--- description: Of course, there are king of the world jokes title: Here's How Twitter Reacted to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc39cbc6c5af82757/69887f7bcf40a8103dc42308/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How the Internet Reacted to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 5:21 AM CUT  Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for Best Actor at the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif. Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for Best Actor at the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.Mark Ralston—Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 5:21 AM CUT At the 2016 Academy Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio finally took home an Oscar for his role in _The Revenant_—after six nominations over the course of 22 years. He wasn’t the only one waiting for it to happen, though; fans swiftly took to social media to congratulate the star with a slew of memes and, of course, plenty of “King of the world” jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/Nina%5FTerrero/status/704168254630133760) > [](https://twitter.com/NatalieAbrams/status/704168305477754880) > [](https://twitter.com/rachelzarrell/status/704168583824285697) > [](https://twitter.com/ninagarcia/status/704168353850662912) > [](https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/704168223374237696) > [](https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/704168127165284353) > [](https://twitter.com/MarcSnetiker/status/704168100984389633) > [](https://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/704168045854531584) > [](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/704169099367026689) > [](https://twitter.com/GQMagazine/status/704171781402337280) > [](https://twitter.com/tumblr/status/704172511068626944) > [](https://twitter.com/LeoAndHisOscar/status/704168049688121344) And, most notably: > [](https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/704173836372217857) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4240828/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4240828/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-twitter/"},"headline":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win","datePublished":"2016-02-29T05:21:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:27:13.162Z","description":"Complete with plenty of Titanic jokes","url":"https://time.com/4240828/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-twitter/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc39cbc6c5af82757/69887f7bcf40a8103dc42308/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc39cbc6c5af82757/69887f7bcf40a8103dc42308/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-OSCARS-SHOW","caption":"Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for Best Actor at the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Mark Ralston—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4240828/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-twitter/","name":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win"}}]}] ```