Creative testing results
AT&T
Get dunked
August 4, 2025
With 5.52 seconds of Active Attention, Facebook in-stream delivers the strongest potential for a category leader to drive brand-building goals. More than 18% 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 Youtube pre-roll skippable. With 3.54 seconds of active attention and 3.33 seconds of passive attention, it reinforces awareness effectively.
With just 0.64 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.
As a category leader in an awareness campaign, branding within 2 sec reinforces recognition and builds mental availability. No changes needed.
These formats don’t support long-form content well, as users disengage quickly on scrollable channels. Switch to high-retention formats and shorten the ad to 15 or 10 seconds for better performance.