Creative testing results
Cerave
Goop
July 28, 2025
With 4.91 seconds of Active Attention, Facebook in-stream provides a prime opportunity for a challenger brand to establish brand presence. Over 4.68 / 15 of the ad is actively consumed, maximizing impact before audience disengagement.
A strategic addition to boost engagement and exposure is pre-roll. With 4.68 of Active Attention and 4.18 of Passive Attention, it serves as an effective awareness driver.
With only 0.6 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 in awareness campaigns should appear as soon as possible. By this time, only 4.908 of viewers remain engaged—branding at 2-4 sec risks disengagement, so adjust to improve recall.
Longer ads struggle to hold attention on high-scroll formats, making them less effective for upper-funnel objectives. Shift to high-retention formats for better engagement and impact.