1 in 7,000
StatBrand Strategy
Only a tiny fraction of all campaigns are creative enough to win any creative award
The IPA estimates that as little as one in every 7,000 campaigns is creative enough to win a creative award. The base rate for genuinely outstanding creative work is brutal.
Source
Creativity Matters 2016 - The Business Case for Creative Bravery, Cannes Lions white paper (2016)
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
p12, citing The Link Between Creativity and Effectiveness (IPA/Gunn Report), p7
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