Cute Beer Commercial Not Only Attracts Most Online Shares But Also Generates Most TV Coverage Across World, Says New Research
February 3, 2014 - Budweiser's Puppy Love was the runaway winner of Super Bowl 2014. The cute commercial, which tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a horse and a puppy, was not only the most shared video online, but also the ad which attracted the most TV coverage.
The ad has so far generated 1.38 million shares, according to data supplied by Unruly's Viral Video Chart, making it the sixth most shared Super Bowl ad of all time (so far).
It crowned an incredible Super Bowl for the Anheuser-Busch InBev brand, which has now overtaken Volkswagen as the most shared online Super Bowl brand of all time** after also grabbing second spot with its ad A Heroes' Welcome . Bud Light's prankvert Ian Up For Whatever finished sixth. Paramount's Transformers: The Age Of Extinction trailer, Jaguar's British Villains' Rendez-Vous and Axe's Make Love Not War finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.
However, Budweiser's domination has not been just online. According to data supplied by media tracking company Civolution***, in the US, Puppy Love appeared on national television channels 75 times prior to the game and on local broadcasts 1,200 times, which is nearly 4 times the next most popular ad, Volkswagen's Wings commercial, with 318 local broadcasts.
The global appeal of Scarlett Johansson proved highly valuable for SodaStream on international television channels, leading to 755 broadcasts outside of the US. Puppy Love was the second most broadcast ad outside the US with 236 airings.
Year after year we are seeing more Super Bowl ads being released ahead of the actual event. And it's paying dividends in terms of reach for the brands, said Andy Nobbs, CMO, Civolution. 'With ads being broadcast across the globe to millions of viewers who would not normally see the Super Bowl, this earned media is really maximising ROI and awareness for the brands.
Puppy Love, created by Anomaly, benefited greatly from its early release date (January 29th, 2014).
It managed 1.14 million online shares before the game had even begun, which makes it the second most shared ad in Super Bowl history prior to kick-off.
Brands are becoming more sophisticated in their approach towards the Super Bowl, leveraging PR and social sharing in advance of game day and amplifying their TV campaign on digital after the game is over in order to extend unique reach and continue the conversation with consumers, said Sarah Wood, co-founder and COO at Unruly. We're seeing more brands adopting a flare and connect approach, using a tent pole TV event to deliver mass reach and using digital to drive incremental reach, amplify their TV activity, and make their content discoverable and easy to share 365 days of the year.
Top 10 Most Shared Ads of Super Bowl 2014*
1. Budweiser: Puppy Love - 1,381,575 shares
2. Budweiser: A Heroes' Welcome - 203,290
3. Paramount: Transformers: Age Of Extinction trailer - 143,908
4. Jaguar: British Villains - 140,544
5. Axe: Make Love, Not War - 138,862
6. Bud Light: Ian Up For Whatever - 122,419
7. Kia: The Truth - 113,578
8. VW: Wings - 105,416
9. Cheerios: Gracie - 99,893
10. Toyota: Big Game Ad Starring Terry Crews and The Muppets - 74,062
Top 5 National Broadcast & Cable Ads
1. Budweiser Puppy Love - 75 broadcasts
2. SodaStream Sorry, Coke and Pepsi - 64 broadcasts
3. Cheerios Gracie - 39 broadcasts
4. Volkswagen Wings - 29 broadcasts
5. Audi Doberhuahua - 23 broadcasts
Top 5 International Broadcast ads
1. SodaStream Sorry, Coke and Pepsi - 755 broadcasts
2. Budweiser Puppy Love - 236 broadcasts
3. Toyota Big Game Ad Starring Terry Crews and The Muppets - 143 broadcasts
4. Jaguar British Villains - 124 broadcasts
5. Audi Doberhuahua - 117 broadcasts
Top 5 Local Station Broadcast Ads
1. Budweiser Puppy Love - 1,200 broadcasts
2. Volkswagen Wings - 318 broadcasts
3. SodaStream Sorry, Coke and Pepsi - 273 broadcasts
4. Coca-Cola Going All The Way - 231 broadcasts
5. Cheerios Gracie - 209 broadcasts
Puppy Love's domination means it's the second year running that the beer brand has taken top spot. In 2013, Budweiser's Brotherhood - the third most shared Super Bowl ad of all time - was the runaway winner, attracting 1.5 million shares by Super Bowl Monday. It has since racked up 2.84 million shares.
VW's Wings finished eighth with 105,416 shares, while Chevrolet's Romance , Audi's Doberhuahua , Pepsi's There Since The First Half Time and Coca-Cola's It's Beautiful failed to make the top 10.
This was the Super Bowl of love with Puppy Love' and Axe's Make Love Not War' delivering a good proportion of the shares, added Wood. It's a universal emotion which got cut through and drove sharing around the globe.
* Unruly Methodology
Unruly's 2014 Super Bowl rankings are based on data from the Unruly Viral Video Chart , which ranks videos by the number of shares they attract across Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere as opposed to the number of views.
As such, it's a true measure of a brand's viral success, ranking branded content by the volume of active pass-on rather than the more passive metric of video consumption (views).
Shares stats were compiled on February 3, 2014 at 11am GMT.
** Based on Top 200 most shared Super Bowl ads of all time.
*** Civolution Methodology
Civolution uses the Teletrax platform to track earned and paid media for brands across 2,200 channels from more than 60 countries, including all 210 markets in the United States, representing all measured U.S. television households. Its international network cove
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Cute Beer Commercial Not Only Attracts Most Online Shares But Also Generates Most TV Coverage Across World, Says New Research
