The Ashton Kutcher/CNN Twitter race is over – shortly after 11 p.m. Pacific time, Ashton Kutcher reached the 1 million follower mark, besting CNN by 1,200 followers. In the video above, Ashton Kutcher celebrates his victory over CNN.

The Ashton Kutcher, CNN Twitter race makes Kutcher the first Twitterer to have one million followers.

Naturally, Asthon Kutcher tweeted about the CNN defeat, saying, “Victory is ours… We have shown the world that the new wave is here, it is present and it is ready to explode… You guys are all of it because I can’t follow me, so I don’t even count.”

Kutcher had pledged to pay $100,000 to the Malaria No More fund if he reached one million followers first.