The Most Popular Brands of the Year

YouGov ranks the top companies for 2012

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Subway was the top brand in the U.S. for a third year in a row, while two huge tech companies, Google and Apple, which battled privacy issues and product defects, fell down the popularity list.

Market research firm YouGov ranked the top brands for all of 2012. YouGov assigns a BrandIndex Buzz score of -100 to 100 based on daily surveys of 5,000 people.

Subway continued its “Famous Fans” ad campaign last year featuring star athletes.

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