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How do suds (bubbles) influence a soap/detergent's cleaning ability? [Chemistry]

For example, if I'm soaking a pan or running a bath. Do more bubbles = cleaner?
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They don't. 

Foaming agents are added to soaps as a marketing strategy, as people erroneously believe that bubbles are more than just air pockets and actually have an effect on how clean things get. 

Bubbles can serve as a sort of indicator of the concentration of soap in the water, which does effect how clean stuff gets. However this is only a rough indicator, and isn't really reliable. 
Beyond that, there's really no correlation between bubbles and how clean anything gets.

As an example compare dish soap and dishwasher detergent. Both  are surfectants designed to do the same job. Dish soap has bubbles, thanks to the added foaming agents, and dishwasher detergent doesn't. Both get your dishes clean equally well (assuming correct use) proving that the bubbles really don't have any impact on cleanliness.