As pundits on TV, around water coolers, and in sports bars debate the merits of the calls from this Sunday's Super Bowl, advertisers are making their own calls on whether their ads scored a touchdown or missed the goal line by inches.
Adknowledge's TriVu media took it upon themselves to crunch the numbers to arrive at an understanding of the the real Super Bowl Ad winners based on data and true "video buzz".
To assemble the list of top ten TriVu worked in partnership with data science firm TeraCrunch to analyze over 200 million views and nearly a million comments on YouTube. The analysis takes into account views, likes, dislikes, subscriptions and sentiment.
more »
Well, there's really isn't anything we can say that we haven't said a hundred times before about Carl's Jr. and, well, every other brand that has employed the heaving, pulchritudinous mass otherwise known as the female breast.
And what, really, is there to say? Sex sells? Big bouncing breasts attract attention? Over-the-top sexual innuendo and the Super Bowl go hand in hand like a pair of juicy melons at a farmer's market?
No. It's all been said before. So just watch. And enjoy. Or feel free to bitch about the objectification of women to sell shit. Oh wait. That's been done a million times over too.
more »
Despite Budweiser claiming three of the top four most shared ads of all time, Volkswagen's 2011 spot "The Force" continues to hold onto the top spot, according to data released today by video ad technology company Unruly.
The auto brand's commercial, which features a mini Darth Vader, has attracted more online shares across social media than any other Super Bowl sponsor's commercial (5,279,772 shares). However, the VW ad is no longer the most shared ad of all time after it was overtaken by Activia's World Cup ad, "La, La, La" - featuring Colombian pop princess Shakira last summer (5,875,075) - after more than three years in the #1 position.
more »
Americans love to keep score. On Feb. 1, Super Bowl Sunday, every advertiser, marketer and ad-minded consumer in America will go to bed elated (or maybe depressed), bellies full of too many nachos, wings and beer. The next day, they'll wake up and log on to find out the winners of the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter, an annual survey of TV commercials conducted in a live poll during the Super Bowl broadcast.
Sadly, these inquisitive minds will get less than half the story.
more »
While watching this semifinalist entry for the 2015 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl competition might in some ways mildly conjure some thoughts related recent news, the end result is Crash the Super Bowl funny.
As the ad, created by Chuck McCarthy, opens, two guys are seen beating the crap out of...someone or something. A lady then runs up and yells, "Hey..."
more »
