YouTube’s Top 10 August Ads: Madden NFL Ranks #1, But Samsung’s The Brand To Beat

EA Sports’ “Madden NFL 15” ad took the No. 1 spot on YouTube’s list of most watched ads in August, earning more than eight-million views.

After capturing the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in July, Samsung’s ad for its Galaxy Alpha phone won the brand the No. 4 spot on the top ten list for August. According to the the announcement, Samsung has made the most appearances of any other brand on YouTube’s ad leaderboards this year.

Clearasil made its first appearance at No. 10 with more than 1.2 million views last month.

YouTube claimed audiences watched an average of two-minutes of each video, even though the average length of all the ads ran just over three-minutes each.

YouTube’s Top 10 Ads In August:

1. EA Sports “Madden NFL 15” (8,012,244 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/-DL0W9AUCuY[/youtube]

2. Foot Locker “Short Memory Pt. 1” (4,876,733 4,876,733 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/24KTBp8qQIo[/youtube]

3. The Fine Brothers/NHTSA “Teens React to Drunk Driving” (4,351,023 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/AOMURZUg_kE[/youtube]

4. Samsung Mobile “Samsung Galaxy ALPHA: Just Alpha” (4,184,752 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/u8OZoyHvX78[/youtube]

5. NBC Sports “The Return of Coach Lasso” (4,041,798 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/iRqypM7jb5Y[/youtube]

6. EA Sports “FIFA 15 | New Player Faces and Stadiums | Barclays Premier League” (2,855,248 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/gd8wMiprxKM[/youtube]

7. GoPro “Kama the Surfing Pig” (2,753,660 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/HgQPyU3J0P0[/youtube]

8. Skully “Skully AR-1: Rebel Innovation” (1,701,084 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/ZdcWd594lRw[/youtube]

9. Toyota USA “Swagger Wagon featuring Busta Rhymes” (1,363,562 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/DHQ2sHyA9SI[/youtube]

10. Hoiitsroi/Clearasil “The Biggest Pimple Ever – #UpYourGame” (1,244,714 views)
[youtube]http://youtu.be/eE0JMflvMcU[/youtube]