YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads This Month [VIDEOS]

YouTubers, you have spoken, and this month’s batch of most-shared ads shows a lot of diversity. Yes, there are two cat videos (one in French), but there’s stuff that’s sad and disturbing, funny and fairly boring as well.

In an unprecedented feat, there are also no video game preview ads on this list. Instead, we could tally things up this way: References to classic sci-fi (2), A-list actors (2), animals behaving badly (4), stunts (4) serial killer turned good guy questioning the religious beliefs of another killer (1).

My favorite? Glad you asked. The ad for Byturen that illustrates what you think you look like when you’re drunk and what you actually look like. But the website‘s even better because you can get the same effect by running your cursor over the action. As far as PSAs go, this is powerful stuff. Then again, the lesson of another ad here is that one of those drunken nights might just land you George Clooney.

As always, we thank our friends at Unruly Media for compiling the Mashable Global Ads Chart. In raw numbers, these are the YouTube video ads that the world spent the most time watching in September.
Note: The list below does not include music videos, user-generated content or movie trailers. Unruly Media’s Viral Video Chart tracks 18 million shares per day through third-party APIs.

“Party Rock Anthem” (Kia)
Those lovable Kia hamsters are back and they’re dancing to LMFAO”s “Party Rock Anthem.” Somehow this will get you to buy one of the company’s cars.

9/11 Bud Commercial” (Budweiser)

The tenth anniversary of 9/11 prompted a big spike in views for this ad, which ran only once, during the 2002 Super Bowl.

Bouygues Telecom Présente les Chatons Telecom” (Bouygues Telecom)

LOL Cats, en française! This video examines what would happen if cats ruled the world, or at least, France. At least I think that’s what’s going on -- my high school French is a bit rusty. Still, even I know je ne said quoi when I see it.

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