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The 10 most popular commercials from Super Bowl 50

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The Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 yesterday at Super Bowl 50. But for millions of viewers, the advertisements that play during breaks are just as exciting as the game itself.

We've already rounded up the best and worst ads of the Super Bowl, but now we're checking out which commercials were most popular with viewers.

Using data from their Unruly Viral Video Chart, ad-tracking company Unruly determined the 10 most shared Super Bowl commercials based on the number of YouTube and Facebook shares. 

"The key driver of video shares is making a strong emotional connection with people," said Devra Prywes, Unruly's VP of insights. 

Doritos' Crash The Super Bowl contest produced the top-shared ad this year with 893,465 total shares for "Ultrasound." Doritos "created a spot that surprised, amused and entertained viewers," Prywes said, though the "Doritos Dogs" ad ultimately won the contest. T-Mobile and Heinz each appear twice on this list for the 30-second and extended versions of their commercials.

Check out the 10 most popular commercials below.

10. Heinz — "Weiner Stampede"

Agency: DAVID Miami

Total shares: 111,643

9. T-Mobile — "Drop the Balls"

Agency: Publicis Seattle

Total shares: 113,668

8. T-Mobile — "Restricted Bling" (30 Sec)

Agency: Publicis Seattle

Total shares: 124,551

7. Mountain Dew — "#PuppyMonkeyBaby"

Agency: BBDO

Total shares: 158,481

6. Hyundai — "First Date"

Agency: Innocean Worldwide

Shares: 245,656

5. Heinz — "Weiner Stampede" (Extended version)

 Agency: DAVID Miami

Total shares: 295,805

4. Pokémon — "#Pokemon20"

Agency: Omelet

Total shares: 297,706

3. Budweiser — "#GiveADamn"

Agency: Anomaly

Total shares: 301,317

2. T-Mobile — "Restricted Bling" (Extended version)

Agency: Publicis Seattle

Total shares: 346,854

1. Doritos — "Ultrasound"

Agency: Peter Carstairs

Total shares: 893,465

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Tanza Loudenback is a personal finance expert and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). She was the founding reporter of Personal Finance Insider, covering topics including taxes, retirement planning, banking, real estate and mortgages, and budgeting. Her work has been featured in WSJ Buy Side, Fortune Recommends, Korn Ferry, TheStreet, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and Fidelity. ExperienceTanza was the first reporter on the Personal Finance Insider team. In addition to helping build the vertical from the ground up, she helmed a biweekly advice column answering readers’ personal finance questions and launched a personal finance newsletter. She also published two e-books under the Personal Finance Insider brand.She was the editorial lead on Master Your Money series, a two-year-long Business Insider series providing financial advice to millennials. She managed Master Your Money bootcamp events over the course of the series. While at BI, she also expanded tax coverage to include a guide to the best tax software and commissioned a panel of experts to review all articles. Tanza obtained her CFP license in 2020. She aims to simplify personal finance concepts for readers so that they can make smart decisions with their money. ExpertiseTanza’s areas of personal finance expertise include:
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Education Tanza is a graduate of Elon University with a degree in print and online journalism, with a minor in Italian studies.