A very rare win for The Colbert Report, who brought in the best hour and best day in Cable News Twitter.  And since The Report occupies the very last half-hour of the day, for it to win both means both Tuesday’s and Monday’s shows must have generated strong buzz:

The rest of the winners for the day were interesting too. After Colbert came The Kelly File, Black in America, Hannity, and The Ed Show — quite a mix of shows.  Here’s the top 30 “best hour” ranking:

Raw data for the day: 2014-11-18-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 2014-11-18

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	4282	Comedy Central: The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)
Most Mentions During Day	10821	Comedy Central: The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)

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	124	0	92	1,211,604	56%	44%
CNN	CNN International	230	4,725	196	3,721	137,990,661	56%	44%
Fox News	The Kelly File	256	6,191	176	3,373	69,460,833	59%	41%
Fox News	Hannity	386	7,134	272	3,920	57,944,973	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	108	3,537	85	1,723	10,110,923	43%	57%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	1	0	1	3,961	0%	100%
CNN	CNN International	357	4,725	320	3,721	137,990,661	56%	44%
Fox News	Hannity	188	7,134	124	3,920	57,944,973	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	29	1,491	24	822	13,766,214	43%	57%

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	67	0	52	1,399,560	81%	19%
CNN	CNN International	317	4,725	264	3,721	137,990,661	56%	44%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	0	30	0	25	165,919	43%	57%
HLN	Nancy Grace	23	497	15	312	582,485	32%	68%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	29	1,024	17	630	3,138,374	50%	50%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	18	1,190	17	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	3	0	3	3,331	50%	50%
CNN	CNN International	229	4,725	179	3,721	137,990,661	56%	44%
Fox News	RedEye	612	2,153	106	1,176	7,976,589	65%	35%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	46	4,050	19	2,252	37,536,234	56%	44%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	0	124	0	92	1,211,604	56%	44%
CNN	Early Start	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fox News	The Five	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	73	3,537	31	1,723	10,110,923	43%	57%

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)	0	67	0	52	1,399,560	81%	19%
CNN	Early Start	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	65	174	41	131	1,233,583	80%	20%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	2	2	2	2	3,533	100%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	12	87	10	45	152,626	52%	48%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	24	1,190	22	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	New Day	352	2,420	311	1,949	95,289,022	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	315	2,255	207	1,550	36,658,604	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	8	194	6	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	960	5,139	342	2,065	18,756,489	58%	42%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	53	1,190	40	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	New Day	391	2,420	301	1,949	95,289,022	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	432	2,255	299	1,550	36,658,604	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	18	194	15	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,451	5,139	552	2,065	18,756,489	58%	42%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	53	1,190	39	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	New Day	211	2,420	172	1,949	95,289,022	52%	48%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	480	2,255	382	1,550	36,658,604	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	42	194	35	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,122	5,139	484	2,065	18,756,489	58%	42%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	72	1,190	48	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	News Room	30	84	4	24	251,501	95%	5%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	90	253	61	167	1,759,652	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	23	194	20	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	The Daily Run Down (Melvin)	0	2	0	2	837	100%	0%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	1	0	1	3,961	0%	100%
CNN	News Room	13	84	3	24	251,501	95%	5%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	89	253	68	167	1,759,652	62%	38%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	19	194	17	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	José Díaz-Balart	282	875	177	528	12,075,761	48%	52%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	67	1,190	64	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (11:30)	0	3	0	3	3,331	50%	50%
CNN	@This Hour	92	203	62	148	1,302,024	61%	39%
Fox News	Happening Now	40	841	26	473	10,785,270	68%	32%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	21	194	19	151	551,549	54%	46%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	143	880	98	638	26,844,090	40%	60%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	69	1,190	58	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	53	298	31	196	725,726	72%	28%
Fox News	Outnumbered	790	2,255	421	1,303	19,127,040	75%	25%
HLN	HLN Now	8	224	8	147	157,793	37%	63%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	262	639	154	392	2,449,575	49%	51%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	63	1,190	46	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	Wolf	104	1,103	57	905	64,304,164	58%	42%
Fox News	Happening Now	32	841	26	473	10,785,270	68%	32%
HLN	HLN Now	7	224	6	147	157,793	37%	63%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	96	383	71	280	4,356,251	53%	47%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	88	1,190	79	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	News Room	6	84	2	24	251,501	95%	5%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	375	841	262	544	7,603,878	64%	36%
HLN	HLN Now	11	224	7	147	157,793	37%	63%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	271	830	112	408	4,408,763	34%	66%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	2	84	1	24	251,501	95%	5%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	53	137	46	117	250,678	68%	32%
HLN	HLN Now	4	224	4	147	157,793	37%	63%
MSNBC	The Cycle	190	420	105	292	1,185,542	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	270	907	147	643	3,309,360	66%	34%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	61	1,190	57	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	402	4,869	304	3,293	46,170,811	59%	41%
Fox News	Your World	176	570	132	436	2,902,730	69%	31%
HLN	HLN Now	11	224	10	147	157,793	37%	63%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	181	612	127	492	2,526,552	60%	40%

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	3	0	3	3,331	50%	50%
CNN	The Situation Room	90	1,103	72	905	64,304,164	58%	42%
Fox News	The Five	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	1,003	4,487	620	2,893	22,512,645	66%	34%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,779	3,378	618	1,411	13,156,160	51%	49%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	59	1,190	51	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	51	1,103	39	905	64,304,164	58%	42%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	627	2,483	453	1,714	14,269,748	62%	38%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	25	123	24	87	2,760,827	60%	40%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	20	67	16	52	1,399,560	81%	19%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	242	529	145	356	1,610,954	73%	27%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	5	30	5	25	165,919	43%	57%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	530	1,024	297	630	3,138,374	50%	50%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	59	1,190	47	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	613	3,219	502	2,326	56,241,665	40%	60%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	369	2,032	267	1,376	15,764,439	64%	36%
HLN	Nancy Grace	256	497	154	312	582,485	32%	68%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,417	4,050	677	2,252	37,536,234	56%	44%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Black In America	2,351	4,795	1,045	2,405	89,230,075	46%	54%
Fox News	The Kelly File	2,840	6,191	1,333	3,373	69,460,833	59%	41%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	382	839	165	450	14,203,136	41%	59%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,709	3,537	682	1,723	10,110,923	43%	57%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	1	1	1	1	3,961	0%	100%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	583	5,303	394	3,573	80,747,477	58%	42%
Fox News	Hannity	2,173	7,134	1,281	3,920	57,944,973	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	524	1,491	255	822	13,766,214	43%	57%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	41	1,190	32	899	3,416,696	64%	36%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	159	3,219	146	2,326	56,241,665	40%	60%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show (11-11:30)	365	3,782	281	2,980	14,905,235	50%	50%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)	4,282	10,821	4,206	10,027	43,896,065	70%	30%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	74	1,056	59	745	4,124,397	68%	32%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	120	4,050	95	2,252	37,536,234	56%	44%

 

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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.