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02/01/2015 by
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Top 12 Viral Friday Videos: Best of 2014

Viral video marketing used to be an art, now it’s a science. We curate the millions of videos that are uploaded every week. In our flagship format Viral Friday we show you the top 5 viral videos.


This week, we selected the following top 12 videos of the year 2014 for you… Enjoy and share.

1. January 2014: Budweiser “Puppy Love”

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Budweiser’s Super Bowl advert “Puppy Love”, released in January 2014, following the special friendship between the Clydesdales and a puppy scored 55 million views and 1.9 million social shares.

2. February 2014: OnTheRoofs “Shanghai Tower”

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Crazy Russian duo, Vadim Makhorov & Vitality Raskalov, or better known as OnTheRoofs managed the grab the viewer’s attention by climbing a skyscaper under construction in Shanghai. Total views: 38 million. Total social shares: 1.3 million.

3. March 2014: Wren “First Kiss”

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Wren, the small fashion label from Los Angeles, asked twenty strangers to kiss for the first time in March. The promotional video garnered 96 million views and 1.5 million shares on social media.

4. April 2014: Thai Life Assurance “Unsung Hero”

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The heartwarming three-minute spot “Unsung Hero” was the most viral advert in April with 24 million views and 1.3 million social shares. The commercial tells the story of a good Samaritan whose daily deeds go largely unnoticed.

5. May 2014: Nike Football “Winner Stays”

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With viral ingredients Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Ibrahimović, Iniesta & other soccer players Nike topped 100 million views on YouTube and gained 1,445,909 social shares in May.

6. June 2014: Nike Football “The Last Game”

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Nike Football released “The Last Game” in June, just before the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil, featuring various soccer stars. The five-minute animated film has been watched over 80 million times. And with 2.1 million social shares it’s one of the most shared ads of 2014.

7. July 2014: Bayern 3 “Brazil Germany Cocktail Beer”

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German radio station Bayern 3 quickly responded to Germany’s phenomenal 7-1 victory over Brazil during the semifinal of the World Cup 2014. With 18.5 million views and 435,377 shares the ten-second video was the most popular viral video in July.

8. August 2014: The Simpsons “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”

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Homer Simpson also jumped on the Ice Bucket Challenge bandwagon in August. The clip parodies the movement that dominated social media from August to October and managed to get 24 million YouTube plays. The video has been shared 333,670 times through Facebook, Twitter and blog posts.

9. September 2014: Samsung “GALAXY Note 4 Introduction”

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In September Samsung introduced their latest addition to the GALAXY Note line, the Note 4. The commercial accumulated 24 million views on YouTube and 122,000 social shares.

10. October 2014: Danny Macaskill “The Ridge”

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Danny MacAskill, an artist on two wheels, took his mountain bike on a dizzying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline in October, in his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Total views: 26 million. Total social shares: 1.1 million.

11. November 2014: Universal Pictures “Jurassic World”

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After waiting 13 years, fans of the “Jurassic Park” franchise couldn’t be more happier with the trailer of “Jurassic World”. The official trailer has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube and Facebook combined and shared over 1 million times on Facebook, Twitter and blogs.

12. December 2014: Google “YouTube Rewind”

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YouTube’s yearly recap included almost 100 stars YouTubers. Kid President, Michelle Phan, late night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien are amongst others starring in the video. The retrospective has received 77 million views on YouTube so far and has been shared 334,000 times.

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