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Politicians and political organizations make up nearly half of Hoda Kotb's top 10 nearest neighbors — a striking cross-kind pattern for a TV Personality whose closest peer by score is a fellow morning-show host.
The shape is broad: scores run from 0.86 down to 0.80 with no single dominant neighbor and no sharp drop-off. Al Roker leads at 0.86, followed closely by Paul Ryan at 0.84 and Willie Geist at 0.84. Cleveland Clinic (0.83, a Research Organization) and Natalie Morales (0.82) round out the top five. Savannah Guthrie (0.82) and Condoleezza Rice (0.80) continue the pattern. Tallying the subcategories across all ten: four are TV Personalities (Al Roker, Willie Geist, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie), three are Politicians (Paul Ryan, Condoleezza Rice, Senator Bob Corker), one is a Research Organization (Cleveland Clinic), one is a Political Group (Heritage Foundation), and one is a News Publisher (News Maker). The TV Personality cluster is the expected core, but the weight of political figures — spanning both parties and institutional organizations — is the defining structural feature of this neighborhood.
The broad shape, combined with that political-media mix, points to an audience that tracks morning news and civic affairs with roughly equal engagement.
