Of course Cashin’ In Won Cable News Twitter Yesterday, 10/11/14. Here’s How.

Another strong Saturday for Fox News’ Cashin’ In, which won both best hour and best day.  Following Cashin’ In for best hour were both hours of Harris-Perry, Kornacki, and Judge Jeanine:

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As you can see, the difference between Cashin’ In and the rest is leaps and bounds.  How do they do this? How is a half-hour show’s engagement 4 times better than its closest competitor, which runs for a full hour? Apart from the primary answer (more viewers who are more passionate about the show), here’s what is happening:

  • It is NOT the same tweet over and over again.  There were 2753 different tweets that made up the 4815.  The most retweeted got 43 retweets.  It was not stuffing the ballot box, so to speak.  I thought “Aha!” when Eric Bolling said (roughly) “retweet this if you agree”, but that wasn’t it.
  • There are some very active participants.  1260 people sent tweets. Two people (DinahLord and ladydshops) sent over 100 each, and 5 others sent over 50.
  • Some of the show participants are very active during the hour.  Jonathan Hoenig sent 63 tweets, Michelle Fields 12, and Eric Bolling 7.

So congratulations to Cashin’ In for simply being the best at social media.

Data files for the day:

Counts for all shows: 2014-10-11-ShowStats.csv
Ranked list of senders of Cashin’ In tweets during 11am ET hour: 2014=10-11 Cashin In Senders.csv

Due to twitter restrictions, I cannot republish data for all the tweets sent during the hour. As a compromise, here are the top 10 most retweeted tweets:

2014-10-11 Cashin In Top 10

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Malala Wins Cable News Twitter for Winning The Nobel Prize, October 10, 2014

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-10

Malala Yousafzai’s (co-)winning of the Nobel Peace Prize dominated cable news Twitter on Friday, with her co-winner Satyarthu Kailash coming in second place (on Twitter).  Ebola ended up way down the list, and even ISIS couldn’t make it onto the leaderboard, being blocked by the ALMA awards:

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Hannity says “No se puede” to the ALMA awards on Cable News Twitter, Friday, October 10, 2014

I had expected the ALMA awards, which were broadcast on MSNBC last night, to win best hour and best day, so I was surprised this morning to see that Hannity won best hour and CNNi won best day.  It’s not that the ALMA awards didn’t generate some traffic, but they were in fifth place for best hour, after Hannity, Ed Show, Kelly File, and Hayes.  They were in third place for best day, after CNNi and Hannity (and ahead of The Five and Susteren).

Here’s the rankings of the shows based upon their broadcast hour:

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You can see the raw data here: 2014-10-10-ShowStats.csv

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CNNi and Kelly win Cable News Twitter for Thursday, October 9, 2014

CNN’s picking up … internationally. Thursday saw The Kelly File win best hour, and CNN International win best day.  It’s probably safe to say that a lot of CNNi’s traffic was not domestic, but it’s hard to say (less than 2% of all tweets have any geographical information with them, which should make you always suspect any conclusions people draw about geography).

Following CNNi for best day was The Five, Hannity, Kelly, and Colbert.  Following Kelly for best hour was Hayes, Morning Joe, Ed Show, and Hannity. A quiet day for Sean, who is normally #1 for the day and #2 for the hour!

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Raw data for the day: 2014-10-09-ShowStats.csv

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