Among branded videos released on YouTube in June, the Terminator is tops. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s social prank to support the After-School All-Stars program grabbed the number one spot in the latest YouTube Ad Leaderboard, which shows the top sponsored content released on YouTube each month.
In a video released on June 17th, the Governator dons his Terminator get-up and walks around downtown Los Angeles. While it’s fun to watch Ahnold intimidate random passersby, the video was primarily intended as a way to spread the world about his recent Omaze campaign to support After-School All-Stars. Given its 22.7 million views, I’d say it accomplished that goal quite well.
Following right behind The Terminator on the Ad Leaderboard is a video from Dove, which has established itself as one of YouTube’s top brands. In April, the cosmetics company made a splash just in time for Mother’s Day, and in June, it gave Father’s Day a similar treatment.
In third place comes an ad for a mobile game, and no, it’s not Clash of Clans. Instead, collectible card game Hearthstone–which is currently the third most-streamed game on Twitch–scored seven-digit views with a clever commercial.
Here, courtesy of Google, is the entire June Leaderboard:
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