System1, the creative effectiveness platform, has revealed consumers’ favourite ads from the 2025 Super Bowl: Lay’s, the NFL, and WeatherTech took the top three spots, with appearances from Pfizer, Stella Artois and Doritos. In a Super Bowl whose ads were often weirder, wackier and more celebrity-driven than ever, Lay’s simple story of a young potato […]
John Lewis’ new Christmas ad is firmly in their tradition of heart-warming storytelling, and the decision to put stores front-and-centre has made for their most effective and recognisable ad this decade. That’s the verdict of the real life consumers who saw the ad on System1’s Test Your Ad platform. The 4.6-Star Rating (on a 5.9-Star […]
The latest Test Your Ad data from System1 reveals that the UK is anticipating a ‘Golden’ Christmas, with high levels of happiness driving standout results. Six major brands – Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Cadbury, Amazon and M&S Food – have already achieved the top Test Your Ad score of 5.9 Stars. Amongst the latest releases is a […]
System1, the Creative Effectiveness Platform, has unwrapped the first 5-Star Christmas ad of the season from M&S Food, which is set to air on November 5th. Their Christmas brand mascot Fairy has once again won the attention of audiences and scored the maximum on Test Your Ad with 5.9-Stars, just like she did in 2023. […]
Adverts by new-to-TV businesses are getting better and more effective, according to research from System1 and ITV. Break Through, a report into how ‘new-to-TV’ businesses can most effectively take advantage of TV advertising, analysed 500 adverts from 169 businesses that had advertised on ITV. All the ads aired between 2020 and 2024, and none of […]
System1, the Creative Effectiveness Platform, has revealed which Paris Olympics & Paralympics ads are at the top of the brand-building podium, based on consumers’ emotional responses. System1’s Test Your Ad platform assigns creative a score of 1.0 to 5.9 Stars based on long-term brand-building potential, with dynamic emotional stories and feelings of happiness driving the strongest results. […]
He may have scored a maximum Star Rating of 5.9 over the last four Christmases and scooped first place in System1’s rankings of the best adverts of 2023, but the question remained: could Kevin the Carrot repeat his remarkable success outside of his traditional Christmas advertising context? System1’s analysis of Aldi’s new Olympics advert – […]
System1, the creative effectiveness platform, surveyed more than 10,000 Americans on this year’s Super Bowl ads, and Michelob, Reese’s and Hellmann’s emerged as the public’s favourites. System1’s Test Your Ad platform tests consumers’ emotional responses throughout an ad, assigning creative a score of 1.0 to 5.9 Stars based on long-term brand-building potential. Ads that make […]
Advertisers are bringing the laughs to win over audiences with their gameday spots as Super Bowl LVIII approaches on February 11th. According to data from System1, The Creative Effectiveness Platform, Michelob ULTRA, Hellmann’s and T-Mobile currently rank as the public’s favourite (and thus most effective) big game ads. System1’s Test Your Ad platform tests consumers’ […]
System1 and ITV have revealed the UK’s top-performing ads of 2023, with Christmas adverts dominating the top 10. Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot took the top spot with Kevin & the Christmas Factory, meaning Kevin has now scored 5-Stars for the last five years in a row. Six of the top 10 adverts in 2023 were […]