While watching "House of Cards," which brands do you notice the most?
Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) can usually be spotted on her Apple iPhone. Remy Denton (Mahershala Ali) is usually around a Buick. Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is always wearing his IWC watch.
In total, 105 real-world brands appear in season three of "House of Cards."
That may sound like a lot, but it is actually a decline from the 129 brands and the 134 brands that appear in seasons one and two, respectively, of the Netflix political series.
Concave, a market research company that tracks and analyzes brand presence in entertainment content including TV and film, tracked the branded companies in all three seasons of the show.
Concave provided Business Insider with a list of all the brands it found in "House of Cards."
Here are the top 10 featured in season three:
Apple
IWC
Chevrolet
Washington Nationals
Avaya
Cartier
Nokia
Samsung
Blackberry
Dell
Below you can see the top 20 brands across all three seasons:
The list of most visible brands across seasons differs slightly. Samsung moves up the list, while CNN and NBC also appear in the top 10.
Here are the top five brands used by the different characters in the show.
As noted in the slide above, Apple is among the top five brands of four actors, while Samsung is associated in the top five brands for seven actors.
Nokia, Dell, and Samsung are brands used by secondary characters including Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel) and Seth Grayson (Derek Cecil).
How long are you seeing all of these brands on screen?
According to Concave, brands are visible for nearly four hours in season three. That's more screen time than in season one but less than in season two.
But you probably wouldn't notice most of the brands.
Under 10% of the brands seen on screen across each season are close-ups.
Here's the difference in how Concave discerns the different categories of visibility.
The brands you'll most likely recognize are the ones with close-up or obvious appearances. In season three, those are Apple, Louboutin, Samsung, and Dell.
While Apple may be the brand with the overall most visibility across seasons, as Concave notes, 24% of Samsung's screen time is in the form of close-ups.
Below is the full list of 105 brands seen in season three.
How many did you spot?
Apple |
Samsung |
IWC |
Avaya |
CNN |
Chevrolet |
Dell |
Nokia |
NBC |
The Colbert Report |
Moscot |
The Meredith Vieira Show |
Acer |
Meet the Press with Chuck Todd |
Cartier |
Cadillac |
Secure Terminal Equipement |
Dodge |
The Cycle |
MSNBC |
Toshiba |
ABC |
Office Depot |
Breitling |
Nikon |
Rolex |
Blackberry |
Steinway & Sons |
Granola |
Washington Nationals |
The Lead |
Al Jazeera |
Canon |
Ford |
Sony |
Underwood |
Diet Coke |
Under Armour |
LG |
Coca-Cola |
Mazda |
Welloby's |
Harley-Davidson |
Skin Plus |
Golden |
Budweiser |
Buick |
Bud Light |
Monument Valley |
Fiji |
Precor |
Ray Ban |
Whole Foods |
Yves Saint Laurent |
Dishmate |
Scotch |
AT&T |
Alfex |
Life Fitness |
Rubik's Cube |
Sprite |
Chia Pod |
Stella Artois |
HemoFlow |
Thunderpower |
Cortelco |
Louboutin |
Xybenetrin |
TCS |
Buspirone |
Nike |
Asics |
Saucony |
Swiss Army |
Boeing |
WaterRower |
Stonyfield |
So Delicious Dairy Free |
365 Organic |
Burberry |
Smartwater |
NBC Nightly News |
The Big Bang Theory |
Fanta |
Mother Jones |
Get Reddi |
Heinz |
Oakley |
Nocciola |
Honda |
Shock Top |
Banker's Box |
Philips |
Coltec |
Popchips |
Bad Girls Club |
Sons of Anarchy |
Premium Bananas |
United States Postal Service |
Tropicana |
Nail'd It |
Wen Hair |
My Crazy Love |
Tosh.0 |
San Pellegrino |
You can view the full study from Concave here.
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