Tuesday was all Hannity, all the time.  Following Hannity was The Kelly File, The Colbert Report, Greta van Susteren, and The Ed Show:

Raw data for the day: 2014-12-16-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-16 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 2014-12-16

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	2451	Fox News: Hannity
Most Mentions During Day	8199	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
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	2	60	2	57	581,880	71%	29%
CNN	Black In America	2	282	2	188	8,954,630	57%	43%
Fox News	The Kelly File	578	6,503	301	3,217	87,116,904	61%	39%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	150	3,237	113	1,751	11,809,376	54%	46%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	43	0	22	626,367	76%	24%
CNN	CNN International	169	6,075	153	4,960	187,475,246	55%	45%
Fox News	Hannity	317	8,199	226	4,870	53,460,200	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	35	1,341	29	810	7,447,125	59%	41%

Ratings for 2 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	CNN International	217	6,075	200	4,960	187,475,246	55%	45%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	26	3,857	25	2,350	28,517,245	59%	41%
HLN	Nancy Grace	35	478	24	306	1,557,628	29%	71%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	31	949	22	574	3,486,856	71%	29%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	19	1,336	17	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	36	0	23	88,292	64%	36%
CNN	CNN International	178	6,075	155	4,960	187,475,246	55%	45%
Fox News	RedEye	528	1,970	91	899	18,790,044	73%	27%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	42	2,694	26	1,286	6,689,401	52%	48%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	1	60	1	57	581,880	71%	29%
CNN	Early Start	28	363	22	303	31,825,596	53%	47%
Fox News	The Five	46	1,758	12	1,008	14,766,297	71%	29%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	54	3,237	36	1,751	11,809,376	54%	46%

Ratings for 5 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	5	1,336	5	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	Early Start	82	363	70	303	31,825,596	53%	47%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	93	142	60	97	736,986	76%	24%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	1	10	1	8	2,695	100%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	12	136	8	114	2,214,246	55%	45%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	47	1,336	39	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi (3:30)	0	104	0	86	1,519,740	66%	34%
CNN	New Day	317	2,877	256	2,033	119,079,492	57%	43%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	292	2,630	178	1,691	17,414,747	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	7	192	7	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	435	2,259	202	1,094	7,737,601	58%	42%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	70	1,336	58	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	New Day	405	2,877	321	2,033	119,079,492	57%	43%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	453	2,630	303	1,691	17,414,747	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	7	192	6	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	511	2,259	215	1,094	7,737,601	58%	42%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	69	1,336	53	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	New Day	617	2,877	457	2,033	119,079,492	57%	43%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	462	2,630	349	1,691	17,414,747	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	8	192	3	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	418	2,259	205	1,094	7,737,601	58%	42%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	101	1,336	63	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	36	0	23	88,292	64%	36%
CNN	News Room	11	71	3	36	482,653	63%	37%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	109	3,090	99	2,792	6,316,969	55%	45%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	141	7,184	137	6,280	119,974,177	71%	29%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	54	227	35	128	1,107,030	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	10	192	10	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	49	372	31	235	10,757,816	66%	34%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	58	1,336	52	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	News Room	9	71	2	36	482,653	63%	37%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	103	227	62	128	1,107,030	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	8	192	7	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	90	372	61	235	10,757,816	66%	34%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	1	43	1	22	626,367	76%	24%
CNN	@This Hour	39	130	36	104	838,663	67%	33%
Fox News	Happening Now	18	85	13	65	668,456	60%	40%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	9	192	9	130	17,475,228	55%	45%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	69	288	39	218	6,041,821	49%	51%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	107	1,336	94	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	4	79	3	59	192,335	54%	46%
Fox News	Outnumbered	1,124	2,854	624	1,623	12,492,893	72%	28%
HLN	HLN Now	4	50	4	40	217,326	22%	78%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	263	698	197	498	5,641,781	53%	47%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	68	1,336	62	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	Wolf	281	1,762	247	1,489	40,522,718	63%	37%
Fox News	Happening Now	27	85	24	65	668,456	60%	40%
HLN	HLN Now	2	50	2	40	217,326	22%	78%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	82	692	55	552	3,941,973	42%	58%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	62	1,336	56	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	News Room	6	71	4	36	482,653	63%	37%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	150	442	95	260	1,093,301	74%	26%
HLN	HLN Now	0	50	0	40	217,326	22%	78%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	243	918	104	529	2,872,273	36%	64%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	4	71	2	36	482,653	63%	37%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	55	94	44	72	392,355	70%	30%
HLN	HLN Now	6	50	5	40	217,326	22%	78%
MSNBC	The Cycle	36	129	30	94	1,761,871	75%	25%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	85	1,956	62	1,340	8,150,360	57%	43%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	54	1,336	41	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	119	1,929	86	1,310	5,155,809	66%	34%
Fox News	Your World	231	1,021	151	766	2,866,053	67%	33%
HLN	HLN Now	2	50	2	40	217,326	22%	78%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	102	252	61	137	477,867	70%	30%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	14	36	8	23	88,292	64%	36%
CNN	The Situation Room	99	1,762	82	1,489	40,522,718	63%	37%
Fox News	The Five	800	1,758	470	1,008	14,766,297	71%	29%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	1,234	5,325	733	3,043	32,794,181	72%	28%
HLN	What Would You Do?	0	1	0	1	67	100%	0%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,615	3,328	607	1,438	22,030,792	59%	41%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	38	1,336	30	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	284	1,762	260	1,489	40,522,718	63%	37%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	57	3,090	53	2,792	6,316,969	55%	45%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	252	7,184	238	6,280	119,974,177	71%	29%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	494	1,363	287	830	4,959,718	65%	35%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	41	64	26	44	320,686	79%	21%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	27	104	16	86	1,519,740	66%	34%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	604	1,680	442	1,240	214,909,371	59%	41%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	1,648	3,857	1,014	2,350	28,517,245	59%	41%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	444	949	225	574	3,486,856	71%	29%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	47	1,336	38	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	1,159	5,198	915	4,006	136,232,948	46%	54%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	344	1,381	201	945	5,458,153	68%	32%
HLN	Nancy Grace	80	478	66	306	1,557,628	29%	71%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,082	2,694	421	1,286	6,689,401	52%	48%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Fox News	The Kelly File	2,230	6,503	973	3,217	87,116,904	61%	39%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	298	802	155	498	24,208,233	39%	61%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,306	3,237	537	1,751	11,809,376	54%	46%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	4	43	1	22	626,367	76%	24%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	1,508	5,939	919	3,564	128,108,937	57%	43%
Fox News	Hannity	2,451	8,199	1,470	4,870	53,460,200	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	502	1,341	265	810	7,447,125	59%	41%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	38	1,336	26	1,030	3,661,807	59%	41%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	285	5,198	225	4,006	136,232,948	46%	54%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	325	3,090	276	2,792	6,316,969	55%	45%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	1,718	7,184	1,520	6,280	119,974,177	71%	29%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	87	1,381	52	945	5,458,153	68%	32%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	63	2,694	42	1,286	6,689,401	52%	48%

 

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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.