Melissa Harris-Perry Dominates Cable News Twitter on Sunday, August 3, 2014

Sunday was a strong day for The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, with it winning both the best hour and best day on Twitter.

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 Twitter Ratings for 2014-08-03

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 1906 MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry Show
Most Mentions During Day 5116 MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Ratings for individual time slots

Ratings for 12 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Consider This 0 1 100% 0%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 12 2115 51% 49%
Fox News Judge Jeanine 156 2046 58% 42%

Ratings for 1 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 44 1764 56% 44%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 9 2115 51% 49%
Fox News Geraldo At Large 77 1234 64% 36%

Ratings for 2 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera TechKnow 0 0 0% 0%
Fox News RedEye 54 916 69% 31%

Ratings for 3 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 32 1764 56% 44%
Fox News Huckabee 9 223 54% 46%

Ratings for 4 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 23 1764 56% 44%
Fox News Judge Jeanine 23 2046 58% 42%

Ratings for 5 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 16 1764 56% 44%
CNN New Day 21 1011 52% 48%
Fox News Huckabee 7 223 54% 46%

Ratings for 6 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 32 1764 56% 44%
CNN New Day 38 1011 52% 48%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 84 763 55% 45%

Ratings for 7 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 46 1764 56% 44%
CNN New Day 65 1011 52% 48%
CNN Sanjay Gupta MD (7:30) 41 1007 56% 44%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 129 763 55% 45%
HLN Weekend Express 5 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Your Business (7:30) 0 6 33% 67%

Ratings for 8 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 54 1764 56% 44%
CNN New Day 87 1011 52% 48%
CNN Inside Politics 41 197 62% 38%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 218 763 55% 45%
HLN Weekend Express 9 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Up w/Steve Kornacki 605 2352 40% 60%

Ratings for 9 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN State of the Union 242 717 58% 42%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 135 763 55% 45%
HLN Weekend Express 4 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Up w/Steve Kornacki 856 2352 40% 60%

Ratings for 10 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN GPS w/Fareed Zakaria 99 663 58% 42%
Fox News Sunday Morning Futures 86 206 75% 25%
HLN Weekend Express 4 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry Show 1196 5116 37% 63%

Ratings for 11 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 160 1764 56% 44%
CNN Reliable Sources 207 658 58% 42%
Fox News #MediaBuzz 182 441 72% 28%
HLN Weekend Express 1 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry Show 1906 5116 37% 63%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 93 1764 56% 44%
CNN State of the Union w/Candy Crowley 212 717 58% 42%
Fox News America’s News HQ 129 465 69% 31%
Fox News Sunday Housecall 18 36 77% 23%
HLN Weekend Express 2 52 84% 16%
MSNBC Weekends w/ Alex Witt 47 131 58% 42%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 209 1764 56% 44%
CNN GPS w/Fareed Zakaria 98 663 58% 42%
Fox News America’s News HQ 68 465 69% 31%
MSNBC Weekends w/Alex Witt 40 131 58% 42%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 117 1764 56% 44%
CNN News Room 26 552 54% 46%
Fox News Fox News Sunday 347 3167 59% 41%
MSNBC Meet The Press 265 3642 58% 42%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN News Room 165 552 54% 46%
Fox News America’s News HQ 17 465 69% 31%
Fox News WSJ Editorial Report (3:00) 2 3 67% 33%
MSNBC MSNBC Live w/Craig Melvin 1 5 50% 50%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 59 1764 56% 44%
CNN News Room 78 552 54% 46%
Fox News A Healthy You w/ Carol Alt (4pm) 0 0 0% 0%
Fox News Sunday Housecall (4:30) 2 36 77% 23%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Real Money with Ali Velshi (2:30) 4 40 67% 33%
CNN News Room 54 552 54% 46%
Fox News #MediaBuzz 33 441 72% 28%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 104 1764 56% 44%
CNN News Room 41 552 54% 46%
Fox News Fox News Sunday 137 3167 59% 41%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN News Room 45 552 54% 46%
Fox News Fox Report Weekend 1 3 0% 100%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 50 1764 56% 44%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 132 2115 51% 49%
Fox News Huckabee 51 223 54% 46%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 165 2115 51% 49%
Fox News Judge Jeanine 544 2046 58% 42%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera America Tonight 3 9 75% 25%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 74 2115 51% 49%
Fox News Stossel 63 154 66% 34%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 67 1764 56% 44%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 51 2115 51% 49%
Fox News RedEye 51 916 69% 31%
Fox News Huckabee 29 223 54% 46%

 


Definition of terms used in this report:

  • Network: For the purposes of total network mentions, the count is the total unique tweets that
    mention any of the shows tracked on the network or the network’s general Twitter account (e.g., @CNN).
  • Mentions During Hour or Tweets Hour: The number of tweets that mention the show during the hour
    specified. For shows that are repeat later in the day, the first (and often live) showing usually garners the
    most mentions by a significant margin.
  • Mentions During day or Tweets Day: The total number of mentions a show received from midnight
    to midnight, eastern time.
  • Tweet Count: The number of tweets (including retweets) that mention a show.
  • Unique Tweeters: The number of Twitter users who have sent one or more tweets mentioning a
    show. If a user sends more than one tweet, they still only count once.
  • Reach: A measure of the number of impressions a collection of tweets will make. For each tweet
    that is sent, it adds up how many people follow the person tweeting it — how many timelines that tweet will
    show up in. Thus, if network A has 10,000 mentions from people with an average of 10 followers, the reach will
    be 100,000. On the other hand, if network B has 10,000 mentions from people with an average of 100 followers,
    the reach will be 1,000,000. So network B has much greater reach: tweets mentioning network B will potentially
    be seen 10 times as often as tweets about network A.
  • Male / Female: An estimate of the demographics of a show’s audience. Note that this number is
    an imprecise estimate.

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.