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Nielsen reveals Super Bowl ad analysis

The Nielsen Company has released an analysis of advertising trends from Super Bowl XLII, which was viewed by an average audience on Fox of 97.5 million people in the US.

This year's Super Bowl aired 50 minutes and 50 seconds of commercial time, with 52 unique brands airing commercials that competed for viewers' attention for a total of 84 advertisements

The highest rated commercial minute was the Victoria's Secret, which was seen by 103.7 million people.

According to live polling results from the social networking site, HeyNielsen.com, the Budweiser Horse/Dalmation spot was the most popular ad.

Among Super Bowl advertisers, the fastest growing web site was Fox Interactive Media's MySpace.com/SuperBowlAds, increasing 104 percent from 441,000 to 900,000 unique visitors.

Nearly 63.9 million viewers watched the Super Bowl Post Game show on Fox.