Creative testing results
Blackmores
Good Health Changes Everything
August 28, 2025
With 5.95 seconds of Active Attention, YouTube pre-roll skippable delivers the strongest potential for a category leader to drive brand-building goals. More than 20% of the ad is actively viewed, ensuring the message is absorbed before users scroll, skip, or disengage.
A well-suited supporting platform to extend engagement and reach is General Web pre-roll. With 5.22 seconds of Active Attention and 14.9 seconds of Passive Attention, it reinforces awareness effectively.
With just 2.3 seconds of Active Attention, this format is ineffective for brand awareness, regardless of brand size. Reconsider formats offering less than 2.5 seconds of Active Attention, as they fail to sustain audience engagement before viewer drop-off.
Branding appearing after 4 sec significantly reduces impact in awareness campaigns. By this time, only 49.6% of viewers will still be engaged—urgent changes needed to maintain visibility.
These formats support ad lengths beyond 20 seconds, which is good for storytelling and sustained engagement, making them ideal for upper-funnel brand-building campaigns for leader brands. Reinforce branding midway for better retention.