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The 95th Academy Awards saw plenty of hype online. The event, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, saw 1.4 million mentions online throughout the broadcast. That’s impressive.
This year’s Oscar awards celebrated the Indian documentary Elephant Whisperers winning Best Documentary Short Film, a huge seven wins for the film Everything Everywhere All At Once, and even some subtle nods towards last year’s Oscar drama.
Read on to discover the biggest moments and names that surfaced across Twitter conversations during the Oscars 2023.
Note on methodology: All the data mentioned here was gathered from 8 PM EST to roughly 11:40 PM EST on 12th March 2023 (the time frame of the Oscars 2023 event). All data comes from public Twitter mentions for each award category and associated nominees.
How this year’s event compares
While the 95th Academy Awards saw incredible chatter online, it didn’t top last year’s mention numbers. 2022’s Oscars saw 1.8 million mentions, compared to this year’s 1.4 million. Plenty of these mentions can be chalked up to Will Smith’s altercation with Chris Rock – which sparked thousands of tweets during the broadcast last year. Without such drama this year, we expected mention numbers to be down.
That being said, those 1.4 million mentions have to count for something. So, what got people talking?
The biggest talking points
We used Brandwatch Consumer Research to look at minute-by-minute mentions of the Oscars.
The most discussed moment during the 2023 Oscar ceremony was the Best Director category announcement. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan won this award for their work on Everything Everywhere All At Once. In fact, this manic multiverse fantasy film won an impressive seven Oscars during the night, including best actress, best supporting actor, best editing, and best original screenplay. It was the most nominated film of the night.