YouTubes 20 Most-Viewed Ads of 2012

1. My Time is Now (Nike)

The second-biggest sporting event of the year next to the Olympics was probably soccer's Euro 2012, which explains why this ad was the most viewed. The commercial is filled with big soccer stars like Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ribery or Neymar, who are challenged by group of unknown players who invade a stadium in the middle of a game between France and the Netherlands.

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2012 is coming to an end and it's time to recap the 20 most-viewed ads on YouTube this year. It was a big year for sports and car commercials. In fact, almost all these ads feature a sports star or a car, or both, and many of them were broadcast during the Super Bowl.

The most-viewed commercial was a Nike ad featuring some of the biggest soccer stars in the world going up against a huge crowd of unknown players. Volkswagen continued its successful series of Star Wars-themed ads and Old Spice somehow placed four commercials in the Top 20.

Our friends at Think With Google compiled this list. Watch all 20 ads in the gallery above.

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