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):

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:

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

Raw data for the daily shows: 2014-10-29-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 2014-10-29

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)

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	228	1	158	818,611	51%	49%
CNN	CNN International	337	5,763	276	4,917	104,670,173	57%	43%
Fox News	The Kelly File	178	5,300	136	2,994	58,295,160	53%	47%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	167	4,094	123	2,278	13,730,025	50%	50%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	12	0	8	56,276	89%	11%
CNN	CNN International	252	5,763	218	4,917	104,670,173	57%	43%
Fox News	Hannity	212	8,715	166	5,133	75,234,698	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	44	2,092	33	1,103	8,001,822	49%	51%

Ratings for 2 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	1	70	1	45	905,538	59%	41%
CNN	CNN International	398	5,763	314	4,917	104,670,173	57%	43%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	60	4,144	36	2,436	32,472,502	49%	51%
HLN	Nancy Grace	19	668	10	419	3,157,685	30%	70%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	16	1,907	14	997	7,593,575	54%	46%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	35	2,272	28	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	17	0	10	69,001	100%	0%
CNN	CNN International	389	5,763	334	4,917	104,670,173	57%	43%
Fox News	RedEye	689	2,681	88	1,454	11,781,011	67%	33%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	27	5,249	15	2,673	29,854,171	50%	50%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	0	228	0	158	818,611	51%	49%
CNN	Early Start	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fox News	The Five	1	7	1	7	51,789	67%	33%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	24	4,094	19	2,278	13,730,025	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)	0	70	0	45	905,538	59%	41%
CNN	Early Start	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	73	182	37	124	4,346,666	74%	26%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	30	152	26	96	1,401,590	52%	48%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	26	2,272	12	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	New Day	476	7,014	459	6,532	99,251,350	51%	49%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	210	2,184	108	1,288	20,603,395	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	2	241	2	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,726	6,919	474	2,298	22,776,825	46%	54%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	64	2,272	40	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	New Day	518	7,014	442	6,532	99,251,350	51%	49%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	312	2,184	227	1,288	20,603,395	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	8	241	6	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	2,162	6,919	672	2,298	22,776,825	46%	54%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	108	2,272	88	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	New Day	497	7,014	448	6,532	99,251,350	51%	49%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	388	2,184	262	1,288	20,603,395	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	36	241	30	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	1,409	6,919	620	2,298	22,776,825	46%	54%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	99	2,272	92	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	News Room	4	48	4	35	131,922	52%	48%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	36	122	25	83	559,566	42%	58%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	17	241	13	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	The Daily Run Down (Melvin)	97	142	54	89	886,376	60%	40%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	12	0	8	56,276	89%	11%
CNN	News Room	17	48	10	35	131,922	52%	48%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	39	122	32	83	559,566	42%	58%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	30	241	6	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	José Díaz-Balart	147	333	79	185	5,036,970	46%	54%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	124	2,272	104	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (11:30)	4	17	2	10	69,001	100%	0%
CNN	@This Hour	34	142	22	102	3,087,700	71%	29%
Fox News	Happening Now	31	138	26	106	5,696,125	61%	39%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	7	241	6	172	2,039,938	66%	34%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	69	274	43	196	7,758,350	44%	56%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	214	2,272	173	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	16	32	11	23	143,221	82%	18%
Fox News	Outnumbered	518	2,296	297	1,467	6,786,525	71%	29%
HLN	HLN Now	14	147	14	114	284,721	25%	75%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	124	500	89	309	1,106,635	47%	53%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	182	2,272	122	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	Wolf	322	2,706	283	2,233	72,108,261	63%	37%
Fox News	Happening Now	13	138	12	106	5,696,125	61%	39%
HLN	HLN Now	18	147	12	114	284,721	25%	75%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	208	562	111	368	4,071,609	38%	63%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	228	2,272	160	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	News Room	6	48	3	35	131,922	52%	48%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	298	653	184	401	3,733,051	61%	39%
HLN	HLN Now	5	147	5	114	284,721	25%	75%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	377	1,129	139	555	6,412,535	35%	65%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	1	48	1	35	131,922	52%	48%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	221	417	148	291	855,210	54%	46%
HLN	HLN Now	11	147	9	114	284,721	25%	75%
MSNBC	The Cycle	150	292	58	151	1,859,624	51%	49%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	173	1,060	74	704	14,115,547	57%	43%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	157	2,272	128	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	273	1,662	214	1,243	6,161,579	59%	41%
Fox News	Your World	141	650	92	466	2,419,824	63%	37%
HLN	HLN Now	14	147	13	114	284,721	25%	75%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	244	452	128	261	2,250,878	64%	36%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	3	17	2	10	69,001	100%	0%
Al Jazeera	TechKnow	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
CNN	The Situation Room	227	2,706	169	2,233	72,108,261	63%	37%
Fox News	The Five	1	7	1	7	51,789	67%	33%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	1,018	3,887	697	2,610	23,062,927	65%	35%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,564	3,062	553	1,173	13,477,057	62%	38%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	73	2,272	65	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	154	2,706	121	2,233	72,108,261	63%	37%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	251	1,256	172	918	16,926,089	58%	42%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	52	118	42	96	1,034,462	47%	53%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi	13	70	9	45	905,538	59%	41%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	288	686	176	476	32,736,674	69%	31%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	1,232	4,144	765	2,436	32,472,502	49%	51%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	881	1,907	396	997	7,593,575	54%	46%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	58	2,272	54	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	685	2,350	449	1,637	54,130,848	45%	55%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	261	1,050	192	715	8,681,618	61%	39%
HLN	Nancy Grace	161	668	112	419	3,157,685	30%	70%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,979	5,249	766	2,673	29,854,171	50%	50%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	Sombody’s Gotta Do It	108	520	72	417	74,516,980	51%	49%
Fox News	The Kelly File	2,364	5,300	1,204	2,994	58,295,160	53%	47%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,568	4,094	674	2,278	13,730,025	50%	50%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	1	12	1	8	56,276	89%	11%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	379	2,257	309	1,668	31,787,872	59%	41%
Fox News	Hannity	2,220	8,715	1,425	5,133	75,234,698	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	834	2,092	393	1,103	8,001,822	49%	51%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	84	2,272	81	1,667	8,277,858	56%	44%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	217	2,350	182	1,637	54,130,848	45%	55%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show (11-11:30)	457	3,000	340	2,398	19,413,703	55%	45%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report (11:30-12am)	3,362	12,689	2,103	8,008	25,215,490	72%	28%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	58	1,050	48	715	8,681,618	61%	39%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	168	5,249	130	2,673	29,854,171	50%	50%

 

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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.