25.02.2019 - Dubai, UAE: Born to Egyptian parents, American rising star Rami Malek (@ItsRamiMalek) has been a hot topic on Twitter during this award season. And the Oscars season has been no different. There have been 1.6 million Tweets about Malek worldwide since the movie came out in November 2018.

 

Here is how the conversation around the Oscars and @ItsRamiMalek unfolded on Twitter:

 

Oscars night

 

The most Tweeted about moments of the night:

1.    Green Book wins Best Picture

2.    Shallow wins Best Original Song

3.    Rami Malek wins Best Actor

4.    Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform Shallow

5.    Olivia Colman wins Best Actress

 

The most Tweeted about celebrities of the night:

1.    Lady Gaga

2.    Bradley Cooper

3.    Rami Malek

4.    Alfonso Cuarón

5.    Spike Lee

 

The most Tweeted about movies of the night:

1.    Bohemian Rhapsody

2.    Roma

3.    Green Book

4.    Black Panther

5.    A Star Is Born

 

The most Tweeted about celebrities on the red carpet:

1.    Lady Gaga

2.    Billy Porter

3.    Yalitza Aparicio

4.    Rami Malek

5.    Adam Lambert

 

Pre-Oscars

 

The days with the biggest spike in Tweets about @ItsRamiMalek since the movie came out:

1. Jan 7/8 - Malek wins the Golden Globe 

2. Jan 27/28 - Malek wins the SAG awards 

3. Nov 2 - US movie release

 

The top MENA countries Tweeting about @ItsRamiMalek in Arabic were:

1. Egypt

2. Saudi Arabia

3. UAE

4. Lebanon

5. Kuwait

 

Fans Tweeting about Malek and Bohemian Rhapsody were the highest to post about this movie multiple times; among fans of other Oscars-nominated movies.

 

It is worth noting that Malek’s following on Twitter increased by 27% since he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama.