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"It's not so hard to make your ad go viral. All you need is access to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. It also helps if you're Google.\nAt least that's the conclusion we've drawn from the Mashable Global Ads Chart Top 20, a new monthly rundown we've created with Unruly Media. However, if you can't get Gaga or the Biebs, then you have to get creative. Many of these surprising winners show that a well executed idea can spread a message just fine.\nEnjoy the first in a new monthly feature from Mashable, this one looking back on May.\nNote: The list below does not include music videos, user-generated content or movie trailers. Unruly Media's Viral Video Chart tracks 18 million shares a day through third-party APIs.\n\n\nTop 20 Most-Shared Video Ads This Month\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. \"Dear 16-Year-Old Me\" (The David Cornfield Memorial Fund): 267,578 shares\nThere are no cats or celebrities in this video and the subject matter \u2014 cancer \u2014 is grim. So it's pretty amazing how well this video has done. It's easy to see why, though: The testimonials from real people are funny, frank and impart some very good advice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. \"Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Reveal Trailer HD\" (Activision): 222,446 shares\nThere's a lot of pent-up demand for the sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which doesn't come out until November 8.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. \"The Force\" (Volkswagen): 99,308 shares\nLil' Vader continues to wow online fans four months after the Super Bowl ad first hit YouTube. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. \"Battle At F-Stop Ridge\" (The Camera Store): 73,115 shares\nIt's hard to believe no one thought of this before: Hardcore photographers \"shoot\" in a war scenario in this ad for The Camera Store.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. \"The T-Mobile Royal Wedding\" (T-Mobile):  67,023 shares\nThe Royal Wedding may feel like it was ages ago, but this video, a parody of the 2009 hit \"Jill and Kevin's Wedding Intro Dance,\" has accrued a princely number of shares.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. \"The Official 'Someday' Fragrance Perfume by Justin Bieber Commercial\" (Someday): 56,690 shares\nWhat would a viral chart be without the Biebs? In addition to buying lots of online media to promote the scent, Bieber also picked a good time to start appearing in public with new girlfriend Selena Gomez. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. \"Evian Roller Babies International Version\" (Evian): 50,387 shares\nThose babies from 2009 sure have staying power. A new campaign from Evian, meanwhile, failed to make much of an impact.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. \"Google Chrome: Lady Gaga\" (Google): 48,477 shares\nIf you've never understood Lady Gaga's appeal (guilty!), this video promoting Google's Chrome web browser may give you an appreciation for how she manages her fan relationships via social media.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. \"I Want ... \" (Animal Humane Society): 42,382 shares\nYou've heard of LOLCats? Well, these are SOLCats. I kid. This cute ad shows what shelter kitties would say, if they could.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. \"Ken Block's Gymkhana THREE, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome, France\" (DC Shoes): 41,823 shares\nThis perennial viral video features driver Ken Block doing outrageous things with his car. Block also happens to be chief brand officer for DC Shoes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. \"Google Chrome: It Gets Better\" (Google): 37,996 shares\nIn another hit video for Google Chrome, Dan Savage gives advice and inspiration for gay youths.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. \"Danny MacAskill - Way Back Home\" (Redbull): 37,996 shares\nIn another long-term hit, Danny MacAskill does some crazy stunts on his bike on a trip from Edinburgh back to his hometown Dunvegan, in the Isle of Skye in Scotland.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. \"Google Chrome: Dear Sophie\" (Google): 37,645 shares\nThis touching ad from Google shows a dad recording the swift growth of his young daughter via social media tools. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.\"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 \u2014 America Teaser\" (Activision): 34,720 shares\nThe American version of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer also did very well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. \"Battlefield 3 - Full Length 'Fault Line' Gameplay Trailer\" (EA): 29,678 shares\nThis features 12 minutes of gameplay from EA's upcoming video game, which doesn't hit shelves until late December.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. \"Dirt Devil's Exorcist Parody\" (TTI Floor Care North America): 28,997 shares\nThe Exorcist came out in 1973, but apparently enough people remember it to get this ad's joke.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17. \"Little Thor\" (THor): 28,980 shares\nThis clever riff on VW's \"The Force\" promotes the not-so-clever movie Thor.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n18. \"iPad Games for Cats from Friskies\" (Friskies): 26,558 shares\nIn the 1988 movie Scrooged, Bill Murray, playing a TV exec, gets a pitch on programming for cats. We're not there yet, but we're getting close. And yes, these are real games.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19. \"Ken Block Gymhana Two: The Infomercial\" (DC Shoes): 25,433 shares\nHere are some more insane stunts from Ken Block in this hit viral from 2009. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20. \"GagaVille: Lady Gaga Goes to FarmVille\" (Zynga): 24,171 shares\nLady Gaga charms skeptical farmers in this video from Zynga.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, enot-poloskun"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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