ISIS and the Syrian Attacks Continue to Dominate Cable News Twitter

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-09-23

ISIS and the USA’s attacks in Syria were the top topics in Cable News Twitter on Tuesday. Obama is third most popular word being used, while #celebratenvrd (For National Voters Registration Day) was the seventh most popular hashtag.

Data files here: 2014-09-23-TagStats    2014-09-23-WordStats

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Hannity takes Tuesday on Cable News Twitter

Hannity swept Tuesday with both best hour (2817 mentions) and best day (8515) wins.  Runners-up for best Hour were The Kelly File (2452) and The Ed Show (1748).  Runners-up for best day were The Kelly File (7379) and The Colbert Report (7296).

The most male-skewed show (that had over 100 mentions during the day) was HLN’s Morning Express, 75% male, while the most female skewed show was HLN’s Dr. Drew On Call at 78% female.  No wonder HLN struggles if it’s audience is so divided.

Four of the top ten hours were won by Fox News, while six were won by MSNBC.

Raw Data: 2014-09-23-ShowStats

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The Kelly File Starts the Week off Strong on Cable News Twitter

A strong day overall for The Kelly File as Megyn wins best hour and best day.  Hannity also had a strong day.  MSNBC had some shows that had reasonably good days: Morning Joe and All In with Chris Hayes both topped 3K mentions during the day.  CNN’s CNNi simulcast also brought in a large number of mentions, though many of those were probably from viewers outside the USA.

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