Social Ratings: Week Ending January 3, 2021

To start, I have no idea why Nielsen has listed 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' four separate times in the social ratings chart. Perhaps each represents a different hour of the telecast, but the fact that this isn't clarified is pretty stupid. Either way, the "top" performance for that program was 4.92 million social media interactions which blew out its closest competition, USA's 'WWE Monday Night Raw,' which logged 2.1 million interactions. Elsewhere, the season premiere of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' placed it in the tenth spot on the week with 580,000.

1. New Year's Rockin' Eve (ABC): 4,919,000 interactions
2. New Year's Rockin' Eve (ABC): 4,077,000
3. WWE Monday Night Raw (USA): 2,095,000
4. New Year's Rockin' Eve (ABC): 2,008,000
5. AEW: All Elite Wrestling (TNT): 1,795,000
6. WWE Friday Night Smackdown (FOX): 1,348,000
7. New Year's Rockin' Eve (ABC): 1,206,000
8. WWE NXT (USA): 943,000
9. Teen Mom II (MTV): 603,000
10. RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1): 580,000 

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Social Ratings: Week Ending December 27, 2020

Reality programs and wrestling accounted for 8 of the top 10 programs on social media for the final full week of 2020. The CW's 'Friday Night Smackdown' led with 1.77 million interactions, edging out USA's 'Monday Night RAW' which had 1.67 million. Both were miles ahead of ABC's Monday edition of 'The Bachelorette' (805K) and USA's Wednesday 'WWE NXT' (737K). Starz's 'Power Book II: Ghost' was the lone scripted series of the week with 181,000 interactions.

1. WWE Friday Night Smackdown (FOX): 1,766,000 interactions
2. WWE Monday Night RAW (USA): 1,670,000
3. The Bachelorette-Tuesday (ABC): 805,000
4. WWE NXT (USA): 737,000
5. The Bachelorette-Monday (ABC): 498,000
6. The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo): 439,000
7. AEW: All-Elite Wrestling (TNT): 242,000
8. Power Book II: Ghost (Starz): 181,000
9. Justice with Judge Jeanine (Fox News): 115,000
10. Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC): 85,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Social Ratings: Week Ending December 20, 2020

Below are the top 10 social ratings (based on total social media interactions) for programs airing on television the week ending Dec. 20, 2020. I'm inclined to believe there is an error with ranks 7 & 8 as they were both listed as the same program on the same day, but this is how Nielsen reported it.

1. WWE Monday Night RAW (USA): 1,643,000
2. Grey's Anatomy (ABC): 941,000
3. WWE NXT (USA): 773,000
4. WWE Friday Night Smackdown (FS1): 712,000
5. The Voice-Monday (NBC): 585,000
6. The Bachelorette-Tuesday (ABC): 549,000
7. The Voice-Tuesday (NBC): 529,000
8. The Voice-Tuesday (NBC): 501,000
9. The Bachelorette-Monday (ABC): 452,000
10. Saturday Night Live (NBC): 403,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 12/24 - 12/30/2018

Below are the social content ratings for shows on both Broadcast and Cable for the week ending December 30, 2018. 'WWE Smackdown' led the week with 1.02 million total social media interactions and had the weeks best numbers in both Facebook (85K) and Instagram (746,000). 'WWE Monday Night Raw' just narrowly won the week on Twitter (190K). The only scripted series to air this week was Starz's 'Outlander' which delivered 135,000 interactions. 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 12/17 - 12/23/2018

Below are the social content ratings for the top 10 shows on both Broadcast and Cable for the week ending December 23, 2018. 'WWE Monday Night RAW' led the week with just over 1.65 million interactions and was the most-interacted with show on Instagram (1.17 million). Timeless' (416,000) was the only scripted series to make the list. 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 12/10 - 12/16/2018

USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' topped the social content ratings for the week ending December 16, averaging 1.42 million interactions. On the same net, 'WWE Smackdown!,' was at second on the week with 1.03 million viewers. Other programs of note include Monday (666,000) and Tuesday (776,000) episodes of 'The Voice' and 'CMA Country Music' (380,000). The only scripted series' to make the list this week were the CW's 'Riverdale' (678,000) and 'Arrow' (380,000).

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 12/3 - 12/9/2018

Coverage of the 'Heisman Trophy Ceremony' topped all programming on the social platforms, averaging 1.47 million interactions, including 812,000 from Instagram and 584,000 from Twitter. On USA Network, 'WWE Monday Night RAW' and 'WWE Smackdown' ranked second and third on the week, at 1.22 million and 1.0 million interactions respectively. The only scripted series to make the list this week were: CW's 'The Flash' (493,000), & 'Riverdale' (423,000), and NBC's 'The Good Place' (223,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 11/26 - 12/2/2018

 ABC's coverage of the 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' dominated the week's social ratings, averaging 5.77 million total interactions across Facebook (41,000), Instagram (5.36 million), and Twitter (362,000). On USA Network, 'WWE Smackdown!' and 'WWE Monday Night RAW' averaged 1.49 million and 1.47 million interactions respectively, ranking second and third on the week. On the scripted side, Freeform original movie 'Life-Size 2' did well with 392,000 interactions, NBC's 'This Is Us' was solid at 539,000, and CW's 'Riverdale' scored 466,000.  

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 11/19 - 11/25/2018

ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' topped the social ratings for Thanksgiving week averaging 1.88 million interactions across the three major platforms. 'WWE Monday Night RAW' and 'WWE Smackdown!,' both on USA Network, took the second and fourth spots on the week at 1.67 million and 1.51 million interactions respectively. The '2018 Soul Train Awards' averaged 535,000 interactions, and Monday and Tuesday's episodes of 'The Voice' had 331,000 and 438,000. Finally, among scripted series, AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (570,000) and NBC's 'This Is Us' (428,000) were the only shows to make the top 10 . 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 11/12 - 11/18/2018

Univision's coverage of the '19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards' easily topped the week among social media interactions, averaging 4.24 million Thursday night. USA Network's 'WWE Smackdown' took the second spot on the week with 2.05 million interactions, and 'WWE Monday Night RAW' was in third with 1.76 million. The 'CMA Awards' on ABC averaged 1.19 million interactions on Wednesday. Scripted series making the list this week include AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (952,000), the CW's 'Riverdale' (542,000), and NBC's 'The Good Place' (511,000). 'Riverdale' was the only program this week to have more of its social media interactions come from Twitter (319,000) over Instagram (220,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 11/5 - 11/11/2018

Coverage of the '2018 People's Choice Awards,' airing on 5 NBC Universal cable networks, dominated the week on social media. The awards show averaged approximately 5.27 million interactions, with the vast majority coming from Instagram (3.44 million). USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' slid into the second spot with 1.75 million interactions, while 'WWE Smackdown' ranked fourth with 1.24 million. The CW's 'Riverdale' was the top scripted series on the week with 1.5 million interactions, with AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (724,000) and ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' (474,000) rounding out scripted entires. 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 10/29 - 11/4/2018

USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' and 'WWE Smackdown' took the top two spots for the week in terms of social media interactions. On Monday the 29th, 'RAW' totaled 1.64 million interactions across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; and on Tuesday, 'Smackdown' had approximately 1.19 million. Both were heavy on Instagram. The only two scripted series to make the list this week were AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (1.06 million) and ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' (386,000). 'Anatomy' saw heavy interaction on Instagram (266K) while 'Dead' saw slight more on Twitter (503K). NBC's 'A Very Wicked Halloween' special squeaked onto the list ranked at number 10, totaling 369,000 interactions. 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 10/22 - 10/28/2018

USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' led all of television among social media interactions for the week ending Oct. 28. The program averaging north of 4.15 million interactions, inclined 2.22 million from Instagram and 1.46 million from Twitter. On Telemundo, the 'Latin American Music Awards' averaged 3.9 million interactions, more than three times that of third-ranked 'WWE Smackdown' (1.26 million). Elsewhere, CW's 'Riverdale' (523,000), AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (323,000), and FX's 'American Horror Story' (300,000) all were Twitter-heavy this week: 308K, 145K, 164K. 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 10/15 - 10/21/2018

USA Network's 'WWE Smackdown' and 'WWE Monday Night RAW' dominated the social ratings for the week ending Oct. 21 drawing over a combined 3.2 million interactions. 'Smackdown' led the week with its 1.75 million interactions, while 'RAW' saw 1.5 million; both were heavy on Instagram (1.29 million/1.1 million respectively). ABC's Wednesday episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' took the third spot on the week. Guests Cardi B and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave the show over 1.13 million interactions on social media, including over 1.1 million just from Instagram. Other shows making the list this week were FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' (721,000), CW's 'Riverdale' (691,000) & 'The Flash' (345,000), and NBC's 'This Is Us' (279,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 10/8 - 10/14/2018

ABC's coverage of the '2018 American Music Awards' dominated the social charts for the week ending Oct. 7. The awards show averaged 5.51 million total interactions across the platforms, including 2.38 million on Instagram and 2.8 million on Twitter. On USA Network, 'WWE Monday Night RAW' (2.37 million) and 'WWE Smackdown!' (1.15 million) took the second and third spots on the week, both heavy on Instagram. Though little watched, the CW's 'Riverdale' premiered its new season with 813,000 interactions, with the majority (554,000) coming from Twitter. FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' (330,000) made the list again this week long with ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars Juniors' (326,000) and NBC's 'This is Us' (295,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 10/1 - 10/7/2018

In the second week of the new broadcast season, things seemed to settle down on the social platforms. ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' lost over 1 million interactions from last week, down to 383,000, while AMC's 'Walking Dead' entered the list just above at 384,000 interactions. USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' (1.05 million) and 'WWE Smackdown!' took the one and two spots on the week, ahead of both Monday and Tuesday's episodes of 'Dancing with the Stars' which ranked third (650,000) and fourth (445,000) respectively). Also making the list this week was FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' (333,000) and Thursday's 'The Tonight Show' (329,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 9/24 - 9/30/2018

Tuesday night's edition of NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,' featuring the band BTS, dominated the social ratings for the week ending September 30, 2018, averaging almost 2.5 million total interactions, including 2.4 million solely from Twitter. The season premiere of ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' took the second spot on the week with 1.39 million interactions, and NBC's season premiere of 'This is Us' ranked 8th with 549,000; both saw the majority of their interactions come from Instagram. Finally, the season premiere of 'Saturday Night Live' took the sixth spot on the week with 716,000 interactions, heavily fueled by activity from Twitter (526,000). 

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 9/17 - 9/23/2018

NBC's coverage of the '70th Primetime Emmy Awards' dominated all programming on the social networks for the week ending September 23, 2018. The awards show averaged 5.13 million total interactions, with the majority (2.97 million) coming from Twitter. The Wednesday finale of 'America's Got Talent' took third on the week with 1.19 million total interactions (703K from Instagram), while the Tuesday edition of the show averaged just under 1 million interactions (978,000) with the majority also coming from Instagram (628K). USA's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' (1.8 million) and 'WWE Smackdown (1.14 million) took the second and fourth spots on the week, while FX's 'American Horror Story' (559,000) took the seventh spot.

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 9/10 - 9/16/2018

Week 2 of the semifinals on NBC's 'America's Got Talent' took the first and second spots in the social ratings for the week ending September 16, 2018. Tuesday's performance episode averaged 1.81 million interactions on social media, while Wednesday's results show ranked first with 3.54 million interactions. Both shows saw most of their social media interactions come from Twitter (1.23 million and 2.91 million respectively). The season premiere of FX's 'American Horror Story' averaged 506,000 interactions (342K from Twitter) while MTV's 'Jersey Shore Family Vacation' had 455,000 interactions (409K from Instagram).

U.S. Social Content Ratings: 9/3 - 9/9/2018

USA Network's 'WWE Monday Night RAW' again led all of regular television programming on social media for the week ending September 9, 2018. The show was estimated to have 2.51 million total interactions across the social platforms, including over 1.91 million from Instagram. NBC's Wednesday edition of 'America's Got Talent' ranked second on the week with 1.57 million interactions, and saw most of its activity come from Twitter (1.04 million). The Tuesday edition of 'AGT,' by comparison saw most of its social activity come from Instagram (590,000 vs. 71,000). Telemundo's Friday airing of 'Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso' was the most Facebook-heavy program on the week with an estimated 252,000 interactions on that platform.