The Ed Show had the best hour on Cable News Twitter Thursday, while continuing talk about Stephen Colbert and “#GamerGate” pushed Colbert’s daily mentions high enough to give him the day overall.

Following The Ed Show was The Kelly File, Hannity, Morning Joe, Chris Hayes, and Rachel Maddow:

You can download all the data for the day here: 2014-10-30-ShowStats.csv

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 2014-10-30

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	2210	MSNBC: The Ed Show
Most Mentions During Day	20307	Comedy Central: The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)

Ratings for individual time slots

Ratings for 12 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	27	263	15	145	751,565	63%	37%
CNN	Sombody’s Gotta Do It	18	110	15	100	235,473	58%	42%
Fox News	The Kelly File	384	4,507	265	2,690	22,252,064	55%	45%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	156	4,485	113	2,465	14,848,630	48%	52%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	27	0	14	51,463	95%	5%
CNN	CNN International	155	4,230	141	3,461	92,187,658	57%	43%
Fox News	Hannity	204	6,885	158	4,109	75,212,284	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	107	1,851	72	1,074	9,745,117	47%	53%

Ratings for 2 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	0	81	0	54	1,106,161	53%	47%
CNN	CNN International	193	4,230	161	3,461	92,187,658	57%	43%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	61	2,582	33	1,635	13,385,127	49%	51%
HLN	Nancy Grace	1	1,653	1	706	12,001,170	24%	76%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	15	1,078	8	628	3,230,943	60%	40%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	6	1,463	6	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	3	22	3	17	95,189	50%	50%
CNN	CNN International	126	4,230	99	3,461	92,187,658	57%	43%
Fox News	RedEye	869	2,272	148	1,104	11,444,244	62%	38%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	16	3,692	7	1,953	23,016,099	49%	51%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	8	263	4	145	751,565	63%	37%
CNN	Early Start	0	1	0	1	1,768	100%	0%
Fox News	The Five	0	14	0	8	2,829	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	22	4,485	19	2,465	14,848,630	48%	52%

Ratings for 5 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi (3:30)	0	81	0	54	1,106,161	53%	47%
CNN	Early Start	1	1	1	1	1,768	100%	0%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	89	168	59	119	515,688	78%	22%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	42	103	30	72	975,851	49%	51%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	37	1,463	36	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	New Day	315	3,000	233	2,382	67,940,994	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	269	2,173	176	1,172	12,870,473	59%	41%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	41	603	35	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,409	5,535	446	2,047	14,823,897	52%	48%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	52	1,463	46	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	New Day	356	3,000	261	2,382	67,940,994	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	570	2,173	303	1,172	12,870,473	59%	41%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	73	603	62	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,290	5,535	453	2,047	14,823,897	52%	48%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	58	1,463	42	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	New Day	360	3,000	291	2,382	67,940,994	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	401	2,173	245	1,172	12,870,473	59%	41%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	72	603	61	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,249	5,535	532	2,047	14,823,897	52%	48%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	66	1,463	58	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	News Room	4	41	4	31	76,189	62%	38%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	69	216	49	159	1,941,759	60%	40%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	43	603	36	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Daily Run Down (Melvin)	108	197	72	143	1,456,865	63%	37%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	7	27	1	14	51,463	95%	5%
CNN	News Room	10	41	10	31	76,189	62%	38%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	54	216	42	159	1,941,759	60%	40%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	48	603	44	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	José Díaz-Balart	169	739	92	391	15,377,907	57%	43%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	65	1,463	52	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (11:30)	0	22	0	17	95,189	50%	50%
CNN	@This Hour	131	404	118	350	15,682,083	60%	40%
Fox News	Happening Now	34	130	25	102	1,051,180	68%	32%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	35	603	29	411	2,995,883	62%	38%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	164	525	100	369	4,724,163	36%	64%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	74	1,463	71	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	46	90	41	70	814,476	53%	47%
Fox News	Outnumbered	723	2,350	370	1,445	11,630,936	71%	29%
HLN	HLN Now	17	313	15	224	1,564,939	25%	75%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	142	263	92	178	907,684	42%	58%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	95	1,463	82	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	Wolf	249	2,235	213	1,830	62,398,177	61%	39%
Fox News	Happening Now	20	130	14	102	1,051,180	68%	32%
HLN	HLN Now	13	313	7	224	1,564,939	25%	75%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	125	610	90	472	5,456,527	43%	57%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	61	1,463	51	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	News Room	0	41	0	31	76,189	62%	38%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	154	351	118	254	1,161,421	60%	40%
HLN	HLN Now	32	313	28	224	1,564,939	25%	75%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	283	870	125	435	3,115,267	46%	54%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	1	41	1	31	76,189	62%	38%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	146	403	108	322	658,813	62%	38%
HLN	HLN Now	19	313	14	224	1,564,939	25%	75%
MSNBC	The Cycle	97	386	64	203	2,282,916	53%	47%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	114	816	76	462	4,770,710	56%	44%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	102	1,463	79	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	111	1,200	91	861	18,679,957	60%	40%
Fox News	Your World	93	613	74	479	2,043,489	67%	33%
HLN	HLN Now	57	313	37	224	1,564,939	25%	75%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	195	748	124	478	17,960,368	61%	39%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	11	22	7	17	95,189	50%	50%
CNN	The Situation Room	114	2,235	93	1,830	62,398,177	61%	39%
Fox News	The Five	6	14	4	8	2,829	62%	38%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	847	4,117	631	2,626	15,249,750	64%	36%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	2,210	4,007	653	1,390	18,602,514	56%	44%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	73	1,463	68	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	671	2,235	580	1,830	62,398,177	61%	39%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	124	878	96	686	12,208,318	60%	40%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	29	62	20	44	209,000	48%	52%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	14	81	8	54	1,106,161	53%	47%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	449	1,731	337	1,424	76,697,292	66%	34%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	814	2,582	540	1,635	13,385,127	49%	51%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	472	1,078	252	628	3,230,943	60%	40%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	71	1,463	64	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	317	1,529	207	1,018	38,253,470	47%	53%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	368	966	266	704	8,406,213	62%	38%
HLN	Nancy Grace	236	1,653	120	706	12,001,170	24%	76%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,347	3,692	499	1,953	23,016,099	49%	51%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Parts Unknown	68	732	54	496	19,876,342	56%	44%
Fox News	The Kelly File	1,873	4,507	987	2,690	22,252,064	55%	45%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,334	4,485	542	2,465	14,848,630	48%	52%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	4	27	2	14	51,463	95%	5%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	260	2,191	149	1,508	109,963,010	57%	43%
Fox News	Hannity	1,600	6,885	1,006	4,109	75,212,284	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	611	1,851	334	1,074	9,745,117	47%	53%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	60	1,463	53	1,166	3,094,331	57%	43%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show (11-11:30)	531	3,785	400	3,077	17,721,149	55%	45%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)	935	20,307	879	13,100	59,395,575	70%	30%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	86	966	67	704	8,406,213	62%	38%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	117	3,692	94	1,953	23,016,099	49%	51%

 

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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 (Also labeled ‘UT‘): 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. For individual shows, both the unique tweeters during an hour as well as throughout the day are shown.
• Reach: A measure of the number of impressions a collection of tweets could make. For each tweet that is sent, I add 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. There’s no guarantee that that many people actually see or read the tweet; in fact, it’s probably safe to say a very small fraction do. For individual shows, reach is only calculate on the entire day’s tweets: there’s no point in assuming that people read the tweets in real time.
• 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.