

The Variety weekly leaderboards for television represent the 7-day (Monday – Sunday) sum total of DAR – TV for all episodic programming, in and out of season, from the most popular programmers (Broadcast, Cable, & Streaming Services). Only hashtags where conversation can be isolated to a specific television program are included in the rating. Organic conversation volume is calculated based on the use of official hashtags, as well as those hashtags submitted directly from programmers and distributors. These engagements encompass metrics pertaining to audience growth, page/profile views, page-level and post-level interactions, hashtag volume and Wikipedia page views for all television program pages (which provides a proxy for organic search volume). ListenFirst Digital Audience Ratings (DAR) for Television are a raw aggregate of daily engagements based on owned, earned and organic consumer behavior on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, Wikipedia and YouTube. Note: Twitter data has been removed from Digital Audience Ratings (DAR) for Television as of.

ListenFirst aggregates data streams from a wide range of digital, social, and traditional marketing sources to help brands optimize business performance. Jason Klein is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of ListenFirst Media, a data and analytics company providing insights for brands. The show’s spoof of “Love Actually” racked up 1.5MM views on YouTube, while SNL favorites drove likes, shares and comments on Facebook.

“Idol” added four new videos to its YouTube channel this week, including “Idol Moments” with the judges and a sneak peak at this season’s top 24, driving fan excitement for the upcoming episodes.
