Politics rears its partisan head on this month’s list of the most-watched ads on YouTube in Canada as Justin Trudeau tackles Conservatives’ claims that he’s “not ready” to be Prime Minister. It’s the one serious note on a list otherwise full of kittens, celebrities and branded content that struggles to appear organic. To that end, Steve Miller, vice-president and creative director of One Method, takes marketers to task for being heavy handed with their product placement.
Note: This ranking indicates which ads were most watched within Canada. To be included on this ranking, a video must be listed as an ad on YouTube. While Google does not make Canadian viewer statistics available, it determines this ranking with a process that accounts for paid and organic views and how much of a given video viewers watch.
YouTube Canada Ads Leaderboard
• July 2015 (with Karen Howe)
• June 2015 (with Jeromy Lloyd)
• May 2015 (with Jeff MacEachern)
• April 2015 (with John Farquhar)
• March 2015 (with Joshua Stein and Diego Bertagni)
• February 2015 (with Jane Murray and Mark Mason)
• January 2015 (with Jamie King)
• December 2014 (with Denise Rossetto and Todd Mackie)
Host: Steve Miller, One Method
Production: Notch Video
Producer: Leah Ruehlicke
