Sunday saw MSNBC run its yearly “Education Nation” event, which was split across two shows. The first was the Student Town All, which was led by Melissa Harris-Perry and broadcast during her show. The second was the Teacher Town Hall, which was broadcast during the 12pm and 1pm hours of the day.
Because the same “#EducationNation” hashtag was in use across both shows, the stats for “Most Mentions During Day” end up with Education Nation as the winner, even though it’s not a single show. But in second place is The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, so there is little distortion caused by #EducationNation.
Interestingly enough, the surge in mentions caused by Education Nation were not enough to boost MSNBC into first place for mentions; CNN won that by a nose.
Note that all times are US Eastern Time. See notes at end for further explanations. For earlier articles on cable news twitter ratings, please see this.
Cable News Ratings for 2013-10-06
Top Shows for the day:
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 4042 | MSNBC: Teacher Town Hall |
| Most Mentions During Day | 15227 | MSNBC: Education Nation |
Overall ratings by network
| Network | Count | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | 39424 | 77 % | 23 % |
| MSNBC | 33897 | 44 % | 56 % |
| Fox News | 18992 | 65 % | 35 % |
| HBO | 3935 | 71 % | 29 % |
| Comedy Central | 2876 | 56 % | 44 % |
| E | 1246 | 29 % | 71 % |
| HLN | 546 | 47 % | 53 % |
| FXX | 49 | 30 % | 70 % |
For networks that are not predominantly news, only news(-like) shows are included. See the detailed listings below for precise shows
Most popular hastags
| Hashtag | Count |
| #educationnation | 13390 |
| #afc | 5307 |
| #nerdland | 4235 |
| #tcot | 3568 |
| #lnyhbt | 3521 |
| #uppers | 2286 |
| #whatittakes | 1491 |
| #arsenal | 1307 |
| #tedcruz | 1080 |
| #teaparty | 939 |
Ratings for individual time slots
Ratings for Weekends 6am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | New Day | 13 | 296 | 48% | 52% |
| Fox News | Fox and Friends Weekend | 38 | 303 | 80% | 20% |
Ratings for Weekends 7am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | New Day (to 7:30, Sun) | 9 | 296 | 48% | 52% |
| CNN | Sanjay Gupta MD (7:30 – 8) | 1 | 48 | 43% | 57% |
| E | E! News Weekend | 20 | 1246 | 29% | 71% |
| Fox News | Fox and Friends Weekend | 42 | 303 | 80% | 20% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 1 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
Ratings for Weekends 8am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | New Day | 12 | 296 | 48% | 52% |
| Fox News | Fox and Friends Weekend | 94 | 303 | 80% | 20% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 2 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
| MSNBC | Up w/Steve Kornacki | 1079 | 3261 | 44% | 56% |
Ratings for Weekends 9am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | State of the Union w/Candy Crowley | 536 | 2076 | 54% | 46% |
| Fox News | Fox and Friends Weekend | 68 | 303 | 80% | 20% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 2 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
| MSNBC | Up w/Steve Kornacki | 1173 | 3261 | 44% | 56% |
Ratings for Weekends 10am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | GPS w/Fareed Zakaria | 190 | 520 | 56% | 44% |
| Fox News | America’s News HQ | 12 | 102 | 68% | 32% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 3 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
| MSNBC | Melissa Harris-Perry Show | 2358 | 5516 | 36% | 64% |
Ratings for Weekends 11am
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | Reliable Sources | 95 | 199 | 70% | 30% |
| Fox News | #MediaBuzz | 151 | 366 | 69% | 31% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 4 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
| MSNBC | Melissa Harris-Perry Show | 1914 | 5516 | 36% | 64% |
Ratings for Weekends 12pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | America’s News HQ | 5 | 102 | 68% | 32% |
| HLN | Weekend Express | 0 | 46 | 78% | 22% |
| MSNBC | Teacher Town Hall | 3712 | 15227 | 35% | 65% |
Ratings for Weekends 1pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | America’s News HQ | 37 | 102 | 68% | 32% |
| MSNBC | Teacher Town Hall | 4042 | 15227 | 35% | 65% |
Ratings for Weekends 2pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | News Room | 6 | 57 | 65% | 35% |
| Fox News | Fox News Sunday | 213 | 1934 | 63% | 37% |
Ratings for Weekends 3pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | America’s News HQ | 8 | 102 | 68% | 32% |
| MSNBC | MSNBC Live w/Craig Melvin | 24 | 68 | 32% | 68% |
Ratings for Weekends 4pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | News Room | 8 | 57 | 65% | 35% |
| Fox News | America’s News HQ | 3 | 102 | 68% | 32% |
| MSNBC | Disrupt w/Karen Finney | 817 | 1322 | 45% | 55% |
Ratings for Weekends 5pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | News Room | 6 | 57 | 65% | 35% |
| Fox News | #MediaBuzz | 24 | 366 | 69% | 31% |
Ratings for Weekends 6pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| CNN | News Room | 1 | 57 | 65% | 35% |
| Fox News | Fox News Sunday | 160 | 1934 | 63% | 37% |
Ratings for Weekends 7pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | Fox Report Weekend | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Ratings for Weekends 8pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | Huckabee | 48 | 227 | 42% | 58% |
Ratings for Weekends 10pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| Fox News | Stossel | 166 | 315 | 66% | 34% |
Ratings for Weekends 11pm
| Network | Show | Tweets Hour | Tweets Day | % Male | % Female |
| FXX | Totally Biased (Recap) | 4 | 49 | 30% | 70% |
Cable News Twitter Ratings are still experimental. If you have any suggestions, find any errors, or have any questions, please feel free to contact me at admin@socialseer.com
For further discussion of how these stats are calculated, please see this blog post. Especially the part about how I determine the gender of Twitter users.