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

'Romantic' Dating Site Goes Viral With Liz and Her Gruff-Voiced Heart

'Romantic' Dating Site Goes Viral With Liz and Her Gruff-Voiced Heart

Zoosk has earned a place on the Viral Video Chart with a kooky ad starring single Liz and her heart -- apparently a puppet with the voice of a man.

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Surprise! Rewind YouTube Style Smashes the Viral Chart Again

Surprise! Rewind YouTube Style Smashes the Viral Chart Again

Once again, Google shows its pretty good at making videos … for YouTube.

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Gun Control Group Brings a Timely Cause to Viral Video Chart

Gun Control Group Brings a Timely Cause to Viral Video Chart

Reaction to the Newtown school shooting helped propel the "Demand a Plan" video onto the Viral Video Chart, while another debut lightened the mood.

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Viral Video Charts: Top Creative Agencies of 2012

Viral Video Charts: Top Creative Agencies of 2012

If its a video ad, and you watched it more than once in 2012, there's a good chance it was made by one of two creative agencies: Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore., or 72andSunny, Los Angeles.

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Samsung Tops Red Bull, Google, Apple and Nike as Viral Brand Of 2012

Samsung Tops Red Bull, Google, Apple and Nike as Viral Brand Of 2012

These brands made video a central part of their marketing strategy and nearly all had numerous hits that broke through on the web in 2012.

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Dogs in Mini Coopers Drive Over the Viral Video Competition

Dogs in Mini Coopers Drive Over the Viral Video Competition

Where the U.S. gets Sarah McLachlan tearjerkers from the SPCA, New Zealand gets Porter, Monty and Ginny behind the wheel.

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Ad Age's Top Viral Ad Campaigns of 2012

Ad Age's Top Viral Ad Campaigns of 2012

Ad Age's top video ads of the year stood out for their scale: The top three crossed 100 million views for the first time.

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Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi Go Head-to-Head for Turkish Airlines

Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi Go Head-to-Head for Turkish Airlines

When two of the biggest names in sports star in a commercial, it's bound to go viral in a big way. So it's little surprise "Legends on Board" debuted at No. 1 on the Viral Chart.

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Train Safety Video PSA Out of Melbourne Goes Viral

Train Safety Video PSA Out of Melbourne Goes Viral

A train safety video has spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Viral Chart. Given the tragedy in NYC, does it treat the issue seriously enough?

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Red Bull Salutes Rube Goldberg With Its Extreme Machine

Red Bull Salutes Rube Goldberg With Its Extreme Machine

Red Bull's new campaign, "Kluge" debuts at No. 4 garnering 8.2 million views.

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More Than Google or Apple, Samsung is a Viral Video Monster This Year

More Than Google or Apple, Samsung is a Viral Video Monster This Year

Samsung has landed 13 different campaigns on our Viral Video Chart this year. But all those viral hits aren't coming out of one agency.

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'The Hobbit' Takes Over Air New Zealand's In-Flight Safety Video

'The Hobbit' Takes Over Air New Zealand's In-Flight Safety Video

Put some hobbits, elves and a wizard into a pre-flight safety video and people will watch it, even if they're not flying.

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LG's Elevator Prank Scares Its Way on to Viral Chart

LG's Elevator Prank Scares Its Way on to Viral Chart

Aiming to demonstrate the quality of its new IPS monitors, LG decided fool some unsuspecting elevator riders.

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Chanel No. 5 Surges on Viral Video Chart, Aided by Brad Pitt Parodies

Chanel No. 5 Surges on Viral Video Chart, Aided by Brad Pitt Parodies

Sometimes even a very confusing commercial can easily drive brand awareness, as long as it stars a man twice named "Sexiest Man Alive."

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Fearless Felix Baumgartner Is Second-Fastest to 50 Million Views

Fearless Felix Baumgartner Is Second-Fastest to 50 Million Views

For those keeping track that's second only to the viral smash Kony 2012 among branded videos, which had 57 million views after four days.

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Facebook's 'Chair' Video Hits Viral Chart With Tiny Fraction of Views Counted

Facebook's 'Chair' Video Hits Viral Chart With Tiny Fraction of Views Counted

Facebook won't tell us how many views, but we're getting a clue on the Viral Chart this week, where the ad landed at No. 8.

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Controversial James Bond Heineken Spot Shakes Up Viral Chart

Controversial James Bond Heineken Spot Shakes Up Viral Chart

But the buzz surrounding this campaign has little to do with the ad itself. Rather, the fuss is all about how Bond is forsaking the vodka martini.

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How Samsung Upstaged Apple During the Launch of iPhone 5

How Samsung Upstaged Apple During the Launch of iPhone 5

Samsung's aggressive competitive marketing pegged to the launch of iPhone 5 has helped it beat out Apple -- and dominate the Viral Video Chart since the beginning of August.

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Weight Watchers' Jessica Simpson Ad Upsets Apple's iPhone 5 on Viral Chart

Weight Watchers' Jessica Simpson Ad Upsets Apple's iPhone 5 on Viral Chart

The ad features Ms. Simpson, Weight Watchers' new spokeswoman, from the neck up, as she discusses her trying to lose her post-baby weight.

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Fake Video Scandal Catapults Nokia Video Onto the Viral Chart

Fake Video Scandal Catapults Nokia Video Onto the Viral Chart

Videos promoting phones and tablets tend to do well on the Viral Video Chart. But a little scandal didn't hurt viewership on Nokia's newest video promoting its yet-to-be-released Lumia 920 either.

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