Viral Video Charts: Week's Top Brand-Driven Viral Ads

Nike Blasts Onto Viral Chart With 'Back to the Future' Theme

Nike Blasts Onto Viral Chart With 'Back to the Future' Theme

Promoting the release of limited-edition Nike MAG sneakers, which are modeled on the kicks Marty McFly wore in 2015, Nike's 'Back for the Future' spot debuted at No. 1 this week with nearly five million views.

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Levi's Returns to Viral Chart With Spot Featuring Restless Youths

Levi's Returns to Viral Chart With Spot Featuring Restless Youths

Levi's 60-second video is projected over a reading of Charles Bukowski's poem "The Laughing Heart."

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Kia's Hamsters Are Back and Teaching Robots to Dance

Kia's Hamsters Are Back and Teaching Robots to Dance

Kia's popular hamsters are back in a new campaign, "Share Some Soul," this time kicking it to the beats of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" in a post-apocalyptic world.

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Viral Ads: Tape-Maker Duck Pays Homage to 'Tron' With Light Cycle Scene Send-up

Viral Ads: Tape-Maker Duck Pays Homage to 'Tron' With Light Cycle Scene Send-up

The video features Jay Maynard, better known as the 'Tron Guy' who became a viral sensation thanks to his self-made electroluminescent costume inspired by the movie.

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Top 10 Viral Video Advertisements of All Time

Top 10 Viral Video Advertisements of All Time

These are the ads audiences actually choose to watch. Creative plays a significant role in the success of each campaign, but paid media has become a critical factor in driving to a campaign's tipping point for generating earned media.

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When It Comes to Viral Video, DC Shoes Leaves Scorched Earth Under Its Treads

When It Comes to Viral Video, DC Shoes Leaves Scorched Earth Under Its Treads

Just in time for back-to-school shopping, four apparel retailers occupy seven slots in this week's top 10 advertiser-created viral videos.

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Will People Ever Get Tired of the Evian Babies?

Will People Ever Get Tired of the Evian Babies?

Post-It art goes viral in Brazil and Rob Lowe scores big for Butterfinger, but it wasn't enough to keep Evian off the Viral Video Chart. It's the brand's 103rd week in the top 10.

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Google Beats Microsoft in Video Battle for Email

Google Beats Microsoft in Video Battle for Email

After several weeks online, it's looking like Microsoft brought a knife to a gun fight: Google is leading with 900,000 video views to Microsoft's 770,000, according to Visible Measures.

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Old Spice Is Killing It on YouTube Again, but Sales Are Down Double-Digits

Old Spice Is Killing It on YouTube Again, but Sales Are Down Double-Digits

Old Spice cracked the viral code, again. But old-fashioned coupons are what's driving sales.

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Mustafa-vs.-Fabio Duel Bounces Old Spice to Top of Viral Chart

Mustafa-vs.-Fabio Duel Bounces Old Spice to Top of Viral Chart

The new/old Old Spice guy is spicing things up all right -- the deodorant's newest campaign drove straight in at No. 1 with 3.5 million views.

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K-Swiss MFCEO Kenny Powers Battles Justin Timberlake for Video Views

K-Swiss MFCEO Kenny Powers Battles Justin Timberlake for Video Views

It turns out funny or even watchable isn't a requirement for Justin Timberlake, who dominated the Viral Chart last week.

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Pepsi Makes a Summer Splash Onto Viral Video Chart

Pepsi Makes a Summer Splash Onto Viral Video Chart

Santa Claus may be Coca-Cola's most bankable holiday spokesman, but Pepsi wants you to know that summer is a whole different story for Old St. Nick.

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Google+ Gets Viral Boost From Demo Videos, YouTube

Google+ Gets Viral Boost From Demo Videos, YouTube

Google launched its social network Google+ by putting it behind a giant velvet rope, but that didn't stop millions from watching the video ads.

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One Way to Win Viral Views: Free Xboxes for College Students!

One Way to Win Viral Views: Free Xboxes for College Students!

Microsoft garnered 750,000 views, paid and unpaid, for a campaign in which Master Chief from "Halo" helped advertise the company's offer to college students: Buy a qualifying PC and we'll throw in an Xbox free. Top that, Apple.

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Tiny Prints Goes Huge With Father's Day Video Campaign

Tiny Prints Goes Huge With Father's Day Video Campaign

A couple new entries on the chart that you would expect (BMW, T-Mobile) and one that you wouldn't: Tiny Prints, with a touching spot tied to Father's Day that delivered more than 3 million views in a week.

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How to Turn an Angry Voicemail Into the Best PSA Ever

How to Turn an Angry Voicemail Into the Best PSA Ever

Ever text in a movie theater? Hate it when others do? Then you're going to understand why this ad for Alamo Drafhouse in Austin went viral, arriving at No. 5 on our Viral Video Chart last week.

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Hot Wheels, Heineken and Women's Tennis Go Big on Viral Chart While Justin Bieber Stumbles

Hot Wheels, Heineken and Women's Tennis Go Big on Viral Chart While Justin Bieber Stumbles

Ubiquitous pop sensation Justin Bieber may command legions of tween girls, but that didn't stop the uncanny spot for his new fragrance from free-falling almost completely off the viral video chart this week, according to Visible Measures.

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Even Justin Bieber Needs to Buy Some Viral Love for Someday

Even Justin Bieber Needs to Buy Some Viral Love for Someday

Celebrity alone wasn't enough for Justin Bieber's new fragrance, Someday.

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Alec Baldwin for New Era: If the Yankees Are the Lawnmower, Red Sox Are the Grass

Alec Baldwin for New Era: If the Yankees Are the Lawnmower, Red Sox Are the Grass

Baseball cap-and-apparel maker New Era has enlisted Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski to play themselves for a series of videos making light of the New York-Boston sports rivalry.

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With Paid Promotion, Bing Bounces Google From Viral Chart

With Paid Promotion, Bing Bounces Google From Viral Chart

Microsoft dumped agency JWT, but that's not stopping it from pushing some of the shop's work for Bing.

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