So who's the Super Bowl ad victor? Depends on whom you're asking. For starters, check out Ad Age Editor Brian Braiker's review of all the ads, or USA Today's Ad Meter, which asks online volunteers to rate ads with a score from 1 to 10.
Meanwhile, Ad Age has also partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than 10 million smart TVs, to get the big picture on the digital activity across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and search engines surrounding Super Bowl LIII ads. In other words, this is about what specifically resonated online/socially on Super Bowl Sunday. The ranking below gives particular weight to earned online views, social actions explicitly related to the ads and estimated reach, aka social impressions. It's worth noting Marvel had two movie trailers (for upcoming "Avengers" and "Captain Marvel" franchise installments) that would have made the top 10—but this ranking excludes both movie ads and TV show promos.
Digital Share of Voice - The percentage of Social Actions and Earned Views generated by the spot compared to all others. This is the primary measurement used to rank the performance of the ads.
TV Impressions - The total impressions of the spot across US TV households including paid and earned impressions (before, during and after the Super Bowl).
Earned Online Views - The estimated number of views, out of the total Online Views, where a user made a conscious and explicit decision to view the spot.
Social Impressions � The total impressions generated by Facebook posts and Tweets talking about the spot as estimated by the number of followers and friends of each poster.