The 2016 Miss America Competition topped Nielsen’s Twitter ratings for the week of September 7-13.
A program’s popularity on Twitter does not always correlate with its Nielsen television ratings and is not an accurate predictor of whether a show will be renewed.
Nielsen Twitter Ratings September 7-13, 2015
| RANK | NETWORK(S) | PROGRAM | DATE | UNIQUE AUDIENCE (000) |
IMPRESSIONS (000) |
UNIQUE AUTHORS (000) |
TWEETS (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABC | The 2016 Miss America Competition | 9/13/15 | 4,774 | 39,708 | 140 | 326 |
| 2 | CBS | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | 9/08/15 | 2,032 | 10,285 | 35 | 64 |
| 3 | NBC | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 9/09/15 | 1,684 | 3,495 | 35 | 59 |
| 4 | ABC | Bachelor in Paradise | 9/07/15 | 1,276 | 8,226 | 20 | 46 |
| 5 | AMC | Fear the Walking Dead | 9/13/15 | 1,273 | 4,625 | 26 | 66 |
| 6 | VH1 | Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood | 9/07/15 | 1,147 | 8,837 | 51 | 161 |
| 7 | USA | WWE Monday Night RAW | 9/07/15 | 1,130 | 8,108 | 37 | 160 |
| 8 | CBS | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | 9/10/15 | 1,100 | 3,000 | 13 | 21 |
| 9 | NFL | Do Your Job: Bill Belichick & Patriots | 9/09/15 | 873 | 2,496 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | CBS | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | 9/09/15 | 823 | 2,219 | 15 | 22 |
Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten lists are ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top Series and Specials 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.
