The Kelly File once again won top spot in Cable News Twitter, followed by Hannity, The Five, All In w/ Chris Hayes, and The Rachel Maddow Show:

You can see that the drop from Kelly and Hannity down to The Five is quite precipitous, but after that the descent is more gradual.

Raw data for day: 2015-02-05-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 2015-02-05

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	5506	Fox News: The Kelly File
Most Mentions During Day	13210	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	0	79	0	58	402,420	47%	53%
CNN	Parts Unknown	11	725	11	584	5,711,028	67%	33%
Fox News	The Kelly File	619	12,009	440	5,884	117,899,487	58%	42%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	89	4,049	55	2,069	27,912,606	48%	52%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
CNN	CNN International	162	4,115	134	3,211	132,207,061	58%	42%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	56	3,378	50	2,629	6,281,446	48%	52%
Comedy Central	The Nightly Show	86	2,677	64	1,876	53,210,335	56%	44%
Fox News	Hannity	244	13,210	161	6,733	78,218,924	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	38	2,211	30	887	10,239,377	46%	54%

Ratings for 2 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	4	42	4	39	1,141,834	25%	75%
CNN	CNN International	229	4,115	179	3,211	132,207,061	58%	42%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	74	5,656	49	3,391	50,786,767	54%	46%
HLN	Nancy Grace	28	1,301	23	813	1,955,701	31%	69%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	15	851	11	530	3,357,501	60%	40%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	31	1,815	16	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	2	0	2	3,768	100%	0%
CNN	CNN International	175	4,115	127	3,211	132,207,061	58%	42%
Fox News	RedEye	782	3,938	159	2,486	14,509,894	66%	34%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	10	3,356	8	1,537	17,344,898	48%	52%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	5	79	1	58	402,420	47%	53%
CNN	Early Start	97	353	64	255	8,111,595	60%	40%
Fox News	The Five	14	2,248	10	1,332	6,215,092	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	25	4,049	22	2,069	27,912,606	48%	52%

Ratings for 5 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	7	1,815	6	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	Early Start	56	353	37	255	8,111,595	60%	40%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	84	211	53	143	1,042,650	76%	24%
MSNBC	First Look	0	2	0	2	139	100%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	39	114	35	97	964,427	56%	44%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	32	1,815	28	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	2	0	2	3,768	100%	0%
CNN	New Day	420	2,470	376	1,896	63,692,248	54%	46%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	426	3,701	324	2,345	28,003,316	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	33	742	26	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	724	3,977	265	1,580	9,970,945	61%	39%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	New Day	426	2,470	339	1,896	63,692,248	54%	46%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	764	3,701	490	2,345	28,003,316	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	27	742	22	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,191	3,977	457	1,580	9,970,945	61%	39%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	86	1,815	67	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	New Day	297	2,470	239	1,896	63,692,248	54%	46%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	836	3,701	561	2,345	28,003,316	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	249	742	214	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	805	3,977	347	1,580	9,970,945	61%	39%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	106	1,815	78	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	News Room	3	51	3	26	28,265	58%	42%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	182	3,378	159	2,629	6,281,446	48%	52%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	76	520	36	356	2,889,501	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	119	742	101	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	32	292	23	209	4,233,030	54%	46%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	84	1,815	69	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	News Room	13	51	7	26	28,265	58%	42%
Comedy Central	The Nightly Show	138	2,677	122	1,876	53,210,335	56%	44%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	122	520	71	356	2,889,501	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	75	742	70	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	107	292	81	209	4,233,030	54%	46%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
CNN	News Room	5	51	2	26	28,265	58%	42%
Fox News	Happening Now	21	64	17	53	230,778	47%	53%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	56	742	46	593	12,057,879	41%	59%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	76	270	60	212	719,074	47%	53%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	123	1,815	97	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	40	88	34	66	1,434,327	57%	43%
Fox News	Outnumbered	739	4,172	394	2,624	10,314,729	69%	31%
HLN	The Daily Share	14	173	11	114	2,582,331	53%	47%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	50	418	42	344	2,620,076	69%	31%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	96	1,815	75	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	Wolf	203	4,097	165	3,300	76,926,840	65%	35%
Fox News	Happening Now	13	64	12	53	230,778	47%	53%
HLN	The Daily Share	9	173	9	114	2,582,331	53%	47%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	141	583	107	432	3,672,053	55%	45%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	127	1,815	102	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	News Room	3	51	2	26	28,265	58%	42%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	261	626	163	390	3,369,890	61%	39%
HLN	The Daily Share	12	173	9	114	2,582,331	53%	47%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	165	545	67	297	5,573,361	38%	62%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	5	51	4	26	28,265	58%	42%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	142	684	92	463	2,866,899	49%	51%
HLN	The Daily Share	14	173	13	114	2,582,331	53%	47%
MSNBC	The Cycle	51	140	35	95	930,321	78%	22%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	60	511	42	353	2,162,078	71%	29%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	114	1,815	83	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	162	1,741	114	1,143	11,125,472	65%	35%
Fox News	Your World	227	1,160	150	912	1,975,103	59%	41%
HLN	The Daily Share	14	173	11	114	2,582,331	53%	47%
MSNBC	NOW with Alex Wagner	117	200	52	117	691,393	64%	36%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	The Ed Show	1,522	2,885	536	1,096	14,049,219	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	0	2	0	2	3,768	100%	0%
CNN	The Situation Room	350	4,097	305	3,300	76,926,840	65%	35%
Fox News	The Five	1,230	2,248	684	1,332	6,215,092	62%	38%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	2,112	7,608	1,181	4,534	24,348,692	64%	36%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	75	1,815	63	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	612	4,097	474	3,300	76,926,840	65%	35%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	276	3,378	266	2,629	6,281,446	48%	52%
Comedy Central	The Nightly Show	187	2,677	143	1,876	53,210,335	56%	44%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	295	1,388	194	940	12,204,480	61%	39%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	29	64	25	56	627,500	59%	41%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	0	42	0	39	1,141,834	25%	75%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	430	1,061	327	800	51,059,488	67%	33%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	1,464	5,656	924	3,391	50,786,767	54%	46%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	400	851	224	530	3,357,501	60%	40%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	74	1,815	66	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	492	4,181	318	2,024	29,309,839	36%	64%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	401	1,685	242	1,089	5,321,063	65%	35%
HLN	Nancy Grace	551	1,301	381	813	1,955,701	31%	69%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,725	3,356	593	1,537	17,344,898	48%	52%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Inside Man	604	1,909	296	1,216	120,394,471	46%	54%
Fox News	The Kelly File	5,506	12,009	2,524	5,884	117,899,487	58%	42%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	297	1,158	139	593	11,237,710	41%	59%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,553	4,049	626	2,069	27,912,606	48%	52%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	193	2,162	151	1,420	20,822,629	64%	36%
Fox News	Hannity	3,968	13,210	2,032	6,733	78,218,924	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	1,052	2,211	369	887	10,239,377	46%	54%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	50	1,815	37	1,308	4,830,061	54%	46%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	173	4,181	131	2,024	29,309,839	36%	64%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	187	3,378	149	2,629	6,281,446	48%	52%
Comedy Central	The Nightly Show	467	2,677	288	1,876	53,210,335	56%	44%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	138	1,685	96	1,089	5,321,063	65%	35%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	160	3,356	101	1,537	17,344,898	48%	52%

 

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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.