Nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards arrived at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, immediately snatching people’s attention —a lot of people’s attention, according to Twitter.
The social media platform shared an interactive graphic (Twitter Reverb) showing how the announcements rippled throughout conversations online.
Tweets with the hashtag #OscarNoms peaked at 2,100 per minute at 8:28 a.m. ET and carried that rate to 8:51 a.m. ET, less than 10 minutes after the Best Picture nominees were announced.
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There were some marquee moments from the nominees. Lady Gaga typed a thank you note on her typewriter and shared appreciation for her score for The Hunting Ground. It garnered almost 8,000 retweets as of posting.
Til It Happens To You my original score with @Diane_Warren for “The Hunting Ground” was nominated for an OSCAR pic.twitter.com/S7kJZAY6u5
— The Countess (@ladygaga) January 14, 2016
After learning of her Best Actress nod, Golden Globe winner Brie Larson thanked the cast and crew of Room. Larson’s tweet got nearly 1,000 retweets as of this posting.
Thank you @TheAcademy for recognizing @RoomTheMovie, @EDonoghueWriter, @lennyabrahamson and Me! We are overjoyed!!!! pic.twitter.com/Y0iNZRvAG1
— Brie Larson (@brielarson) January 14, 2016
Play with the interactive graphic below.
The Oscars air Feb. 28 on ABC.