The 10 Most Viral Super Bowl Ads

The Super Bowl score may have been settled on Sunday, but results from the broadcast's ads are just now coming in. Place your bets: It's time to reveal which commercials came out on top.

We've put together the 10 most viral Super Bowl ads, based on Internet views worldwide. Online video analytics firm TubeMogul compiled the numbers, taking into account both official and pirated versions of the videos. The data includes views from Super Bowl Sunday through Wednesday night.

So grab your chips and dip (if, of course, you have any left), and read on. You don't even need 3D glasses this go-round.

10. Cash4Gold: Ed McMahon Gets Too Legit
Heeeeere's desperation! Our list kicks off with Ed McMahon's stint as a spokesperson--er, sorry, a spokesperson and a client--for Cash4Gold. The ad, which reeks of late-night infomercial, somehow snagged 1.3 million views across the Web, securing its spot on the countdown. If McMahon selling his gold hip replacement isn't enough, you also have MC Hammer hawking his shiny parachute pants. Dignity was always one thing that guy couldn't touch.

9. Coke Zero: Troy Tackles the Ad Guys
The Pittsburgh Steelers' Troy Polamalu pays homage to 1979's famous "Mean Joe" Greene Coke ad in this updated Super Bowl spot. Instead of the sappy sweet ending, though, Polamalu takes out the annoying Coke brand managers who are always complaining about how Coke Zero stole their taste. The move seemed to be a touchdown, too: This ad scored a full 5000 views more than McMahon's, sliding into our ninth spot.

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