The debate over Morning Joe continued on Tuesday, brining Scarborough a large volume of mentions on Twitter.  If you look at the top 6 shows by hour, you see that reflected as well; in order, the shows are Kelly, Hannity, The Five (with its hosts), and then each of the three hours of Morning Joe:

Raw data here: 2014-12-02-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 2014-12-02

Top Shows for the day:

Category	Mentions	Show
Most Mentions During Hour	4881	Fox News: The Kelly File
Most Mentions During Day	17048	MSNBC: Morning Joe

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	18	0	16	46,251	55%	45%
Fox News	The Kelly File	369	8,618	243	4,350	63,546,892	62%	38%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	133	2,978	105	1,609	12,243,512	47%	53%

Ratings for 1 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	14	0	11	13,865	67%	33%
CNN	CNN International	133	5,063	121	3,913	196,879,278	59%	41%
Fox News	Hannity	261	11,525	196	5,786	77,610,620	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	70	2,145	45	1,209	9,045,526	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	3	67	3	47	1,753,889	60%	40%
CNN	CNN International	222	5,063	181	3,913	196,879,278	59%	41%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	62	4,175	39	2,553	17,379,196	58%	42%
HLN	Nancy Grace	9	1,045	7	623	2,054,213	31%	69%
HLN	Nancy Grace	9	1,045	7	623	2,054,213	31%	69%
MSNBC	Hardball w/Chris Matthews	43	602	30	414	1,251,663	61%	39%

Ratings for 3 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	28	1,447	24	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story	0	19	0	7	15,365	12%	88%
CNN	CNN International	137	5,063	100	3,913	196,879,278	59%	41%
Fox News	RedEye	650	2,626	89	1,413	17,031,455	72%	28%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	29	4,375	18	2,839	17,098,082	55%	45%

Ratings for 4 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	America Tonight	0	18	0	16	46,251	55%	45%
CNN	Early Start	21	170	21	116	15,259,208	75%	25%
Fox News	The Five	6	2,920	6	1,559	11,357,839	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	15	2,978	13	1,609	12,243,512	47%	53%

Ratings for 5 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	18	1,447	17	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	Early Start	40	170	38	116	15,259,208	75%	25%
Fox News	FoxFriendsFirst	61	144	47	110	1,544,956	69%	31%
MSNBC	First Look (5-5:30)	0	16	0	13	39,795	78%	22%
MSNBC	Way Too Early (5:30-6)	7	99	6	66	268,374	57%	43%

Ratings for 6 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Real Money with Ali Velshi (3:30)	2	67	2	47	1,753,889	60%	40%
CNN	New Day	263	2,531	225	1,756	78,069,284	59%	41%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	605	4,376	379	2,605	33,305,970	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	11	227	11	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	2,065	17,048	629	6,623	47,672,574	49%	51%

Ratings for 7 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	45	1,447	38	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	New Day	409	2,531	300	1,756	78,069,284	59%	41%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	1,120	4,376	611	2,605	33,305,970	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	29	227	22	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	2,662	17,048	900	6,623	47,672,574	49%	51%

Ratings for 8 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	52	1,447	46	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	New Day	435	2,531	319	1,756	78,069,284	59%	41%
Fox News	Fox And Friends	887	4,376	525	2,605	33,305,970	63%	37%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	50	227	44	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	Morning Joe	2,665	17,048	1,049	6,623	47,672,574	49%	51%

Ratings for 9 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	62	1,447	46	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	News Room	6	136	4	60	1,220,766	86%	14%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	295	3,391	286	2,920	11,189,048	56%	44%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	156	14,613	146	9,600	214,650,698	62%	38%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	125	332	77	190	9,459,979	73%	27%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	33	227	27	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	84	352	51	205	5,284,466	48%	52%

Ratings for 10 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	0	14	0	11	13,865	67%	33%
CNN	News Room	8	136	5	60	1,220,766	86%	14%
Fox News	America’s Newsroom	118	332	73	190	9,459,979	73%	27%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	18	227	15	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	The Rundown w/José Díaz-Balart	101	352	65	205	5,284,466	48%	52%

Ratings for 11 am

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	81	1,447	71	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (11:30)	0	19	0	7	15,365	12%	88%
CNN	@This Hour	91	479	64	369	18,222,977	65%	35%
Fox News	Happening Now	28	104	23	83	633,260	48%	52%
HLN	Morning Express w/Robin Meade	16	227	13	173	1,022,290	57%	43%
MSNBC	News Nation w/ Tamron Hall	106	835	82	598	18,481,985	48%	52%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	65	1,447	56	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	Legal View w/Banfield	62	114	29	50	112,410	88%	12%
Fox News	Outnumbered	595	2,426	329	1,458	13,032,342	76%	24%
HLN	HLN Now	7	40	3	31	13,752	31%	69%
MSNBC	Andrea Mitchell Reports	110	381	70	270	1,704,652	55%	45%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	66	1,447	51	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	Wolf	255	2,688	173	1,910	57,204,534	65%	35%
Fox News	Happening Now	23	104	21	83	633,260	48%	52%
HLN	HLN Now	0	40	0	31	13,752	31%	69%
MSNBC	Ronan Farrow Daily	105	401	74	257	2,769,161	56%	44%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	60	1,447	49	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	News Room	15	136	10	60	1,220,766	86%	14%
Fox News	The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson	173	424	112	248	2,043,037	65%	35%
HLN	HLN Now	2	40	2	31	13,752	31%	69%
MSNBC	The Reid Report	281	831	138	443	2,807,699	33%	67%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
CNN	News Room	37	136	28	60	1,220,766	86%	14%
Fox News	Shepard Smith Reporting	112	215	74	149	1,357,465	66%	34%
HLN	HLN Now	1	40	1	31	13,752	31%	69%
MSNBC	The Cycle	60	177	51	132	754,670	59%	41%
MSNBC	The Cycle (w/ Host Accounts)	88	429	70	320	2,066,565	61%	39%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	86	1,447	58	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	The Lead w/Jake Tapper	101	1,628	75	1,178	25,637,938	65%	35%
Fox News	Your World	398	1,533	274	1,166	3,116,870	66%	34%
HLN	HLN Now	5	40	5	31	13,752	31%	69%
MSNBC	Now w/Alex Wagner	223	909	149	520	6,262,256	63%	37%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Inside Story (5-5:30)	10	19	1	7	15,365	12%	88%
CNN	The Situation Room	155	2,688	113	1,910	57,204,534	65%	35%
Fox News	The Five	1,825	2,920	989	1,559	11,357,839	63%	37%
Fox News	The Five w/Hosts	2,780	5,936	1,456	3,205	24,852,643	65%	35%
HLN	What Would You Do?	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
MSNBC	The Ed Show	1,472	2,784	562	1,159	11,124,887	58%	42%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	95	1,447	81	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	The Situation Room (6 – 6:30)	193	2,688	141	1,910	57,204,534	65%	35%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	113	3,391	97	2,920	11,189,048	56%	44%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	426	14,613	333	9,600	214,650,698	62%	38%
Fox News	Special Report w/Bret Baier	182	1,517	144	1,133	8,929,416	62%	38%
MSNBC	PoliticsNation w/ Al Sharpton	30	61	27	57	1,052,316	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	9	67	6	47	1,753,889	60%	40%
CNN	Out Front w/Erin Burnett	254	557	154	365	15,566,414	67%	33%
Fox News	On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren	1,407	4,175	916	2,553	17,379,196	58%	42%
MSNBC	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	272	602	157	414	1,251,663	61%	39%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	44	1,447	43	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	1,305	3,956	931	2,949	48,168,702	46%	54%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	551	1,672	330	1,093	11,403,171	61%	39%
HLN	Nancy Grace	426	1,045	226	623	2,054,213	31%	69%
MSNBC	All In w/ Chris Hayes	1,432	4,375	593	2,839	17,098,082	55%	45%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Fox News	The Kelly File	4,881	8,618	2,360	4,350	63,546,892	62%	38%
HLN	Dr Drew On Call	287	545	176	352	2,488,925	46%	54%
MSNBC	The Rachel Maddow Show	1,059	2,978	444	1,609	12,243,512	47%	53%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	Consider This	2	14	2	11	13,865	67%	33%
CNN	CNN Tonight w/ Hosts	926	3,204	632	2,215	61,220,806	67%	33%
Fox News	Hannity	3,310	11,525	1,729	5,786	77,610,620	63%	37%
MSNBC	The Last Word w/Lawrence O’Donnell	724	2,145	347	1,209	9,045,526	46%	54%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network	Show	Twts Hour	Twts Day	UT Hour	UT Day	Reach	Male	Female
Al Jazeera	News	44	1,447	41	1,129	3,495,461	62%	38%
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	442	3,956	296	2,949	48,168,702	46%	54%
Comedy Central	The Daily Show	730	3,391	644	2,920	11,189,048	56%	44%
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report	1,150	14,613	953	9,600	214,650,698	62%	38%
Fox News	The O’Reilly Factor	166	1,672	118	1,093	11,403,171	61%	39%
MSNBC	All In w/Chris Hayes	150	4,375	115	2,839	17,098,082	55%	45%

 

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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.