A leaderboard of the top Twitter accounts (updated automatically) and Facebook and Google+ pages (last updated 4/8) in television. Click here for daily social TV charts and ratings.

Top network/cable TV journalists on Twitter

#1 Rachel Maddow msnbc

	Followers	Name	Network
@maddow	2596191*	Rachel Maddow	msnbc
@gstephanopoulos	1854247*	George Stephanopoulos	ABC News
@davidgregory	1617168*	David Gregory	NBC News
@jdickerson	1381448*	John Dickerson	CBS News
@terrymoran	1219322*	Terry Moran	ABC News

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Top local TV journalists on Twitter

#1 James Spann WCFT

	Followers	Name	Station	Market
@spann	97300	James Spann	WCFT	Birmingham, AL
@jennihogan	59386	Jenni Hogan	KIRO	Seattle
@dorothylucey	42593	Dorothy Lucey	KTTV	Los Angeles
@tvamy	22424	Amy Wood	WSPA	Greenville, SC
@KHOULily	31009	Lily Jang	KHOU	Houston

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Top local TV stations on Twitter

#1 KABC Los Angeles

	Followers	Station	Market
@abc7	127385	KABC	Los Angeles
@nbcchicago	66920	WMAQ	Chicago
@abc7newsbayarea	69756	KGO	San Francisco
@king5seattle	55564	KING	Seattle
@ktla	51148	KTLA	Los Angeles
@fox25news	64053	WFXT	Boston

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Top local TV stations on Facebook

#1 ABC 7 Los Angeles

	Fans	Market
ABC 7	344,145	Los Angeles
WJW Fox 8	319,997	Cleveland
KUTV 2 News	179,260	Salt Lake
WPVI 6 ABC	153,480	Philadelphia
NBC Connecticut	150,082	Hartford-New Haven
WXIN Fox 59	117,827	Indianapolis
KTVI Fox 2	113,422	St.Louis
WTHR 13	109,422	Indianapolis
KSTU Fox 13	95,199	Salt Lake
WITI Fox 6	95,096	Milwaukee

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Top network/cable Twitter accounts

(excludes news accounts)

#1 E! Online

	Followers	Network
@eonline	5275013*	E!
@mtv	8246969*	MTV
@espn	6541670	ESPN
@natgeo	3499507*	National Geographic
@current	713948*	Current TV

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Top network/cable Facebook accounts

(excludes news accounts)

#1 MTV

	Likes	Network
/mtv	33,087,693	MTV
/history	9,392,859	History Channel
/discoverychannel	9,230,741	Discovery Channel
/espn	7,215,541	ESPN
/mtvla	4,960,987	MTV Latin America

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Top network/cable news Twitter accounts

#1 CNN Breaking News

	Followers	Network
@cnnbrk	11857883*	CNN
@cnn	8802922	CNN
@breakingnews	5748515*	msnbc.com
@cbsnews	2498364*	CBS News
@gma	2022550*	Good Morning America (ABC)

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Top network/cable news Facebook accounts

#1 CNN

	Likes	Network
/cnn	3,494,571	CNN
/foxnews	2,487,631	Fox News
/todayshow	866,374	TODAY Show (NBC)
/ac360	680,913	Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
/goodmorningamerica	578,557	ABC
/msnbc	521,618	Msnbc.com
/abcnews	498,233	ABC
/60minutes	365,481	60 Minutes (CBS)
/cbsnews	332,052	CBS News

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Top TV shows on Twitter

(excludes personality accounts)

#1 106 & Park

	Followers	Network
@106andpark	5104971	BET
@bbcclick	2189384*	BBC
@gma	2022550*	ABC
@nightline	1414585*	ABC
@sportsnation	1797604	ESPN

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Top TV show Facebook accounts

#1 The Simpsons

	Likes	Show	Network
/thesimpsons	47,661,037	The Simpsons	FOX
/familyguy	43,805,375	Family Guy	FOX
/southpark	38,777,948	South Park	Comedy Central
/spongebob	33,542,133	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon
/house	27,344,821	House	FOX

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Top TV personalities on Twitter

#1 Kim Kardashian

	Followers	Name	Network/Studio
@kimkardashian	17836031*	Kim Kardashian	E!
@oprah	18877365	Oprah Winfrey	Harpo
@theellenshow	19445719*	Ellen DeGeneres	Warner Bros
@ryanseacrest	10129329*	Ryan Seacrest	FOX
@jimmyfallon	8816641*	Jimmy Fallon	NBC

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(* designates accounts that were on Twitter's suggested user list, which gave them a big early boost).