YouTube Wants You To Vote For #TheYouTubeAd Of 2015

Within the 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube every minute, there are years of programming featuring the site’s homegrown superstars, Let’s Play, and other video-game-associated clips, cute animal videos, family vlogs, shopping hauls, and billions of other videos that one could include in millions of other categories. With all that content, it’s easy to forget Google’s online video sharing site is also one of the top destinations for video advertisements from companies and agencies big and small, hoping their creation will gain traction and go viral.

Now, YouTube is celebrating some of the most memorable ads from 2015 with a new contest. In partnership with The Webby Awards, Google’s online video site has launched #TheYouTubeAd of 2015. And through December 8, 2015, online video fans have the chance to vote each day for their favorite ad out of the 25 nominees selected by the powers that be at YouTube.

Voters can choose from five different categories to see which ads have been nominated as the best of the best. For example, Geico’s “unskippable” video ads and Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s Omaze prank campaign are contenders in #TheYouTubeAd “You Wish You Were In” category. Additionally, fans can choose the video ad “That Gets Them Going,” including Always’ “Unstoppable” ad from its viral #LikeAGirl campaign. Voters can also choose from the decidedly internet-culture-influenced categories “#TheYouTubeAd That’s Your Guilty Pleasure,” “#TheYouTubeAd That Restores Your Faith in Humanity,” and “#TheYouTubeAd That Gives You Feels.”

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You can submit your daily votes for the best YouTube ad of 2015 through the contest’s official site. Voting ends on December 8, and the winners will be announced on December 9.

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Bree Brouwer

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