Colbert’s Coverage of Gamergate Dominated Cable News Twitter Topics on Thursday, 10/30/14

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-30

Thanks to The Colbert Report’s coverage of “Gamergate”, the topic dominated Cable News Twitter yesterday.  Following that was Tim Cook’s announcement that he’s gay.

Here’s the top 30 words and hashtags for the day:

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You can also download the raw data for the top 100 words and tags for the day: 2014-10-30-TagStats.csv and 2014-10-30-WordStats.csv

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The Ed Show wins Cable News Twitter on Thursday, 10/30/14

The Ed Show had the best hour on Cable News Twitter Thursday, while continuing talk about Stephen Colbert and “#GamerGate” pushed Colbert’s daily mentions high enough to give him the day overall.

Following The Ed Show was The Kelly File, Hannity, Morning Joe, Chris Hayes, and Rachel Maddow:

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You can download all the data for the day here: 2014-10-30-ShowStats.csv

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Randle tops Trending Topics in Cable News Twitter on Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-29

Joseph Randle managed to top the topics in Cable News Twitter yesterday, followed by discussions about the Colbert Report, ebola, and voting:

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Raw data for the day: 2014-10-29-TagStats.csv and 2014-10-29-WordStats.csv

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 3362 Comedy Central: The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)
Most Mentions During Day 12689 Comedy Central: The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)

Overall ratings by network

Network Tweet Count Unique Tweeters Reach Male Female
Fox News 52997 25680 321315915 61 % 39 %
CNN 49461 36901 624256879 60 % 40 %
MSNBC 35528 13517 193060008 52 % 48 %
Comedy Central 15608 10212 44411147 68 % 32 %
HBO 4293 3296 24821139 58 % 42 %
Al Jazeera 2588 1853 10611711 56 % 44 %
HLN 2137 1307 9860400 33 % 67 %
ABC 443 307 10801853 48 % 52 %
CBS 282 213 644230 48 % 52 %

Most popular hastags

Hashtag Count
#newday 5402
#tcot 4400
#ebola 3672
#gamergate 3211
#lakers 3107
#kellyfile 2808
#lnyhbt 2637
#morningjoe 2461
#blackfish 2293
#inners 2161

Tag Cloud across all shows

#0110001001101111011101000111001100110100011001010111011001100001 #2a #5things #ac360 #antares #baghdad #betterwithfriends #blackfish #botl #breaking #c2gthr #california #cancelcolbert #ccot #cnn #ctot #dailyshow #ebola #edshow #emptythetanks #ferguson #firecarolcostello #flipadistrict #foxnews #gadhimai #gamergate #gop #gottadoit #greta #halloween #hannity #hardball #inners #iran #iraq #isil #isis #jodiarias #kacihickox #keepcalmvotedem #kellyfile #kimjongun #kobane #lakers #lastweektonight #lastword #libcrib #lnyhbt #maddow #maine #marine #midterms2014 #mightymiddle #morningjoe #msnbc #msnbcvote #nasa #ncsen #newday #news #notyourshield #nra #nyc #obama #obamacare #ocra #outnumbered #p2 #pjnet #realtime #redeye #rednationrising #reiders #republican #republicans #restorethedream2014 #seaworld #showusyourpeanuts #syria #tcot #tdsbreakingnews #teamedshow #teaparty #tgdn #thanksgiving #thefive #thelead #tiot #tlot #tntweeters #tpp #tweet4taiji #uniteblue #usa #vote #whyivote #wiunion #worldseries #ycot #yeswedid

 

Word Cloud across all shows

000 against america anita app awful back big blame breaking broken carted change christie colbert companies day ebola election first follow fox getting go going good gop great help house job julius just know knows last leg less like likes live love make man medical might military much need nephew new news next night now nurse obama one paid people please police praise president quarantine randle really report reports right rocket say says school see show soon staff still stop take tell tells thing think time today tonight us vote want watch watching weed white will woman women world year

 

Gamergate and Colbert win Cable News Twitter on Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Gamergate came to the Colbert Report, giving it the best hour and day on Cable News Twitter.  The Kelly File, Hannity, Morning Joe, and Chris Hayes followed (in that order):

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In somewhat related news, MSNBC has been holding daily Twitter chats with its hosts on the subject of the election.  So far, 3 have been done (at the time of this writing).  Melissa Harris-Perry’s was by and far the most popular:

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Looks like Matthews and Díaz-Balart have been schooled by the Professor!

Raw data for the daily shows: 2014-10-29-ShowStats.csv

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Failed Rocket Launch Explodes on Cable News Twitter Tuesday, 10/28/14

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-28

The failed rocket launch in Virginia ruled Cable News Twitter on Tuesday, lifting off from the rest of the other topics:

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That one really tall bar on the left? Justin Bieber’s selfie that used the hashtag #newday, making it hard to tell apart from CNN’s New Day show tweets…

Raw data files: 2014-10-28-TagStats.csv and 2014-10-28-WordStats.csv

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 1962 Fox News: The Kelly File
Most Mentions During Day 25445 CNN: New Day

Overall ratings by network

Network Tweet Count Unique Tweeters Reach Male Female
CNN 75368 60025 751482239 54 % 46 %
Fox News 47427 24108 278101069 62 % 38 %
MSNBC 33215 13664 199531049 54 % 46 %
HBO 6463 4975 17400011 57 % 43 %
Comedy Central 6366 5204 19208236 54 % 46 %
HLN 3680 1741 19690621 29 % 71 %
Al Jazeera 1671 1273 7088004 55 % 45 %
CBS 558 444 10209299 53 % 47 %
ABC 300 225 10657318 47 % 53 %

Most popular hastags

Hashtag Count
#newday 24316
#ebola 4693
#tcot 4565
#antares 3457
#lnyhbt 3079
#blackfish 2458
#showusyourpeanuts 2396
#nasa 2362
#kellyfile 2286
#morningjoe 2242

Tag Cloud across all shows

#2a #5things #ac360 #antares #betterwithfriends #biafrans #blackfish #breaking #breakingnews #c2gthr #cashinin #ccot #climatechange #cnn #copolitics #dailyshow #ebola #edshow #emabiggestfansjustinbieber #emptythetanks #ferguson #firecarolcostello #foxnews #gamegate #gamergate #gop #greta #halloween #hannity #hardball #hbo #inners #iran #isis #jodiarias #johnoliver #kellyfile #kitterman #kysen #lastweektonight #lastword #lnyhbt #maddow #manupbabi #marvel #morningjoe #mostrecent #msnbc #msnbcvote #nasa #nerdland #newday #news #norobang #nra #nyc #obama #obamacare #oreillyfactor #outfront #outnumbered #p2 #pjnet #pleasert #raisethewage #realtime #redeye #rednationrising #reiders #riposcartaveras #seaworld #seoulbrothers #sgp #showusyourpeanuts #socialmediaorg #tcot #tdsbreakingnews #teamedshow #teamwendy #teaparty #tgdn #thecove #thefive #tlot #tntweeters #tpot #tpp #truth #tweet4dolphins #tweet4taiji #uniteblue #uniteright #uppers #usa #vote #waronwomen #washingtonredskins #wiunion #worldseries #yeswedid

 

Word Cloud across all shows

000 africa against also american another apologizing back bad barkley big black blurry breaking calls change charles clearer community costumes’ country coverage dark day days dirty due ebola exploded explodes fat fox girl go going good great happened happy indicated job journey just know last launch lava less life liftoff like likes live loss love may minutes nasa need nephew new news now obama one opens paid people really right rocket said say says seconds secret section see show soon start still take thanks think time today tonight unmanned upon us video vote walmart want watch weed will woman women