Twitter's reaction to the Oscars

TWITTER'S REACTION TO THE OSCARS THE MEDIA OCTOPUS HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE 86th ACADEMY AWARDS.THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES, TRIBUTES AND SPONTANEOUS SELFIES MADE US LAUGH, CRY, SMILE, AND OF COURSE, TURN TO OUR TWITTER STREAM FOR THE #OSCARSPARTY. %23 2 MILLION MILLION TWITTER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 14.7 MILLION OSCARS-RELATED TWEETS DURING THE LIVE SHOW – FROM 8.30-12.00 E.T THE MOST TWEETED-ABOUT NOMINEES INCLUDED JENNIFER LAWRENCE AND BRAD PITT, WHILE GRAVITY AND OSCAR BEST PICTURE WINNER 12 YEARS A SLAVE WERE AMONG THE FILMS THAT GOT THE MOST MENTIONS ONTWITTER. BY THE END OF THE OSCARS CEREMONY, THE CELEBRITY SELFIE HAD BEEN RETWEETED MORE THAN TWO MILLION TIMES. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION TWEETS USING THE HASHTAGS #OSCARS AND #OSCARS2014. ONE OF THE TOP TRENDING HASHTAGS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE CEREMONY WAS #0SCARSFORVENEZUELA. IT WAS STARTED BY ACTIVISTS AS A WAY OF ENCOURAGING OSCAR NOMINEES TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE PROTESTS IN VENEZUELA. THE HASHTAG HAS BEEN USED MORE THAN 670,000 TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE “BEST PHOTO EVER", HERE ARE THE OTHER MOMENTS THAT DROVE THE MOST TWITTER CONVERSATİON, MEASURED IN TWEETS PER MINUTE: @THEELLENSHOW GATHERS NOMINEES & STARS FOR TWITTER PHOTO (10:07 P.M. ET): 254,644 TPM @THEELLENSHOW DELIVERS PIZZA TO THE AUDIENCE (10:24 P.M. ET): 158,159 TPM GRAVITY WINS ITS 6TH OSCAR FOR FILM EDITING (10:31 P.M. ET): 135,330 TPM THE MOST TWEETED ABOUT NOMINEES OF THE EVENING WERE: ALFONSO CUARÓN & ARRIVEDERCI CATE BLANCHETT JENNIFER LAWRENCE BRAD PITT SANDRA BULLOCK THESE WERE THE FILMS THAT WERE MENTIONED MOST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB THE WOLF OF WALL STREET GRAVITY FROZEN 12 YEARS A SLAVE CELEB SELFIES SAMSUNG WINS!- BRILLIANT MARKETING FOR THE BRAND THE CURRENT RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST RETWEETED IMAGE IS HELD BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AFTER BEING RE-ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2012. OBAMA'S TWEET GARNERED 778,424 RETWEETS SINCE 2012 AND ELLEN'S SELFIE TWEET ALREADY HAS MORE THAN DEGENERES' SELFIE IS NOW THE MOST RETWEETED IMAGE OF ALL TIME, GARNERING MORE THAN I MILLION RETWEETS IN JUST 45 MINUTES. SHERLOCK ACTOR BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH HAS ALSO BECOME A TWITTER PHENOMENON WHILE ATTENDING THE EVENT, PHOTOBOMBING U2 AS THEY WALKED DOWN THE RED CARPET. I,563 RETWEETS AND 1,568 FAVOURITES. THE BIGGEST WINNER HERE IS SAMSUNG, WHICH BOUGHT GOBS OF AD TIME DURING THE OSCARS. SAMSUNG ALSO WORKED IN SEVERAL "NATIVE ADVERTISING" MOMENTS, WHICH INVOLVED ELLEN WHIPPING OUT HER WHITE GALAXY NOTE 3 TO TWEET PHOTOS OF THE AUDIENCE. 400,000 RETWEETS IN JUST 30 MINUTES. @THEELLENSHOW'S FOLLOWER GROWTH WAS 47 TIMES MORE THAN HER AVERAGE DAILY GROWTH RATE THIS YEAR. themediaoctopus.com