Attention paid to video ads on YouTube was 1.8X higher than on social media platforms.

Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience, U.S., Video Ad Cross-Platform Research commissioned by Google. Conducted using eight advertisements, four platforms, and 400 participants aged 18–35, Nielsen CNS Lab, Boston, 2016.

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