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Post-Roll Video Ads More Engaging Than Pre-Roll Says HealthiNation

Daisy Whitney | 2 years ago |

The digital health network HealthiNation has learned that viewers are actually more likely to finish watching an ad all the way if the ad is placed after the content. Completion rates for HealthiNation ads that run after a video have averaged 60%, twice as high as the industry average, said Raj Amin, the company's CEO. He attributes those numbers to the "qualifying the audience" for the ad first through the content. For more details, check out this week's New Media Minute.

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Russ_Somers
That's interesting! I love counter-intuitive findings like this, especially since I'm not a fan of pre-roll ads from a user experience perspective.
A more qualified audience is a great way of positioning it. There are a few other things I'd like to know, though. How large is the audience at the end of the clip relative to the audience at the start of the clip? And how many are actually watching at the end, vs letting the video play out while they do email or are on another browser tab?