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MarTech » Customer & Digital Experience » YouTube’s Top 10 October Ads: Hobbit-Themed Air New Zealand Ad Ranks No. 1 With 11.6 Million Views

YouTube’s Top 10 October Ads: Hobbit-Themed Air New Zealand Ad Ranks No. 1 With 11.6 Million Views

October’s top ads on YouTube reinforce what the Internet taught us long ago: people love cat videos. With kittens as the stars of the No. 2 spot from Buzzfeed and Friskies, and No. 6 spot from Diet Coke, the two feline-centric ads earned a combined 9.8 million views in October. Air New Zealand’s “The Most […]

Amy Gesenhues on November 11, 2014 at 1:00 pm | Reading time: 2 minutes

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October’s top ads on YouTube reinforce what the Internet taught us long ago: people love cat videos.

With kittens as the stars of the No. 2 spot from Buzzfeed and Friskies, and No. 6 spot from Diet Coke, the two feline-centric ads earned a combined 9.8 million views in October.

Air New Zealand’s “The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made” won the top spot garnering over 11.5 million views with its Hobbit-inspired video.

As we edge closer to the holidays, two tech products made the list: the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 spot ranked No. 7 with 2.5 million views, and Google’s new Nexus 6 ad ranked No. 8 with 2 million views.

YouTube’s Top 10 Ads in October

1. Air New Zealand – The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made (11,624,957 views)


2. Friskies & Buzzfeed – Dear Kitten: Regarding The Dog (7,278,499 views)

3. Chanel – CHANEL N°5: The One That I Want (4,475,932 views)

4. Fiat – Official Fiat 500X teaser (3,230,347 views)

5. Nike – Together | LeBron James (2,975,124 views)

6. Diet Coke – Taylor Swift Kittens (2,537,909 views)

7. Samsung – Galaxy Note 4 Endures the Gluteus Maximus (2,505,090 views)

8. Google Nexus – Nexus 6: Space to explore (2,082,810 views)

9. Hendo – The World’s First Hoverboard (1,556,490 views)

10. McDonald’s – Our food. Your questions. Is McDonald’s beef real? (1,509,055 views)


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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Amy Gesenhues
Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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