Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-20
Ferguson continues to dominate Cable News Twitter, which surprised me a bit, as I expected news of ISIS to at least get close to the top. Still, interest in Ferguson has started to wane in the past few days, as this chart shows:
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This is total mentions on Twitter, not just cable news related mentions, but it shows how the de-escalation on the streets diminishes the conversation on Twitter as well. The last time Ferguson was not the dominate topic was on the 16th. We can see that, without any new flare-ups, we should soon drop back to a similar level of Ferguson mentions; that will provide a low enough hurdle that other topics may move to the forefront.
Top Shows for the day:
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 3392 | Fox News: Hannity |
| Most Mentions During Day | 13344 | MSNBC: All In w/ Chris Hayes |
Overall ratings by network
| Network | Tweet Count | Unique Tweeters | Reach | Male | Female |
| CNN | 73121 | 43450 | 741100573 | 54 % | 46 % |
| Fox News | 60534 | 26446 | 325516610 | 61 % | 39 % |
| MSNBC | 44145 | 18520 | 193405169 | 51 % | 49 % |
| HBO | 5756 | 4287 | 11507385 | 69 % | 31 % |
| HLN | 3655 | 2278 | 19327889 | 36 % | 64 % |
| Al Jazeera | 3330 | 2385 | 10016910 | 53 % | 47 % |
| Comedy Central | 1125 | 980 | 4707948 | 66 % | 34 % |
| CBS | 128 | 113 | 447327 | 56 % | 44 % |
Most popular hastags
| Hashtag | Count |
| #ferguson | 27194 |
| #isis | 5909 |
| #tcot | 4942 |
| #blackfish | 4127 |
| #michaelbrown | 3810 |
| #kellyfile | 3398 |
| #inners | 2929 |
| #hannity | 2766 |
| #lnyhbt | 2581 |
| #jamesfoley | 2356 |
Tag Cloud across all shows
| #2a #5things #ac360 #alsicebucketchallenge #backtoschool #blackfish #blackwidow #captivitykills #cashinin #cavuto #ccot #cheney #cnn #darrenwilson #dembringinmomurda #dreamdefenders #ebola #edshow #emptythetanks #f #fergsuon #fergu #ferguson #fergusonqs #fergusonshooting #flipadistrict #foley #foxfiretantaros #foxnews #gasmasks #gaza #gazaunderattack #godbless #gop #hamas #handsupdontshoot #hannity #hardball #hlnhappyhour #holder #huggermike #icebucketchallenge #immigration #inners #iran #iraq #isis #israel #jamesfoley #jimfoley #justiceformikebrown #kellyfile #killermike #lastword #libcrib #lnyhbt #maddow #michaelbrady #michaelbrown #mikebrown #military #missouri #morningjoe #msnbc #newday #news #nra #obama #oreillyfactor #outnumbered #p2 #patriots #pjnet #realtime #redeye #rednationrising #reiders #rickperry #seaworld #seaworldsucks #sisterpatriots #standwithseaworld #straighttalk #syria #takeoffjustlogo #tcot #teamedshow #teaparty #tgdn #thefive #thehunt #thelead #tlot #tntweeters #tweet4taiji #uniteblue #uniteright #veterans #whatdaell #wiunion |
Word Cloud across all shows
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