. Miami looks more like a commercial and logistics center than a production city.

WATCH Watch for factory formation and infrastructure attention to strengthen together.
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computed verdict — each signal is a live threshold that can fail

Startups & capital
Startups

Is there VC activity?

1,449 of 17,421 tracked companies have raised outside money — #2 among its peer set.

Funded startups — peer cities
Summary

Outside funding exists at real scale but is not the default: 1449 of 17421 tracked companies have ever raised it. Miami has more funded startups than Tampa's 531, though the registry also records a meaningful shutdown trail.

WATCH Watch whether more unfunded young companies move into seed and later stages.
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round amounts sparse for tier-3 cities — counts shown, dollar totals withheld

Startups

Is a startup ecosystem forming?

Formation is real — 3887 companies founded since 2018 — but capital progression is weak: deadpool 6.6%, and stages are dominated by Unfunded.

Companies founded by year
2026: 272008202627
Stage distribution
Unfunded · 5740Deadpooled · 1171Acquired · 562Funding Raised · 516Seed · 394Private · 320
Summary

Company formation is energetic but shallowly financed: 3887 businesses were founded since 2018, yet the largest stage is unfunded at 5740 across all tracked companies. The 6.6% shutdown rate keeps the picture honest; Miami creates plenty, but durability and capital remain uneven.

WATCH Watch whether young companies secure funding before closures erode the formation story.
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gate: ≥150 companies & ≥20 recent founds — passed (17421/3887)

The knowledge engine
Research · Prism stance layer

What research is done IN Miami?

University of Miami leads ≈66,556 estimated works. 43% of oriented output reads promising/breakthrough — clusters in children's health, women's health, mental health.

Institutions (papers in sample)
Research orientation
Opportunities (promising + breakthrough)
Children's Health · 84Women's Health · 77Mental Health · 59Machine Learning · 56Healthcare · 47Men's Health · 47COVID-19 · 45
Cautions (cautionary + critical)
Healthcare · 27Mental Health · 22Children's Health · 22Women's Health · 21Men's Health · 19COVID-19 · 16Climate Change · 15
Problems flagged
Healthcare · 81COVID-19 · 60Women's Health · 60HIV · 38Children's Health · 35Mental Health · 32Climate Change · 28
Also: research ABOUT Miami →
Summary

Miami's institutions produce a substantial research record: 9508 papers in the available data, led by University of Miami with 5905 and Florida International University with 3083. Children's and women's health lead the opportunity areas, while mental health and machine learning also stand out.

WATCH Watch whether machine-learning work connects more deeply with the city's health strengths.
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figures marked ≈ are scaled estimates from a partial sample · Prism stance layer over 2017+ papers

Research · Prism stance layer

What research is done FOR Miami?

Narrower but distinct: 2738 title-matched works study Miami itself — led by cuban history and society, latin american and latino studies, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies.

Top topics in city-focused research
Works about the city by year
2026: 112000202611
Summary

Scholarship about Miami reads like a map of identity and pressure: Cuban history and society leads with 10 papers, Latin American and Latino studies has 9, and urban segregation work has 8. Housing, flood risk, migration, race and cyclone research reinforce the city's social and environmental complexity.

WATCH Watch for flood-risk and housing research to increasingly converge.
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papers whose title or entities mention Miami (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

The pulse
News pulse

What is the news saying?

News attention is 37% negative-toned (typical for city civic coverage) — the volume trend tracks total attention on Miami.

Monthly news-feature volume
2026-05-01: 672023-012026-0567
Summary

Miami's news pulse is tense and fast-changing: 37% reads negative, crime attention rose 31% in the last 90 days, and healthcare attention jumped 497%. Elections, corruption and governance all cooled, so the immediate mood is being set more by safety and health than formal politics.

WATCH Watch whether the health surge persists or gives way to another safety-driven cycle.
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from location-tagged news · sentiment skew is a property of news, not the city

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