The 95th Oscars, the awards of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place in Los Angeles on March 12. Streams Charts has analyzed how this event was discussed on Twitch, and which nominees were most often mentioned in the platform chats.
The Oscars is the major film award of the year, which is why there is always a lot of attention in the world media during each ceremony. The event, which is so important for the industry, is discussed not only by professional critics but also by ordinary film lovers. Twitch users weren't an exception either — during the week before the ceremony, nearly 35.8K viewers wrote about 60.6K messages with the word "Oscar" in chats. The awards ceremony was discussed on 9.4K different channels on the platform, which emphasizes the popularity of the topic.
Previously, we did a similar analysis before the BAFTA Awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards was mentioned on only 204 channels during that week. During the same period, only 760 messages with the word BAFTA were sent to the streaming platform chats. Even a rough comparison of numbers shows that the Oscars was much more actively discussed than the BAFTA ceremony.
In addition to references to the ceremony, Streams Charts has also analyzed how often Twitch users discussed its nominees and winners. The psychological drama "The Whale" by director Darren Aronofsky was the most discussed film. The name of this film appeared in 24.3K messages sent by 16.3K users. Part of this audience activity came from the fact that actor Brendan Fraser, who played the main character in "The Whale", received a Best Actor award statuette. After the awards ceremony, he gave a very moving speech from the stage, which made many of the guests present cry. Twitch users also discussed Frasier a lot in the Twitch chats.
When it comes to mentions of other films, the war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front" was discussed on the streaming platform quite less actively than the American sci-fi action-comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once". But this is not surprising since the latter one was named the best film of the year.
The 95th Oscars Winners
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," a film from the directorial duo of Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, was the main triumph of the ceremony — it had 11 nominations and took home seven Oscars. Second place went to the film "All Quiet on the Western Front" — 4 awards out of 9 possible. Two gold statuettes went to "The Whale," and one each went to "Top Gun: Maverick", "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever", "Avatar: The Way of Water", "Women Talking" and "Navalny".
"Everything Everywhere All at Once"’s awards
- Best Picture;
- Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh);
- Best Original Screenplay;
- Best Director;
- Best Editing;
- Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan);
- Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis).
"All Quiet on the Western Front"’s awards
- Best International Feature;
- Best Cinematography;
- Best Original Score;
- Best Production Design.
"The Whale"’s awards
- Best actor (Brendan Fraser);
- Makeup and hairstyling.
We should note that "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Elvis" did not receive any award, even though these films were nominated in 9 and 8 categories, respectively. A detailed list of all the winners and nominees can be found on the award's official website.