In the 21st century, "My Captain" has continued to be quoted often, including on social media. After Robin Williams' suicide in 2014, the
hashtag "#ocaptainmycaptain" began
trending on
Twitter and fans paid tribute to Williams by recreating the "O Captain! My Captain!" scene. Luke Buckmaster, a film critic, wrote in
The Guardian that "some people, maybe even
most people, now associate Whitman's verse first and foremost with a movie rather than a poem". The title of the poem was also often quoted on Twitter as US President
Barack Obama left office and the office
transitioned to
Donald Trump.