This Week: The 10 Most Talked About TV Ads On Social

This may be the first week without GEICO, Apple or Samsung since we started doing this weekly TV spot recap! What is happening? All hail Playstation, LG and newcomer Thryv.

TV ads are no longer just “TV ads.” Their success is now also based on how engaging they are across social platforms. Here are this week’s top 10 most-talked-about TV ads on social.

#1 – PlayStation 4, ‘Play Fearlessly’

2.51%
Digital SOV
406,254
Online views
7,439
Social Actions
$2,524,715
Estimated TV spend

#2 – LG G7 ThinQ, ‘Super Wide Angle Camera’

1.05%
Digital SOV
489,387
Online views
1,155
Social Actions
$2,711,013
Estimated TV spend

#3 -Thryv, ‘High Thryv!’

0.49%
Digital SOV
5,051
Online views
1,894
Social Actions
$1,505,648
Estimated TV spend

#4 – Nissan Rogue, ‘Solo: Straight Down the Center’

0.47%
Digital SOV
4,016
Online views
1,811
Social Actions
$3,258,184
Estimated TV spend

#5 – Pepsi, ‘This Is the Pepsi That Gets You Stuff’

0.41%
Digital SOV
231,395
Online views
205
Social Actions
$1,404,297
Estimated TV spend

#6 – AncestryDNA, ‘Show Dad Where He’s From’

0.35%
Digital SOV
179,634
Online views
308
Social Actions
$1,078,204
Estimated TV spend

#7 – Red Lobster, ‘Have Your Lobster’

0.35%
Digital SOV
218,314
Online views
46
Social Actions
$4,327,576
Estimated TV spend

#8 – Mercedes-Benz Summer Event, ‘Rescue’

0.34%
Digital SOV
128,710
Online views
555
Social Actions
$1,490,363
Estimated TV spend

#9 – Facebook, ‘Here Together’

0.31%
Digital SOV
10,801
Online views
1,149
Social Actions
$2,499,741
Estimated TV spend

#10 – Wells Fargo, ‘Earning Back Your Trust’

0.28%
Digital SOV
18,437
Online views
961
Social Actions
$3,271,694
Estimated TV spend

Is there a future for TV advertising? Of course there is. But each TV spot will have to take into account its social media potential. As you can see, the amount of media spend doesn’t always link to how successful a spot gets to be on social!

This top 10 is provided by iSpot.tv, the leading real-time measurement tool for TV advertising. iSpot.tv aggregates all online video views, social actions, and search activity, to evaluate ad performance compared with its industry set.

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