A very typical week, with Hannity having the best day overall and The Kelly File winning the best hour in Cable News Twitter.  Following Kelly for best hour on Monday was Hannity, Hayes, Maddow, and The Five:

Raw data for the day: 2014-12-15-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-15 Schedule.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 2014-12-15

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	3148	Fox News: The Kelly File
Most Mentions During Day	7548	Fox News: Hannity

Ratings for individual time slots

Ratings for 12 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Fox News	The Kelly File	28	5,285	23	2,530	84,290,877	62%	38%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Fox News	Stossel	23	194	15	169	503,538	69%	31%

Ratings for 2 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	CNN International	693	6,987	640	5,616	165,348,085	53%	47%
Fox News	Fox News Sunday	18	223	16	175	480,132	70%	30%
MSNBC	Meet The Press	40	1,608	34	1,189	5,010,309	61%	39%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	26	1,412	20	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	The Stream	1	63	1	51	677,099	59%	41%
CNN	CNN International	372	6,987	334	5,616	165,348,085	53%	47%
Fox News	Huckabee	3	194	2	147	880,296	66%	34%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	14	1,412	13	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Early Start	88	298	83	253	16,490,157	61%	39%
Fox News	#MediaBuzz	0	205	0	138	5,084,452	76%	24%
MSNBC	Meet The Press	50	1,608	25	1,189	5,010,309	61%	39%

Ratings for 5 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	15	1,412	13	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Early Start	58	298	57	253	16,490,157	61%	39%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	57	105	30	65	3,134,501	73%	27%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	0	17	0	12	13,594	92%	8%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	8	40	5	35	385,844	50%	50%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	18	1,412	18	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi (3:30)	0	31	0	19	315,687	79%	21%
CNN	New Day	307	3,421	267	2,505	105,958,285	61%	39%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	244	2,623	163	1,580	38,728,299	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	6	135	6	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	462	2,056	174	971	7,129,238	56%	44%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	40	1,412	36	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	New Day	310	3,421	228	2,505	105,958,285	61%	39%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	340	2,623	241	1,580	38,728,299	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	11	135	9	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	627	2,056	272	971	7,129,238	56%	44%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	50	1,412	40	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	New Day	272	3,421	214	2,505	105,958,285	61%	39%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	362	2,623	231	1,580	38,728,299	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	6	135	6	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	348	2,056	204	971	7,129,238	56%	44%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	69	1,412	62	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	1	28	1	22	304,967	57%	43%
CNN	News Room	17	64	17	40	550,428	38%	62%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	29	1,528	27	1,278	3,945,821	62%	38%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	72	6,611	68	6,121	45,098,039	59%	41%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	61	276	45	212	6,048,838	66%	34%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	6	135	5	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	70	430	53	268	9,540,157	65%	35%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	61	1,412	57	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	News Room	8	64	5	40	550,428	38%	62%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	101	276	82	212	6,048,838	66%	34%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	5	135	5	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	76	430	43	268	9,540,157	65%	35%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	74	0	49	585,311	56%	44%
CNN	@This Hour	15	118	14	78	920,320	64%	36%
Fox News	Happening Now	18	113	13	88	5,474,609	65%	35%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	8	135	8	108	792,006	59%	41%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	24	271	16	230	853,592	51%	49%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	70	1,412	66	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	16	34	15	27	17,340	61%	39%
Fox News	Outnumbered	394	1,416	231	891	14,233,772	73%	27%
HLN	HLN Now	3	17	3	15	57,384	75%	25%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	67	276	53	215	1,805,723	51%	49%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	86	1,412	64	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Wolf	65	846	51	668	54,734,855	62%	38%
Fox News	Happening Now	16	113	16	88	5,474,609	65%	35%
HLN	HLN Now	3	17	3	15	57,384	75%	25%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	48	236	34	165	1,543,754	65%	35%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	63	1,412	53	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	TechKnow	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
CNN	News Room	4	64	3	40	550,428	38%	62%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	132	263	95	176	1,400,392	76%	24%
HLN	HLN Now	2	17	2	15	57,384	75%	25%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	185	739	87	465	2,285,659	38%	62%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	6	64	3	40	550,428	38%	62%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	53	212	41	158	1,547,180	70%	30%
HLN	HLN Now	0	17	0	15	57,384	75%	25%
MSNBC	The Cycle	89	183	47	107	708,255	35%	65%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	131	1,228	81	829	3,749,434	50%	50%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	68	1,412	58	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	120	1,894	104	1,429	22,765,537	63%	37%
Fox News	Your World	118	931	86	676	2,650,900	67%	33%
HLN	HLN Now	3	17	2	15	57,384	75%	25%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	105	192	70	133	304,153	75%	25%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	17	28	14	22	304,967	57%	43%
CNN	The Situation Room	86	846	66	668	54,734,855	62%	38%
Fox News	The Five	1,113	1,774	623	1,054	9,426,388	67%	33%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	1,608	4,479	901	2,721	35,071,476	68%	32%
HLN	What Would You Do?	1	1	1	1	109	0%	0%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,303	2,381	426	904	11,536,502	56%	44%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	79	1,412	73	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	231	846	188	668	54,734,855	62%	38%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	82	1,528	78	1,278	3,945,821	62%	38%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	312	6,611	293	6,121	45,098,039	59%	41%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	151	877	114	672	9,421,011	62%	38%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	28	64	20	46	2,041,846	72%	28%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	13	31	8	19	315,687	79%	21%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	240	686	180	516	17,593,909	66%	34%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	476	2,135	348	1,448	6,617,924	58%	42%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	983	1,481	444	747	3,972,783	59%	41%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	78	1,412	75	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	460	3,245	328	2,343	119,626,769	49%	51%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	389	1,334	273	897	4,660,297	66%	34%
HLN	Nancy Grace	295	925	177	461	785,398	27%	73%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	2,175	4,520	737	1,624	10,670,035	41%	59%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Black In America	4	76	4	65	140,318	50%	50%
Fox News	The Kelly File	3,148	5,285	1,413	2,530	84,290,877	62%	38%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	332	809	152	418	25,730,579	41%	59%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,648	4,302	713	2,337	21,439,369	49%	51%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	2	74	2	49	585,311	56%	44%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	311	2,919	228	2,057	74,755,825	61%	39%
Fox News	Hannity	2,333	7,548	1,425	4,504	62,172,490	64%	36%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	300	816	179	595	2,462,464	55%	45%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	50	1,412	48	1,112	3,465,646	62%	38%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	295	3,245	259	2,343	119,626,769	49%	51%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	428	1,528	337	1,278	3,945,821	62%	38%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	713	6,611	644	6,121	45,098,039	59%	41%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	144	1,334	91	897	4,660,297	66%	34%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	283	4,520	156	1,624	10,670,035	41%	59%

 

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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.