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Halloween Fast Approaching, Horror Films Reign in Online Video

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With Halloween fast approaching, horror films are gearing up for a frightful fall. The chart this week features four scary flicks with Paranormal Activity 2 joining DevilThe Last Exorcism, and Resident Evil. The top two spots go to horror flicks, The Last Exorcism, which released last weekend, and Resident Evil, set to bow next weekend. They make up the bulk of the chart's overall views. Paranormal Activity 2, the sequel to the sleeper hit from last fall, takes sixth place with 424,000 views.

Opening This Weekend

Machete and Going The Distance open nationwide this weekend with modest view counts. Despite opening the same weekend, it seems like box office competition between the films will be light – the action-packed Machete has been connecting with male audiences in online video while Drew Barrymore's Going the Distance has been more popular with the ladies.

Nevertheless, Machete has consistently outperformed Going the Distance in online video. The action film has been on the chart four times while the romantic comedy debuted just this week. It leads Going the Distance by 250,000 views.

The Most-Watched Trailers of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Film Title
Distributor
Genre
True Reach*
Weeks Until Release
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
1
The Last Exorcism
Lionsgate
Horror
1,840,447
-1
-38%
2
2
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony
Action / Horror
1,494,118
1
13%
3
5
Machete
Fox
Action
602,633
0
31%
4
3
Jackass 3D
Paramount
Documentary
601,383
6
-37%
5
6
Takers
Sony
Action
572,097
-1
67%
6
NEW
Paranormal Activity 2
Paramount
Horror
424,181
7
NEW
7
NEW
Going the Distance
Warner Bros.
Comedy
379,059
0
NEW
8
4
The Social Network
Sony
Drama
357,522
4
-46%
9
9
Devil
Universal
Horror
325,194
2
27%
10
10
Easy A
Sony
Comedy
313,348
2
38%
Source: Visible Measures

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The Top 10 Viral Video Ads of All Time

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- A little over five years ago, YouTube ushered in a new genre of video advertising, one that succeeded on its ability to rise above a world of pet tricks and backyard stunts, to entertain and to be passed around. Call them "viral" videos, super-sized TV ads, branded videos or just plain commercials, a few of them have crossed a significant psychic milestone: 100 million views and counting.

Last week, the roller-skating babies of Evian's "Live Young" campaign reached the mark after a little more than a year on the web. This, without any significant TV exposure in the U.S. and very little overseas. It's advertising that entertains. And it got us thinking: What are the most-watched viral ads of all time?

We put the question to our friends at Visible Measures, and the answer surprised us. It turned out the No. 1 viral campaign of all time is a consistent sleeper hit, not often among the weekly top 10 on Ad Age's Viral Chart, and not connected to a big, well-heeled brand or fancy creative agency. Rather, it's a cool gimmick that consistently delivers laughs along with cringe-inducing voyeuristic destruction.

The No. 1 video advertiser of all time is Blendtec, whose "Will It Blend" series has been around in the same form for four years, accumulating 134.2 million views. The key? The brand found what works and stuck with it. Each of the more than 120 original clips has the same kitschy music, the same tagline, variations on the same stunt and the same host, Blendtec CEO Tom Dickson.

While brilliant, Mr. Dickson has to thank Steve Jobs for Blendtec's biggest hits, including laying waste to an iPhone in 2007 and an iPad in April.

What's remarkable about the top 10 is that viewers would voluntarily watch an ad 100 million times, let alone 23 million times. Not surprisingly, given the recent growth of web video, most of the entrants are recent campaigns, launched within the last year or two. All but one, Pepsi's "Gladiator," came after the launch of YouTube in 2005. (The ad, starring Britney, Beyonce and Pink, appeared on TV in 2004.)

In addition to Blendtec, Evian and Pepsi, the list includes two Old Spice campaigns (including the newly famous "Your Man" Isaiah Mustafa), Microsoft's Xbox Project Natal, Dove's "Evolution," DC Shoes' "Gymhana Two," and "T-Mobile Dance." While the chart stops at No. 10, special honorable mention goes to Nike, which holds the No. 11 spot for its "Write the Future" campaign, as well as the Nos. 12 and 13 spots for early viral efforts starring Kobe Bryant and Ronaldinho.

While great creative is the key to keeping interest and generating pass-along, time also helps. It took Evian and Blendtec more than a year to get to 100 million views. The next campaign to do it will probably feature Old Spice's Isaiah Mustafa, not for the original "Man Your Man Could Smell Like" TV ad, but the "Responses" campaign, where Mustafa recorded customized replies to folks like Kevin RoseGeorge StephanolopousGizmodo and Biz Stone.

The Top 10 Most-Watched Viral Video Ads of All Time

Rank Brand Campaign Agency All Time Views
Launch Date
Watch
1
Blendtec
Will It Blend?
In-House
134,256,499
October 2006
2
Evian
Live Young
BETC Euro RSCG
103,867,704
June 2009
3
Old Spice
Responses
Wieden + Kennedy
57,132,669
July 2010
4
Pepsi
Gladiator
AMV BBDO
46,742,892
January 2004
5
Microsoft
Xbox Project Natal
World Famous
42,698,599
June 2009
6
Dove
Evolution
Ogilvy & Mather
41,100,418
October 2006
7
T-Mobile
T-Mobile Dance
Saatchi & Saatchi
35,487,575
January 2009
8
Doritos
Crash The Super Bowl 2010
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
34,168,845
January 2010
9
Old Spice
Odor Blocker
Wieden + Kennedy
33,986,750
March 2010
10
DC Shoes
Gymkhana Two
Mad Media
32,872,531
September 2009

Source: Visible Measures

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Michael Learmonth is Digital Lead at Advertising Age. You can find the original article here.

The data used for The Top 10 Viral Video Ads Chart was sourced from Visible Measures.

*See our Top Ad Campaigns page for our methodology.

**Indicates percent change in views compared with the same period the week before.

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Lionsgate Markets Last Exorcism to Chatroullette Crowd

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The Last Exorcism shot to first place with a record setting 1114% growth in views by leveraging the real time responses of Chatroullette and uploading the humorous results to YouTube. Morton was perhaps the first person to record his interactions with people in Chatroullette and share the video with the web. Lionsgate used the same idea and leveraged the real time video network to market The Last Exorcism much to the surprise of some users. The film hits theaters this weekend. 

Also hitting theaters this weekend is Takers. The film includes a large cast including Idris Elba, Tip "T.I." Harris, Chris Brown, Hayden Christiansen, and more. Compared to The Last Exorcism which generated 2.9 million views, anticipation for Takers seems to be more temperate amongst online audiences and the film garnered 342,000 views.

The chart also contained a handful of new films to hit the chart this week. Debuting at third place, Jackass 3D appears with a little under 1 million views demonstrating audience's lasting appreciation of the Jackass franchise. Slotting in at the lower end of the ranks is The Switch starring Jason Bateman and Jennifer Anniston, M Night Shaymalan's newest creation Devil, and Sony's Easy A.

The Most-Watched Trailers of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Film Title
Distributor
Genre
True Reach*
Weeks Until Release
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
9
The Last Exorcism
Lionsgate
Horror
2,948,254
0
1114%
2
4
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony
Action
1,325,644
2
51%
3
NEW
Jackass 3D
Paramount
Documentary
949,325
7
NEW
4
5
The Social Network
Sony
Drama
666,135
5
-19%
5
10
Machete
Fox
Action
460,467
1
173%
6
8
Takers
Sony
Action
342,757
0
17%
7
7
Lottery Ticket
Warner Bros.
Comedy
331,818
-1
10%
8
NEW
The Switch
Miramax
Comedy
292,003
-1
NEW
9
NEW
Devil
Universal
Horror
255,510
3
NEW
10
NEW
Easy A
Sony
Comedy
227,523
3
NEW
Source: Visible Measures

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Roger Federer's Tennis Ball Stunt Proves Viral for Gillette

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Is it real or isn't it? Gillette and tennis great Roger Federer aren't saying. One thing's certain: The video of Mr. Federer knocking a metal bottle off a man's head with a tennis ball (twice!) hit the Viral Chart at No. 1 last week, with more than 5 million views.

The video, shot for Gillette and the British Skin Foundation, received a flurry of press from the AP, Daily News, The Guardian and many others. Some even made a game attempt to verify whether the events portrayed were real or a stunt. A Gillette spokesman told Mashable and others they'd rather "leave the 'real or fake' debate up to the viewers." Read: fake.

But both Gillette and Mr. Federer say the video was shot in one take. After a match at the Cincinnati Masters, Mr. Federer told the New York Times and others, "You know how it is with magicians. They don't tell how their tricks work, you know. I don't do it that much, but, yeah, it was shot in one piece and it was –- the guy took a chance. It worked out. I'm happy."

The original upload of the video to Gillette's U.K. YouTube site garnered the most views, with a significant portion referred from Facebook, indicating a good bit of organic sharing in addition to the considerable earned media last week. Visible Measures said that while they have advised some Gillette campaigns, they didn't work on this one.

Also new on the chart this week: Dickies' first entry on the chart, Nestle's Butterfinger with a video starring Erik Estrada, Lou Ferrigno and Adam West, and Internet for Peace, an attempt to win a Nobel Peace Prize for, well, the internet.

Also: Evian's venerable "Live Young" campaign delivered another million views, sending it over the 100 million view mark since it launched more than a year ago.

The Most-Watched Viral Video Ads of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Brand Campaign Agency Current Week's Views*
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
NEW
Gillette & British Skin Foundation
Rodger Federer Trick Shot
NA
5,123,502
NEW
2
2
Old Spice
Responses
Wieden + Kennedy
1,143,484
-20%
3
4
Evian
Live Young
BETC Euro RSCG
982,215
7%
4
NEW
Nestle
Who is the Butterfinger Bar-glar?!
Threshold Interactive; Zenith Optimedia; Sharethrough
940,303
NEW
5
NEW
Internet for Peace
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Ogilvy & Mather
762,204
NEW
6
Back On Chart
Geico
Really Save
The Martin Agency
759,237
Back On Chart
7
6
Old Spice
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Wieden + Kennedy
757,433
-12%
8
5
Old Spice
Odor Blocker
Wieden + Kennedy
757,023
-12%
9
NEW
Dickies
874
Goodby Silverstein & Partners; Sharethrough
751,301
NEW
10
9
Blendtec
Will it Blend?
In-House
734,421
-4%
Source: Visible Measures

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Michael Learmonth is Digital Lead at Advertising Age. You can find the original article here.

The data used for The Top 10 Viral Video Ads Chart was sourced from Visible Measures.

*See our Top Ad Campaigns page for our methodology.

**Indicates percent change in views compared with the same period the week before.

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Vampires Suck Taps into Twilight's Viral Video Power

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Vampires Suck, fueled by the viral video power of Twilight, laughed its way back into first place this week on The Top 10 Online Film Trailers Chart. The film, which released Wednesday, seems to be attracting both fans and foes of the original franchise. But, unlike the original, the satirical laugher is down for its silver screen debut, dropping nearly 20% in views from last week.

Lottery Ticket, starring Bow Wow, Ice Cube, Mike Epps, and Charlie Murphy also hits theaters this weekend. The film debuts on the chart at seventh place with 300,000+ views.

The Social Network, helmed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, experienced the biggest surge in views of the group this week. The boost was due to a number of spoofs of the trailer, featuring the founders of YouTube and Twitter.

The Most-Watched Trailers of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Film Title
Distributor
Genre
True Reach*
Weeks Until Release
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
2
Vampires Suck
Fox
Comedy
4,290,148
0
-18%
2
3
The Expendables
Lionsgate
Action
2,659,569
-1
25%
3
6
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Universal
Action
1,292,541
-1
86%
4
5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony
Action
875,940
3
-11%
5
8
The Social Network
Sony
Drama
817,350
6
143%
6
7
Eat Pray Love
Sony
Drama
618,454
-1
29%
7
NEW
Lottery Ticket
Warner Bros.
Comedy
301,133
0
NEW
8
9
Takers
Sony
Action
293,051
1
2%
9
10
The Last Exorcism
Lionsgate
Horror
242,851
1
-8%
10
Back On Chart
Machete
Fox
Action
168,602
2
Back On Chart
Source: Visible Measures

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Gillette Finds Its Mayne Man for Web Video

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Want a No. 1 video on Ad Age's Viral Video Chart? Not a bad idea to launch it in August when people are doing things away from their computers and, well, the competition is thin.

Low overall viewing numbers helped Gillette's latest campaign, "A Mayne and His Razor," burst to the top of the chart last week. The ad is part of a series of humorous spots starring ESPN analyst Kenny Mayne and a host of other ESPN personalities such as radio hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg aka "Mike & Mike In The Morning."

Oddly, the ad didn't appear on ESPN itself (that would be expensive) but was cleverly seeded on guy-oriented video sites like Break.com and DailyMotion's Mag.ma. Disclosure: Visible Measures, which provides the data for this chart, advised Gillette on distribution.

The campaign drew 2.5 million views last week, easing ahead of Old Spice's Isaiah Mustafa, whose customized "Responses" dropped another 31% from the prior week. It should be noted that most returning campaigns were down significantly from the week before, including Burger King's Tony Stewart spot, Blendtec's destruction of an iPad and all versions of the Old Spice campaign.

Gillette's female-oriented spot, "Perfect Length," also rejoined the chart at No. 10. And while Nike is no stranger to the chart, this time FootLocker joined with some help from YouTube stars Shay Carl and Kassem G for "Food Fight."

The Most-Watched Viral Video Ads of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Brand Campaign Agency Current Week's Views*
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
NEW
Gillette
A Mayne & His Razor
BBDO
2,507,228
NEW
2
1
Old Spice
Responses
Wieden + Kennedy
1,437,296
-31%
3
2
Burger King
Tony Stewart
Crispin Porter + Bogusky; MindShare
1,265,351
-33%
4
8
Evian
Live Young
BETC Euro RSCG
916,291
-1%
5
7
Old Spice
Odor Blocker
Wieden + Kennedy
859,218
-9%
6
5
Old Spice
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Wieden + Kennedy
858,800
-23%
7
NEW
Foot Locker
Food Fight
Jun Group
802,813
NEW
8
6
Old Spice
The Return of The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Wieden + Kennedy
787,689
-28%
9
4
Blendtec
Will it Blend?
In-House
767,369
-48%
10
Back On Chart
Gillette
Perfect Length
Jack Morton
761,584
Back On Chart
Source: Visible Measures

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Michael Learmonth is a reporter at Advertising Age. You can find the original article here.

The data used for The Top 10 Viral Video Ads Chart was sourced from Visible Measures.

*See our Top Ad Campaigns page for our methodology.

**Indicates percent change in views compared with the same period the week before.

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The Expendables Roughs Up Eat Pray Love in Online Video

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It's going to be a hot weekend in Hollywood as the action-packed Expendables takes on the soul-searching, globe-trotting Eat Pray Love. In addition to these star-studded heavyweights, anime-like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World headlining Michael Cera also enters the fray.

Of the three openers, only The Expendables, starring nearly every action star you've ever heard of, has increased in views this week. It jumped over 25% to reach 2.1 million views. Both Eat Pray Love and Scott Pilgrim dropped in views this week, which is out of character for films primed to hit the silver screen. Scott Pilgrim generated nearly 700,000 views while the Julia Roberts starrer Eat Pray Love was sub 500,000.

In terms of demographics, Eat Pray Love is trending slightly female while Scott Pilgrim and The Expendables have seen male audiences above 80%.

One week from release, Vampires Suck bit into over 5.2 million views this week. The blood-sucking spoof is riding the coattails of the Twilight series in a serious way, attracting both Twilight lovers and haters across the board. The most-used term among the film's 60,000+ comments is none other than "Twilight." The laugher is also attracting Twilight-like demographics, with young females making up 65% of its online video audience.

The Most-Watched Trailers of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Film Title
Distributor
Genre
True Reach*
Weeks Until Release
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
2
Step Up 3D
Touchstone Pictures, Summit
Drama
9,008,929
-1
105%
2
1
Vampires Suck
Fox
Comedy
5,247,949
1
6%
3
3
The Expendables
Lionsgate
Action
2,135,493
0
26%
4
5
The Other Guys
Columbia
Action
1,167,545
-1
18%
5
4
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony
Action
987,361
4
-1%
6
6
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Universal
Action
696,595
0
-27%
7
8
Eat Pray Love
Sony
Drama
478,373
0
-9%
8
NEW
The Social Network
Sony
Drama
336,197
7
NEW
9
NEW
Takers
Sony
Action
285,989
2
NEW
10
NEW
The Last Exorcism
Lionsgate
Horror
264,944
2
NEW
Source: Visible Measures

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Millions Watch Tony Stewart Man Burger King Drive-Thru in Online Video

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- It's not unusual for Nascar stars to show up in their sponsors' ads, but how many will work a shift flipping burgers as Tony Stewart appears to have done for Burger King? Mr. Stewart's got a good sense of humor, which comes through in the two-minute video. Some guests recognize him, even though he looks like a regular schlub behind the counter; others don't.

The video is part of Burger King's "Sign & Race" campaign, which allows fans to enter to have their signature placed on the Burger King logo on Mr. Stewart's car, and share the image on Facebook and Twitter.

The video received 1.8 million views last week, good but not quite good enough to unseat the cumulative views on Old Spice's "responses" starring Isaiah Mustafa. Also new on the chart last week were campaigns for Subaru and Diehard, while Blendtec returned at No. 4 with the wanton destruction of an innocent iPad.

The Most-Watched Viral Video Ads of the Week

Rank Last Week's Rank Brand Campaign Agency Current Week's Views*
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
1
Old Spice
Responses
Wieden + Kennedy
2,086,752
-49%
2
NEW
Burger King
Tony Stewart
MindShare
1,885,588
NEW
3
Back On Chart
Geico
Really Save
The Martin Agency
1,523,991
Back On Chart
4
Back On Chart
Blendtec
Will it Blend?
In-House
1,471,918
Back On Chart
5
5
Old Spice
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Wieden + Kennedy
1,120,209
-5%
6
3
Old Spice
The Return of The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Wieden + Kennedy
1,095,552
-6%
7
4
Old Spice
Odor Blocker
Wieden + Kennedy
944,079
-18%
8
8
Evian
Live Young
BETC Euro RSCG
922,206
-3%
9
NEW
Subaru
Get More G's
NA
806,745
NEW
10
NEW
DieHard
Diehard Batteries vs.
Y&R; Sharethrough; Digitas
800,478
NEW
Source: Visible Measures

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Michael Learmonth is a reporter at Advertising Age. You can find the original article here.

The data used for The Top 10 Viral Video Ads Chart was sourced from Visible Measures.

*See our Top Ad Campaigns page for our methodology.

**Indicates percent change in views compared with the same period the week before.

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The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, June 2010

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In June, two of the biggest web series — Fred and The Annoying Orange — exchanged crossover episodes, boosting views for one significantly but not making much of a dent for the other. Can you guess which one was which? Meanwhile, one of the original web series hits (Red Vs Blue) made a comeback. Keep reading for the chart and more details.

The Most-Watched Web Series of the Month

Rank Last Week's Rank Brand Campaign Agency Current Week's Views*
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
1
The Annoying Orange
GagFilms
Comedy
64,183,647
0%
2
2
Key of Awesome
Next New Networks
Comedy, Music
27,151,610
3%
3
5
Fred
NA
Comedy
21,461,927
45%
4
3
Happy Tree Friends
MondoMedia
Animation
21,338,507
11%
5
4
Smosh
Deca TV
Comedy, Sketch
19,743,836
30%
6
6
The Station
The Station
Comedy
11,595,698
14%
7
7
Charlie the Unicorn
FilmCow
Animation, Comedy
5,410,768
2%
8
8
Potter Puppet Pals
NA
Sketch
4,852,074
3%
9
Back On Chart
Red Vs Blue
Rooster Teeth
Animation, Comedy
4,748,865
Back on Chart
10
Back On Chart
How it Should Have Ended
Starz Media
Animation
4,619,835
Back on Chart

Fred Vs. The Annoying Orange

For some it’s an epic moment in YouTube history. For others, it’s a sign of the impending apocalypse. YouTube stars Fred and The Annoying Orange had a close encounter of the irritating kind in a hit video in The Annoying Orange YouTube channel. The video garnered more than five million views.

During the same time period, The Annoying Orange appeared in a video in the Fred YouTube channel, titled “Fred Goes Grocery Shopping Feat. The Annoying Orange.” That video pulled just over four million views, giving Fred a huge boost after a long period of comparative inactivity.

The producers of The Annoying Orange were already on top and cranking out new material, though, so that show didn’t see unusual growth as a result of the short partnership.

The Return of Red Vs. Blue

Red Vs. Blue debuted back in 2003, earlier than many currently popular web series. Using characters from the Halo series of video games, the series is targeted specifically at gamers, but reaching for a niche market can pay off for web video series.

The series appeared on the chart in March and April, but dropped off in May. Now it’s back at number nine with slightly more than 4.7 million views. The show in seventh place (Charlie the Unicorn) managed around 5.4 million views while the show in tenth (How It Should Have Ended) did more than 4.6 million, so the back of the chart is a close race.

Visible Measures says Red Vs. Blue made the list in part because of the episode “S8 Tex Fights Reds and Blues,” which drew more views than any other episode in the series’ seven-year history.

What's Working in Web Video?

If you watch the Visible Measures stats each month, you’ll get a sense of what works consistently in web series and what doesn’t. Short, humorous videos dominate the chart, especially anything outrageous like Happy Tree Friends‘ sensational violence or The Annoying Orange’s titular character being, well, exceptionally annoying.

Pop culture and music do well also. Key of Awesome has seen consistent growth over the past few months (though that growth did slow to 3% in June) by spoofing music artists like Lady Gaga, Ke$ha and Katy Perry. YouTube favorite Lady Gaga was also the subject of one of Smosh’s new videos.

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The data used for the Top 10 Webisodes Chart was sourced from Visible Measures

Samuel Axon is a Staff Writer at Mashable. You can read the original post here

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Kia Leads Small Car Revolution In Online Video

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Small cars are big news for this month's collection of the most popular automotive video ads on the Internet.

A new campaign by Kia has captured tenth place on the chart, joining the two other Soul ads in first and eighth place, respectively. The new ad continues with the automaker's significant efforts to establish the Soul as a trend-setter. Viewers are asked to make videos for a soon-to-end contest. "As long as it's about you and how you stand out from the crowd," says one excited announcer in the video.

The Ford Fiesta holds strong in July with two campaigns continuing to advertise Ford's recently launched subcompact car. But it's a completely different segment that brings us to a new entry -- sports cars -- namely Chevrolet for the ZR1 and the rest of the Corvette lineup.

"While time has marched on and priorities have changed," a narrator says during the Corvette commercial "Still Building Rockets", referring to space expeditions, "it's nice to know America still builds rockets."

View ads about the Kia Soul, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and everything in between by clicking on the videos in the chart below.

The Most-Watched Automotive Ads from July 

Rank Last Month's Rank Make / Model Campaign Agency Current Month's Views*
% Change in Views**
Watch
1
4
Kia / Soul
A New Way to Roll 2010
David & Goliath
1,711,879
28%
2
1
Toyota / Sienna
The Sienna Family
Saatchi & Saatchi
1,656,360
-50%
3
3
Volkswagen
Driven By Fun
DDB
878,412
-50%
4
7
Ford / Fiesta
Fiesta Movement
Undercurrent; AMG
824,184
6%
5
Back On Chart
Ford / Fiesta
The Fiesta Project
Team Detroit
664,515
Back On Chart
6
5
Dodge / Challenger
Freedom
Wieden + Kennedy
574,110
-42%
7
Back On Chart
Volkswagen
The Fun Theory
DDB
451,461
Back On Chart
8
10
Kia / Soul
A New Way To Roll
David & Goliath
445,160
0%
9
New
Chevrolet / Corvette
Still Building Rockets
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
294,093
NEW
10
New
Kia / Soul
Who's Next? Competition
NA
228,830
NEW
Source: Visible Measures

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The data used for the Top 10 Auto Ads Chart was sourced from Visible Measures.

*See our Top Auto Ads page for our methodology.

**Indicates percent change in views compared with the same period the week before.

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