For the first time in fifteen years I watched the Super Bowl
without any attachment to the advertising world.
I was nervous.
I was scared.
I was excited.
I didn’t care if Anheuser-Bush got rid of the Clydesdales or puppies, I wasn’t concerned about the number of spots Pizza Hut bought, or who was going to “win” the ad bowl. I just (tried) to watch the game.
One thing I learned, people actually tune into the Super Bowl to watch football. I know, it sounds crazy, right? I was always taught that people tuned in to watch the ads, not the actual game.
Well, from the outside world I can tell you people actually do watch the game and it’s hard to find time to watch the ads.
Like almost everyone else out there, I watched the game with friends and our kids. So for the majority of the game we were all trying to do the following:
- Cook
Watch
Chase kids
Drink (Budweiser’s, thanks Peyton)
Check phone/social media
Just writing that made me tired. You can see there are a lot of outside factors that go into watching the big game. A lot of distractions that takes us away from the millions and millions of dollars’ advertisers pump into a 4-hour event. I’m not trying to say that spending $5 Million on a :30 isn’t worth it (starts to put together CPM analysis), but I think everyone needs to be realistic to how much of the game/ads people actually watch/hear.
Last year 114 Million people watched the game, 25% of those tuned-in to watch the ads, and 50% of those weren’t distracted (made that up based on my own experience). For this analysis I’m leaving out the 45% who want to watch the game based on my assumption that those are the true fans and don’t pay attention to TV ads. So based on my own analysis, I can argue that only 14 Million people actually cared/viewed the ads. Now the Super Bowl suddenly becomes “Grease Live” which cost around 70% less and has a more “active” viewer.
Just some food for thought.
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