Yesterday was the big day of the 88th Oscars ceremony in Hollywood honouring the best films of 2015. This year, the event will surely be remembered for Leornado DiCaprio’s win as Best Actor (FINALLY!). Reactions on social media and especially on Twitter flooded in their hundreds of thousands. Indeed, DiCaprio’s win generated more than 440,000 tweets per minute, the most-tweeted minute in Oscars history, beating the previous record of 255,000 tweets per minute set by Ellen Degeneres for this star studded selfie.
If you didn’t stay up to see DiCaprio’s win and missed all the fallout on Twitter, check out the best reactions below.
FINALLY! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/TRCyS9QjyJ
— Cineplex (@CineplexMovies) 29 February 2016
Reaching a new level on Xbox or on League of Legends: some brands paid tribute to DiCaprio in a pretty cool way.
Nice one Leo ???? #AchievementUnlocked #Oscars pic.twitter.com/CaNun4lfVt
— Xbox UK (@xboxuk) 29 February 2016
congrats @LeoDiCaprio! #Oscars #BanVolibear https://t.co/eUkq9dqtGu
— League of Legends EU (@loleu) 29 February 2016
Grats @LeoDiCaprio! But, did you forget to thank someone? #LeoWins #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Y6OnGnFpTe
— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) 29 February 2016
Meanwhile, backstage at the #Oscars… pic.twitter.com/hSduCnpHMl
— Virgin Media (@virginmedia) 29 February 2016
The media and content creators didn’t forget to share their joy either.
Leonardo DiCaprio (finally!) has an Oscar. He won Best Actor for his role in the “The Revenant” #Oscars pic.twitter.com/gB0RQjsBIj
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) 29 February 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio right now after *finally* winning an Academy Award… #Oscars pic.twitter.com/N2vIgZ7pLK
— People’s Choice (@peopleschoice) 29 February 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio reaction when won Best Actor! Yay! ???????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/MTSLaKj255
— Funny Texts (@SooFunnyPost) 29 February 2016
Congratulations to Leonardo Di Caprio, he finally won it pic.twitter.com/vKfAGl1N1b
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) 29 February 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio ???? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Ugrwz1XSw2
— pictoline (@pictoline) 29 February 2016
Leonardo’s win was also marked by a collection of crazy content, starting with one the of most retweeted tweets of the evening sent out by the Viner Paul Logan and now already a cult video.
OUR REACTION WHEN LEO FINALLY WON THE OSCAR! pic.twitter.com/I0cdkoRKq7
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) 29 February 2016
Leonardo Dicaprio with the shot! ???????? #Oscars #Oscars2016 https://t.co/rcp6ykVa4F
— NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) 29 February 2016
When Leonardo DiCaprio forgets to thank you in his acceptance speech. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/SCTZtrC6zx
— Not Will Ferrell (@itsWillyFerrell) 29 February 2016
It’s #Oscars night in Los Angeles later on! Sorry Leo #DiCaprio, but we’ve a few last-minute nominees of our own ???? pic.twitter.com/lMnZpIuV1Q
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) 28 February 2016