Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (December 16-22, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for December 16-22, 2013 has been released. THE VOICE topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 3.8 million. MTV's AWKWARD finished 4th with WWW MONDAY NIGHT RAW coming in 8th (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (December 9-15, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for December 9-15, 2013 has been released. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 8 million. SCANDAL finished 4th with AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN coming in 8th (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (December 2-8, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for December 2-8, 2013 has been released. THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 5.2 million. AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN finished 5th, SCANDAL was 6th, and Lifetime's BONNIE & CLYDE came in 10th (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (November 25-December 1, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for November 25-December 1, 2013 has been released. THE WALKING DEAD topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 5.9 million (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (November 18-24, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for November 18-24, 2013 has been released. The 2013 American Music Awards topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 10.2 million. THE WALKING DEAD came in third, followed by AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN (4th), SCANDAL (6th) and AWKWARD (10th).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

THE WALKING DEAD Tops Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (November 11-17, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for November 11-17, 2013 has been released. THE WALKING DEAD topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 4 million. Last week's No. 1, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN came in third, SCANDAL fourth, AWKWARD ninth and GLEE in tenth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

CMA Awards Telecast Tops Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (November 4-10, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for November 4-10, 2013 has been released. The 47th Annual CMA Awards topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 8 million. Last week's No. 1, THE WALKING DEAD, was second followed by AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN. SCANDAL finished ninth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

THE WALKING DEAD Tops Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (October 28-November 3, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for October 28-November 3, 2013 has been released. THE WALKING DEAD topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 4.25 million. The Kerry Washington-hosted episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was third. AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN came in fifth, and SCANDAL finished ninth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (October 21-27, 2013)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for October 21-27, 2013 has been released. The PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Halloween special topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 6.3 million. THE WALKING DEAD was second, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN came in fourth, and the premiere of RAVENSWOOD was fifth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (10/07 - 10/13)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for October 7-13, 2013 has been released. The return of THE WALKING DEAD topped all shows with a Unique Audience of almost 7.5 million. GLEE was second followed by AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN in third place.  Last week's top-rated show, SCANDAL, dropped to sixth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (9/30 - 10/06)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for September 30-October 6, 2013 has been released. SCANDAL topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 3.6 million. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES was 6th with GLEE coming in 7th (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

Nielsen Launches 'Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings'

Today Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, announced the commercial launch of Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings, the first-ever measure of the total activity and reach of TV-related conversation on Twitter. Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings measure not only “authors”—the number of people tweeting about TV programs—but also the much larger “audience” of people who actually view those Tweets.

Initial analysis of Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings reveals that the Twitter TV audience for an episode is, on average, 50 times larger than the authors who are generating Tweets. For example, if 2,000 people are tweeting about a program, 100,000 people are seeing those Tweets. This multiplier varies across programs, with early data showing the ratio of the audience to the authors generally decreases (meaning the multiplier is smaller) as the number of authors for an episode increases. This is due to the increasing overlap of followers for shows with a large number of Twitter authors, where a single follower is increasingly likely to follow multiple authors.