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By the Numbers: Super Bowl LVIII

Published on Feb 20, 2024

By the Numbers: Super Bowl LVIII
Marketing Dive
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Overview 57 ads 53 unique advertisers* $7M price per 30-second ad 0% price increase for ads from 2023Note: *Not including advertisements from FX and Universal(Source: Multiple media outlets)

115.5M people tuned into Super Bowl LVIII (Source: AdImpact)

Viewership

Where viewers tuned into the Super Bowl

Linear TV was most popular but streaming held its own.

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Winners and Losers

Top 5 ads from USA Today Ad Meter by sentiment

State Farm walked away with the highest rated ad.

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Worst 5 ads from USA Today Ad Meter by sentiment

A political ad was the lowest ranked ad of the night.

Social Media

2.65M post were made from over 500,000 accounts. Amounting to 11,000 mentions per minute. (Source: Brandwatch)

Taylor Swift was mentioned over 148,000 times. In total, 5.6% of all Super Bowl mentions included the singer. This is significantly higher than the 1.1% of mentions received by the most talked about player – her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. (Source: Brandwatch)

Top performing brands by social media mentions

Temu proved to be the top performing brand, followed closely by Verizon.

News Graphics Developer Jasmine Ye Han also contributed to this article.

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