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MediaCom London Is Gunn Report's Top-Ranked Media Agency

Gunn Report, now part of WARC, has released its 2018 Gunn Media 100, a global ranking of the world's most awarded campaigns and companies, based on their performance in media competitions around the world.

According to the report, MediaCom London is the top-ranked media agency, MediaCom is the top-ranked media agency network, Nike is the top brand and Unilever is the top advertiser.

McD’s ‘Capacity Based McDelivery’ Is Gunn’s Top-Ranked 2018 Media Campaign. The campaign was developed by OMD Singapore. McDonald's promoted its delivery service McDelivery in Singapore in partnership with Google.

By integrating McDonald's first-party data with Google's hyperlocal targeting, per the report, they maximized media cost efficiency and managed consumer expectations of delivery time through tailored messages, mapping real-time restaurant data against paid-search spends via a live API.

MediaCom London had four campaigns ranked in the top 100: 'Best Day Of My Life' for Shell (6), 'Singing Our Way To The Top Of The Box Office' for Universal Pictures' Sing (22), 'Missing Type' for NHS Blood & Transplant (30) and 'Dark To Light' for Gucci Guilty (77).

PHD New York was second-ranked, with four campaigns in the top 100. Their highest-ranked campaign (13) is 'The Debate Headache' for GlaxoSmithKline's Excedrin.

Mindshare Mumbai is ranked third with three campaigns making the cut.

Nike had four campaigns featured in the top 100, all from the U.S. McDonald's is the second-ranked brand, followed by Snickers and Dove.

Among advertisers, Procter & Gamble is in second place behind Unilever. Both advertisers have six brands featured in the top 100 campaigns. Mars was third with five campaigns in the top 100.

The U.S. dominates the rankings with 30 campaigns in the top 100, 12 of which placed in the top 20. UK is second with 11 campaigns. Australia and India follow. In total, 24 countries are represented.

More on the rankings can be found here — but you’ll have to pay for access.

Here's a bit more info on the top-10 rankings by various categories: 
 
Campaigns 

Rank
Campaign title
Brand
Agency
Points
1
Capacity Based McDelivery
McDonald's
OMD Singapore
136.1
2
Hungerithm
Snickers
MediaCom Melbourne / Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
131.2
 
3
Reword
Headspace 
Leo Burnett Melbourne /
Starcom Melbourne
129.1
 
4
Bachelor Of Shaving
Gillette
MediaCom Mumbai
122.5
5
Bradshaw Stain
Tide
Saatchi & Saatchi New York / Hearts & Science New York
106.1
 
6
Best Day Of My Life
Shell
MediaCom London
105.4
7=
Sport Chek - The Fastest Olympic Campaign!
Sport Chek
Touché PHD! Montreal
 
101.3
 
7=
Bully Ads
Canadian Safe School Network
Touché PHD! Toronto
 
101.3
 
9
Yasmin's Sex-Ed Revolution
Yasmin
PHD Shanghai
96.7
10
Like My Addiction
Addict'Aide
BETC Paris
87.2


Agencies 

Rank
Agency
Location
Points
1
MediaCom
London, UK
317.2
2
PHD
New York, USA
249
3
Mindshare
Mumbai, India
235
4
PHD
Shanghai, China
211.4
5
Mindshare
Shanghai, China
197.4
6
Clemenger BBDO
Melbourne, Australia
184
7
MediaCom
Mumbai, India
174.9
8
Mediaplus
Munich, Germany
171.4
9
Touché PHD!
Montreal, Canada
171.3
10
Starcom
Chicago, USA
169.4
 
Agency Networks

Rank
Agency Network
Holding Company
Points
1
MediaCom
WPP
1360.6
2
PHD Worldwide
Omnicom Group
1199.5
3
OMD Worldwide
Omnicom Group
1140.8
4
Mindshare Worldwide
WPP
890.2
5
Starcom
Publicis Groupe
761.1
6
Universal McCann
Interpublic Group
731.1
7
BBDO Worldwide
Omnicom Group
546
8
Wavemaker
WPP
526.8
9
Dentsu Aegis Network
Dentsu
482.2
10
McCann Worldgroup
Interpublic Group
447.1
 
Holding Companies 

Rank
Holding Company
Points
1
WPP
3565.4
2
Omnicom Group
3326.7
3
Interpublic Group
2131.7
4
Publicis Groupe
1597.3
5
Dentsu
540.1
6
Havas
442
7
MDC Partners
88.6
8
Hakuhodo DY Holdings
65.1
9
Publicis Group
41.4
10
Accenture
17.1
 
Brands

Rank
Brand
Sector
Points
1
Nike
Clothing & Accessories
297.5
2
McDonald's
Retail
263.7
3
Snickers
Food
227.9
4
Dove
Toiletries & Cosmetics
204.5
5
Netflix
Media & Publishing
194.5
6
Shell
Business & Industrial
180.8
7
Samsung
Technology & Electronics
136.1
8
Headspace
Non-profit, public sector & education
129.1
9
Gillette
Toiletries & Cosmetics
122.5
10
US Army
Non-profit, public sector & education
107.3
 
Advertisers 

Rank
Advertiser
Points
1
Unilever
942.7
2
Procter & Gamble
517.6
3
Mars
392.8
4
Nike
283.3
5
McDonald's
263.7
6
PepsiCo
251.4
7
Anheuser-Busch InBev
217.1
8
Nestlé
195.7
9
Netflix
194.5
10
Royal Dutch Shell
186.5
 
Countries

Rank
Country
Points
1
USA
2841.9
2
UK
1427.5
3
Australia
871.6
4
India
854.8
5
United Arab Emirates
748
6
Canada
684.1
7
China
656.8
8
Singapore
363.2
9
Brazil
345.3
10
Germany
337
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