Melissa Harris-Perry and Sean Hannity win Cable News Twitter on Saturday, August 2, 2014

MSNBC’s The Melissa Harris-Perry Show had the strongest hour while Sean Hannity had the best day in total.

Welcome “The Hunt”

With Saturday’s report, I have begun tracking CNN’s “The Hunt with John Walsh”.  It was somewhat difficult as there is no official show Twitter account or hashtag; however, the informal hashtag #TheHunt seems to have gained sufficient currency that I can use it as well as looking for all tweets which include “CNN” and “The Hunt” in the text.

It continues to amaze me that networks do not establish show accounts and hashtags for social media accounts.  It makes it easier for their communities to find each other, and it makes it easier to run analytics to track the conversation…

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 2014-08-02

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 1153 MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry Show
Most Mentions During Day 12073 Fox News: Hannity

Ratings for individual time slots

Ratings for 12 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 7 129 39% 61%
Fox News The Kelly File 145 933 60% 40%

Ratings for 1 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 9 129 39% 61%
Fox News Hannity 338 12073 63% 37%

Ratings for 2 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Real Money with Ali Velshi 1 24 85% 15%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 6 129 39% 61%
Fox News On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren 38 1509 51% 49%

Ratings for 3 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 186 2270 61% 39%
Al Jazeera Inside Story 0 0 0% 0%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 5 129 39% 61%
Fox News RedEye 698 1593 62% 38%

Ratings for 4 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 1 129 39% 61%
Fox News The Five 1 22 92% 8%

Ratings for 5 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Real Money with Ali Velshi 0 24 85% 15%
CNN New Day 126 2067 53% 47%
Fox News Hannity 469 12073 63% 37%
MSNBC Your Business (5:30) 0 4 33% 67%

Ratings for 6 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 76 2270 61% 39%
CNN New Day 80 2067 53% 47%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 50 559 74% 26%
MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 38 1422 51% 49%

Ratings for 7 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 58 2270 61% 39%
CNN New Day 67 2067 53% 47%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 93 559 74% 26%
HLN Weekend Express 6 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Weekends w/Alex Witt 18 162 47% 53%

Ratings for 8 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 94 2270 61% 39%
CNN New Day 88 2067 53% 47%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 128 559 74% 26%
HLN Weekend Express 8 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Up w/Steve Kornacki 774 2574 44% 56%

Ratings for 9 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 106 2270 61% 39%
CNN Smerconish 87 245 64% 36%
Fox News Fox and Friends Weekend 91 559 74% 26%
HLN Weekend Express 9 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Up w/Steve Kornacki 962 2574 44% 56%

Ratings for 10 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Consider This 2 4 67% 33%
CNN News Room 23 562 64% 36%
Fox News The Cost of Freedom 0 8 50% 50%
HLN Weekend Express 17 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry Show 1153 3419 44% 56%

Ratings for 11 am

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 107 2270 61% 39%
CNN News Room 49 562 64% 36%
Fox News The Cost of Freedom 0 8 50% 50%
HLN Weekend Express 8 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry Show 1111 3419 44% 56%

Ratings for 12 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 129 2270 61% 39%
CNN News Room 69 562 64% 36%
Fox News America’s News HQ 7 77 67% 33%
HLN Weekend Express 6 64 61% 39%
MSNBC Weekends w/ Alex Witt 77 162 47% 53%

Ratings for 1 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 60 2270 61% 39%
CNN News Room 21 562 64% 36%
Fox News America’s News HQ 19 77 67% 33%
MSNBC Weekends w/Alex Witt 32 162 47% 53%

Ratings for 2 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 77 2270 61% 39%
CNN City Of Tomorrow 0 2 0% 0%
CNN News Room 62 562 64% 36%
Fox News WSJ Editorial Report (2pm) 0 0 0% 0%
Fox News America’s News HQ (2:30) 9 77 67% 33%
MSNBC MSNBC Live w/Craig Melvin 0 3 100% 0%

Ratings for 3 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN News Room 82 562 64% 36%
Fox News America’s News HQ 8 77 67% 33%
MSNBC MSNBC Live w/Craig Melvin 0 3 100% 0%

Ratings for 4 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 46 2270 61% 39%
CNN News Room 37 562 64% 36%
CNN Sanjay Gupta MD 107 1342 49% 51%
Fox News A Healthy You w/ Carol Alt (4pm) 0 0 0% 0%
Fox News America’s News HQ (4:30pm) 3 77 67% 33%

Ratings for 5 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN News Room 18 562 64% 36%
Fox News The Five 0 22 92% 8%
Fox News The Five w/Hosts 186 5240 60% 40%

Ratings for 6 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 73 2270 61% 39%
CNN News Room 46 562 64% 36%
Fox News America’s News HQ 8 77 67% 33%

Ratings for 7 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera Real Money with Ali Velshi 0 24 85% 15%
CNN News Room 89 562 64% 36%
Fox News Fox Report Weekend 9 13 29% 71%

Ratings for 8 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 57 2270 61% 39%
CNN The Sixties 44 204 30% 70%
Fox News Huckabee 145 336 62% 38%

Ratings for 9 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Sixties 52 204 30% 70%
Fox News Judge Jeanine 742 1512 57% 43%

Ratings for 10 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
CNN The Sixties 56 204 30% 70%
Fox News Geraldo At Large 273 802 59% 41%

Ratings for 11 pm

Network Show Tweets Hour Tweets Day Male Female
Al Jazeera News 66 2270 61% 39%
CNN The Hunt with John Walsh 16 129 39% 61%

 


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: 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.
  • Reach: A measure of the number of impressions a collection of tweets will make. For each tweet
    that is sent, it adds 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.
  • 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.
https://www.socialseer.com/2014/08/03/melissa-harris-perry-and-sean-hannity-win-cable-news-twitter-on-saturday-august-2-2014/
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