±±¾©Èü³µpk10 Viral Chart: Google dominates top 10

Google's video ads for its range of products dominate this week's viral chart, after five of the internet giant's April Fools ads racked up a combined 739,189 shares across the social web.

Google Nose: one of five Google product ads in this week's chart
Google Nose: one of five Google product ads in this week's chart

In first position, Google Nose Beta, a service that allows people to search the web and re-create scents digitally, was shared 323,355 times. It was created in-house.

Other in-house offerings from Google include a 'treasure map mode' for Google Maps – in eighth place – and Gmail turned blue – in fourth.

Two ads from Google-owned social video network, YouTube, also made it into the chart.

In second and 10th position, one of the YouTube ads, created by Onion Labs, pretends the video platform was set up as a competition to find the best video ever made, while the other signals the closure of the service before it reopens in 2023.

Together, the YouTube ads account for more than a quarter of a million of the shares in this week's chart.

Last week's test drive ad from Pepsi sinks to seventh place after three weeks at the top, while another hidden-camera test drive ad for Renault, created by Manning Gottlieb OMD creeps into ninth place.

To view the most-shared viral ads from previous weeks, visit the Brand Republic viral video board on Pinterest.

The chart, produced in conjunction with Unruly, ranks ads according to the number of times they have been shared on Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere.

To view the most-shared viral ads from previous weeks, visit .

The chart, produced , ranks ads according to the number of times they have been shared on Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere.

Ads launched more than 30-days ago are not included.

1. Google "introducing google nose" created in-house

323,355 shares this week

All time: 361,545 shares

2. YouTube "ready to select a winner" by Onion Labs

208,003 shares this week

All time: 239,714 shares

3. Oakley "bubba's hover" by Factory Design Labs

134,802 shares this week

All time: 148,825 shares

4. Google "introducing gmail blue" created in-house

108,048 shares this week

All time: 119,545 shares

5. Electronic Arts "battlefield" created in-house

64,667 shares this week

All time: 102,545 shares

6. Neft "biting elbows" created in-house

63,973 shares this week

All time: 1,032,851 shares

7. Pepsi "test drive" by TBWA\Chiat\Day

60,328 shares this week

All time: 2,432,877 shares

8. Google "treasure mode" created in-house

52,959 shares this week

All time: 56,127 shares

9. Renault "two unsuspecting guys" by Manning Gottlieb OMD

51,549 shares this week

All time: 56,093 shares

10. YouTube "nominees for best video" by Onion Labs

46,824 shares this week

All time: 58,479 shares

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