Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio bricht Twitter-Rekord

Leonardo DiCaprio has finally handed get at the Oscars in 2016 his first golden boy - and the same still set a new Twitter record in the course of this.

Has finally an Oscar: Leonardo DiCaprio.

So many tweets per minute, it has never been! When Leonardo DiCaprio for his role in the movie "The Revenant" a trophy for best male lead was handed over at the Oscars 2016 on Monday night, walked per minute 440,000 Twitter messages on the subject around the world. A new record for a TV broadcast of the Oscars, as Twitter itself noted in a blog post. The old record was 255,000 tweets per minute, set up by Ellen DeGeneres in 2014 with its famous Oscar Selfie.

Oscars 2016: Twitter Mirror and Periscope streams

Even otherwise, the Oscars on Sunday and Monday were in 2016, of course, the dominant topic on Twitter. Especially many tweets there were for Best Picture "Spotlight" and after "Mad Max: Fury Road" sixth Oscar fetched.

In the backstage area of ​​the Oscars in 2016, this time even a Twitter Mirror was built. There the stars and celebrities could take a series, which was then put together a short GIF and was disseminated through the Twitter account of the Academy. The used, among other actors like Chris Evans or Charlize Theron for funny short movies. The magazine "People" streamed meanwhile the entire event live from the red carpet via Periscope.