Batman, Tomodachi, mums and funerals: This week's top branded viral videos

By AdNews | 17 April 2014
 

Here's this week's top viral videos for brands across Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Rankings are based on combined Facebook and Twitter shares.

1. World's Toughest Job - #worldstoughestjob

World's Toughest Job from the Card Store plays a hoax on unsuspecting job applicants. Its final twist at the end of the video has us hooked and gains 5,611,379 views up to 16 April, plus 3,877 tweets and 171,529 Facebook interactions.

2. Fuck The Poor?

The Pilion Trust Charity risks it all on the streets of London and notches up 3,135,725 Youtube views, 6,067 tweets, 47,988 Facebook likes.

3.A-Z of Dance

i-D says you can “Float like an Arabesque, spin like a B-Boy” in its video showcasing LA's dance scene and reaches 1,111,857 Youtube views, 1,383 tweets, 29,505 Facebook likes.

4. What if you were invited to your own funeral?

Go For Zero invites speeding junkies to their own funeral in a bid to get casualties on the road down. It had 2,986,376  Youtube views, 1,266  tweets, 27,307 likes.

5. "Batman: Strange Days" - Bruce Timm's Batman 75th Anniversary Short

DC Entertainment produce short animations on Cartoon Network to celebrate Batman's 75th Anniversary and racks up 997,546 Youtube views, 1,562 Twitter hits and 26,187 Facebook likes.

6. Yalin - Yeniden

Watching Cornetto Turkey got ice-cream lovers flocking in: 1,241,460 views, 1,188 tweets, 20,971 Facebook likes.

7. Share for Dogs
 
Pedigree takes seventh place this week, it seems we can't get enough of these adorable pups, all in the name of charity. Recieving 270,312 views, 737 tweets, 19,244 Facebook likes.

8. Dove: Patches

Dove researches the power of natural beauty: 13,964,239 Youtube hits, 1,189 tweets and15649 Facebook likes for the project.
 
9. Civilization: Beyond Earth (Announcement)

Joystiq comes in at nine, exploring civilisation beyond earth and racks up 490,936 Youtube views, 599 Twitter hits and 6,453 Facebook likes.

10. Tomodachi Life Direct 4.10.14

Nintendo at ten launches teaser video for its new 3DS Tomodachi game. It got 407,222 views, 1,605 tweets, 5,201 Facebook likes.

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