Data Shows Slower Rollout Of Super Bowl Ads Leading To Less Social Media Interaction

The slow pace of brands releasing Super Bowl teasers via digital and/or linear platforms in '17 may have contributed to a lag for some key online ad metrics, according to analysis of data from iSpot.tv. As of 9:00am ET on Friday, just 32 brands had released an online version of what is expected to be their spot that runs around the game. Most noticeably, earned YouTube views are back to levels more aligned with '14, when brands tended to wait until later in the week to release creative, if at all. Around 39 other Super Bowl-related spots have run online that are not expected to run on TV. Of all the social media interactions produced by those 71 spots, the one that drove the most engagement was Wix.com's two-minute "Make Your Own Website" spot featuring actors Gal Gadot and Jason Statham.

SUPER BOWL AD TOPLINE STATS FROM RECENT YEARS
YEAR
BRANDS*
SPOTS
EST. AD SPEND*
SOCIAL

ACTIONS**

EARNED

YOUTUBE VIEWS^

'17
32
62
$3.65M
714,020
20,045,912
'16
39
67
$9.84M
1,347,592
106,778,453
'15
38
100
$8.78M
897,106
50,932,346
'14
27
37
$8.07M
1,615,230
35,266,452
SUPER BOWL SPOTS SEEING BEST ONLINE ENGAGEMENT
BRAND
DIGITAL SHARE OF VOICE
Wix.com
15.1%
Budweiser (A-B)
11.8%
Mercedes-Benz
11.4%
T-Mobile
5.6%
Mr. Clean (P&G)
5.6%

NOTES: * = Through Feb. 3. ** = Interactions seen on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. ^ = Earned views are those that happen when someone you know sends to you, or shares with you, a link to the video, and you watch it.



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