Thursday was a normal day of The Kelly File winning best hour and Hannity winning best day.

The top five for best hour were Kelly, Hannity, Ed Show, Daily Show, and Hayes.  The top five for best day were Hannity, Kelly, Daily Show, The Five, and Hayes.  The shows with top “reach” (see footnotes) were New Day, CNNi, Kelly, Hannity, Out Front, and CNN Town Hall.

The most “male” show (with over 100 tweets) was Fox Friends First, with 86% male tweets. The most “female” show was Dr. Drew, with 75% female mentions.

Raw CSV data for the day: 2014-09-25-WordStats

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 2014-09-25

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	2432	Fox News: The Kelly File
Most Mentions During Day	8627	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	1	59	1	47	160,109	59%	41%
CNN	CNN Town Hall	155	1,255	104	928	61,309,224	67%	33%
Fox News	The Kelly File	366	5,430	299	2,921	78,006,230	61%	39%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	91	2,934	48	1,531	14,470,100	50%	50%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	27	0	23	70,632	71%	29%
CNN	CNN International	353	4,065	324	3,198	78,895,392	58%	42%
Fox News	Hannity	253	8,627	179	4,696	68,325,801	57%	43%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	56	1,031	39	722	3,038,092	45%	55%

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	85	0	68	1,070,042	58%	42%
CNN	CNN International	255	4,065	221	3,198	78,895,392	58%	42%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	12	3,312	12	1,894	10,277,309	56%	44%
HLN	Nancy Grace	8	519	8	348	2,036,775	45%	55%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	8	1,035	7	659	3,109,372	56%	44%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	8	1,321	8	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	13	0	6	31,664	30%	70%
CNN	CNN International	293	4,065	230	3,198	78,895,392	58%	42%
Fox News	RedEye	826	2,654	141	1,290	9,003,318	68%	32%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	42	4,239	37	2,424	24,033,753	51%	49%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	0	59	0	47	160,109	59%	41%
CNN	Early Start	0	1	0	1	42,445	0%	0%
Fox News	The Five	0	15	0	11	8,531	75%	25%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	29	2,934	20	1,531	14,470,100	50%	50%

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)	1	85	1	68	1,070,042	58%	42%
CNN	Early Start	0	1	0	1	42,445	0%	0%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	56	136	39	72	638,645	86%	14%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	22	49	19	43	79,784	72%	28%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	24	1,321	23	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	New Day	212	2,751	173	1,915	99,892,720	56%	44%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	287	1,574	180	1,001	9,726,925	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	32	340	31	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	452	3,168	187	1,567	11,949,544	56%	44%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	53	1,321	47	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	New Day	280	2,751	203	1,915	99,892,720	56%	44%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	273	1,574	163	1,001	9,726,925	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	24	340	18	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	950	3,168	429	1,567	11,949,544	56%	44%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	64	1,321	44	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	New Day	217	2,751	155	1,915	99,892,720	56%	44%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	216	1,574	169	1,001	9,726,925	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	53	340	42	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	718	3,168	388	1,567	11,949,544	56%	44%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	58	1,321	52	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	News Room	2	28	2	19	63,081	75%	25%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	37	302	27	226	5,227,637	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	80	340	66	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	The Daily Run Down (Melvin)	85	400	55	360	809,528	43%	57%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	27	0	23	70,632	71%	29%
CNN	News Room	2	28	2	19	63,081	75%	25%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	77	302	57	226	5,227,637	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	23	340	23	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	José Díaz-Balart	94	833	62	494	13,244,430	47%	53%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	84	1,321	70	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (11:30)	1	13	1	6	31,664	30%	70%
CNN	@This Hour	7	111	6	74	2,356,924	65%	35%
Fox News	Happening Now	18	147	11	109	1,106,180	64%	36%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	31	340	24	266	1,513,022	65%	35%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	77	308	42	201	1,106,236	49%	51%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	55	1,321	51	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	47	99	33	71	374,540	51%	49%
Fox News	Outnumbered	859	2,231	452	1,307	5,035,276	70%	30%
HLN	HLN Now	4	78	4	44	266,385	48%	52%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	106	254	86	193	535,902	57%	43%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	55	1,321	48	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	Wolf	209	1,192	206	975	58,656,086	63%	37%
Fox News	Happening Now	47	147	37	109	1,106,180	64%	36%
HLN	HLN Now	12	78	9	44	266,385	48%	52%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	64	454	43	339	7,578,698	44%	56%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	102	1,321	92	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	News Room	4	28	3	19	63,081	75%	25%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	142	466	112	344	1,196,429	67%	33%
HLN	HLN Now	7	78	7	44	266,385	48%	52%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	614	1,708	179	924	5,996,342	30%	70%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	4	28	2	19	63,081	75%	25%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	563	973	471	767	10,006,721	58%	42%
HLN	HLN Now	5	78	5	44	266,385	48%	52%
MSNBC	The Cycle	84	143	40	86	446,489	40%	60%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	104	341	56	244	1,104,649	50%	50%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	97	1,321	77	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	102	607	97	500	30,661,446	58%	42%
Fox News	Your World	115	886	84	752	3,063,298	73%	27%
HLN	HLN Now	10	78	5	44	266,385	48%	52%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	89	255	52	162	1,005,851	58%	42%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	0	13	0	6	31,664	30%	70%
CNN	The Situation Room	77	1,192	62	975	58,656,086	63%	37%
Fox News	The Five	2	15	2	11	8,531	75%	25%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	606	4,664	405	2,934	25,205,105	66%	34%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,590	2,767	474	958	9,922,980	58%	42%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	87	1,321	67	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	184	1,192	118	975	58,656,086	63%	37%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	243	1,656	165	1,306	15,199,508	62%	38%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	27	80	23	68	210,217	67%	33%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	10	85	10	68	1,070,042	58%	42%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	189	1,255	141	928	61,309,224	67%	33%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	986	3,312	574	1,894	10,277,309	56%	44%
HLN	Jane Velez-Mitchell	0	3	0	2	661	33%	67%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	545	1,035	299	659	3,109,372	56%	44%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	50	1,321	43	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	737	2,690	566	1,853	56,864,748	49%	51%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	221	818	129	580	3,100,019	65%	35%
HLN	Nancy Grace	160	519	110	348	2,036,775	45%	55%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,366	4,239	540	2,424	24,033,753	51%	49%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	442	2,690	332	1,853	56,864,748	49%	51%
Fox News	The Kelly File	2,432	5,430	1,199	2,921	78,006,230	61%	39%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	191	352	97	207	375,265	25%	75%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,339	2,934	594	1,531	14,470,100	50%	50%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	4	27	4	23	70,632	71%	29%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	119	1,156	73	843	33,650,758	58%	42%
Fox News	Hannity	2,030	8,627	1,055	4,696	68,325,801	57%	43%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	307	1,031	192	722	3,038,092	45%	55%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	67	1,321	51	1,023	3,894,614	58%	42%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	182	2,690	148	1,853	56,864,748	49%	51%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show (11-11:30)	1,450	4,874	941	3,604	22,678,391	49%	51%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)	133	2,043	116	1,776	13,603,932	65%	35%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	57	818	50	580	3,100,019	65%	35%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	89	4,239	81	2,424	24,033,753	51%	49%

 

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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.