Creative testing results
Mazda
Zoom Zoom
July 28, 2025
With 4.31 seconds of Active Attention, Snapchat commercial provides a prime opportunity for a challenger brand to establish brand presence. Over 2.44 / 6 of the ad is actively consumed, maximizing impact before audience disengagement.
A strategic addition to boost engagement and exposure is stories. With 2.44 of Active Attention and 0.07 of Passive Attention, it serves as an effective awareness driver.
With only 0.43 seconds of Active Attention, this format is ill-suited for brand-building, regardless of scale. Formats with sub-2.5-second Active Attention fail to provide necessary exposure before users disengage.
Challenger brands cannot afford late branding. By this time, only 4.309 of viewers remain engaged, meaning many users have already disengaged—move branding earlier to compete effectively.
These formats are not ideal for 10-second ads, as users disengage quickly on scrollable channels. For a challenger brand without the strongest mental availability in the category, more attention is even more critical. Opt for high-retention formats that keep your brand visible and reinforce messaging effectively.