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"Baby Shark Dance" by Pinkfong is the most-viewed video on YouTube, with over 8.0 billion views as of February 2021.
"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (left) featuring Daddy Yankee (right) is the second-most-viewed video and the most-viewed non-kids video on YouTube, with over 7.2 billion views as of February 2021.

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Although the most-viewed videos were initially viral videos, such as "Evolution of Dance" and "Charlie Bit My Finger", the most-viewed videos were increasingly related to music videos. In fact, since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. Although some of the previously most-viewed videos are no longer listed on the site, reaching the top of the list is still considered a tremendous feat.

In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach one million views.[1]

Billion View Club

An early metric of a video's popularity was the so-called Billion View Club, videos which had succeeded in reaching over 1 billion views since their initial upload.[2]

In December 2012, "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach one billion views.[3] By June 2015, only "Baby" had also managed to pass this threshold, but, by October 2015, a total of ten videos had done so,[2] and the number grew further to 100 in February 2018.[4] Considering older videos that pre-dated YouTube's creation in 2005 but were added later:

With numerous videos readily clearing one billion views by 2018, more interest has been on two and three-billion views and higher metrics. In May 2014 "Gangnam Style" became the first video to exceed two billion views.[9] "Despacito" became the first video to reach three billion views in August 2017,[10] four billion in October 2017,[11] five billion in April 2018,[12] six billion in February 2019[13] and seven billion in October 2020.[14] "Baby Shark Dance" became the first video to reach eight billion views in February 2021.

As of November 2020, sixteen videos have exceeded three billion views, seven of which exceed four billion views, three of which exceed five billion views, two of which exceed six and seven billion views. "See You Again" became the second video to reach three billion views in August 2017,[15] followed by "Gangnam Style" in November 2017.[16] "Shape of You" became the second video to reach four billion views in January 2019,[17] followed by "See You Again" in February 2019.[18] "Baby Shark Dance" became the second video to reach five billion views in April 2020,[19] followed by "Shape of You" in October 2020. "Baby Shark Dance" became the second video to reach six billion views in July 2020 and seven billion views in October 2020.

As of October 2020, the fastest videos to reach one billion views are "Hello" (87 days), "Despacito" (96 days) and "Shape of You" (97 days);[20] the fastest videos to reach two billion views are "Despacito" (154 days), "Shape of You" (187 days) and "Girls Like You" (293 days);[21] the fastest videos to reach three billion views are "Despacito" (203 days) and "Shape of You" (342 days);[22] the fastest videos to reach four billion views are "Despacito" (271 days) and "Shape of You" (708 days).[23]

The majority of these videos in the Billion View Club have been commercial music videos by popular artists, but the list has included oddities, typically programs aimed at children. Such videos include two episodes of the Russian animated cartoon Masha and the Bear, a version of "The Wheels on the Bus" by the British animation studio Little Baby Bum, and "Johny Johny Yes Papa" from Indian children's stations LooLoo Kids and ChuChu TV.[24] Various versions of the song "Baby Shark" in total amassed more than five billion views by January 2019, with the original version posted by Pinkfong having exceeded two billion views previously.[25] The original video by Pinkfong is now the most viewed video on the site. On October 29, 2020, Baby Shark surpassed 7 billion views, and on November 2, it passed Despacito to become the most viewed video on YouTube.

Top videos

The following table lists the top 30 most-viewed videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest 10 million views, uploader and upload date.[A]

Top 30 most-viewed YouTube videos[26][27]
No. Video name Uploader Views (billions) Upload date Note
1. "Baby Shark Dance"[28] Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories 8.04 June 17, 2016 [B]
2. "Despacito"[30] Luis Fonsi 7.23 January 12, 2017 [C]
3. "Shape of You"[31] Ed Sheeran 5.20 January 30, 2017 [D]
4. "See You Again"[32] Wiz Khalifa 4.99 April 6, 2015 [E]
5. "Johny Johny Yes Papa"[35] LooLoo Kids 4.87 October 8, 2016 [F]
6. "Masha and the Bear – Recipe for Disaster"[36] Get Movies 4.41 January 31, 2012 [G]
7. "Uptown Funk"[37] Mark Ronson 4.10 November 19, 2014 [H]
8. "Gangnam Style"[38] Psy 3.99 July 15, 2012 [I]
9. "Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm"[40] Miroshka TV 3.72 February 27, 2018
10. "Bath Song"[41] Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes 3.71 May 2, 2018
11. "Phonics Song with Two Words"[42] ChuChu TV 3.59 March 6, 2014
12. "Sorry"[43] Justin Bieber 3.41 October 22, 2015
13. "Sugar"[44] Maroon 5 3.40 January 14, 2015
14. "Roar"[45] Katy Perry 3.29 September 5, 2013
15. "Counting Stars"[46] OneRepublic 3.21 May 31, 2013
16. "Thinking Out Loud"[47] Ed Sheeran 3.20 October 7, 2014
17. "Dame Tu Cosita"[48] El Chombo 3.14 April 5, 2018
18. "Shake It Off"[49] Taylor Swift 3.02 August 18, 2014
19. "Faded"[50] Alan Walker 3.00 December 3, 2015
20. "Lean On"[51] Major Lazer Official 2.98 March 22, 2015
21. "Dark Horse"[52] Katy Perry 2.98 February 20, 2014
22. "Bailando"[53] Enrique Iglesias 2.98 April 11, 2014
23. "Girls Like You"[54] Maroon 5 2.97 May 31, 2018
24. "Let Her Go"[55] Passenger 2.92 July 25, 2012
25. "Mi Gente"[56] J Balvin 2.87 June 29, 2017
26. "Hello"[57] Adele 2.79 October 22, 2015
27. "Perfect"[58] Ed Sheeran 2.76 November 9, 2017
28. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"[59] Shakira 2.75 June 4, 2010
29. "Blank Space"[60] Taylor Swift 2.73 November 10, 2014
30. "Chantaje"[61] Shakira 2.63 November 18, 2016
As of February 26, 2021

By year of release

The following table lists the current top 5 most viewed YouTube videos uploaded in each year, with each total rounded to the nearest 10 million views, uploader and upload date.[J]

Ed Sheeran has the most appearances on the list with three. icanrockyourworld (2007), Linkin Park (2007), Queen (2008), Guns N' Roses (2009), Ed Sheeran (2017) and Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes (2018) have two videos in the top 5 of a single year, with the English and Spanish versions of Gummibär's The Gummy Bear Song being in the top five videos of 2007.

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Top 5 most-viewed YouTube videos each year
Year Video name Uploader Views (billions) Upload date Notes
2005 "Tarzan Boy"[62] nailofgilead 0.20 November 2, 2005
"Me at the zoo"[63] jawed 0.15 April 23, 2005 [K]
"Life Goes On"[64] fhearnoiz 0.13 September 22, 2005
"guitar"[65] guitar90 0.09 December 20, 2005
"Hurt"[66] beachbuggy 0.09 December 12, 2005
Combined views (2005) 0.66 [67][68]
2006 "Galinha Pintadinha – videoclip infantil animado"[69] Galinha Pintadinha 0.67 December 28, 2006
"Ella y Yo"[70] JosephIngma 0.53 April 27, 2006
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies"[71] Fueled By Ramen 0.33 July 18, 2006
"Evolution of Dance"[72] Judson Laipply 0.30 April 6, 2006
"Hit the Road Jack"[73] Andres Trevino 0.21 June 3, 2006
Combined views (2006) 2.04 [74][75]
2007 "The Gummy Bear Song"[76] icanrockyourworld 2.31 October 9, 2007
"Numb"[77] Linkin Park 1.54 March 4, 2007
"Osito Gominola – Full Spanish Version – The Gummy Bear Song"[78] icanrockyourworld 1.03 October 16, 2007
"Charlie Bit My Finger"[79] HDCYT 0.87 May 22, 2007
"What I've Done"[80] Linkin Park 0.50 April 3, 2007
Combined views (2007) 6.25 [74][75]
2008 "Bohemian Rhapsody"[81] Queen 1.26 August 1, 2008
"Hot n Cold"[82] Katy Perry 1.01 October 13, 2008
"Pintinho Amarelinho – DVD Galena Pintadinha"[83] Galinha Pintadinha 0.88 September 15, 2008
"Viva la Vida"[84] Coldplay 0.67 August 4, 2008
"Don't Stop Me Now"[85] Queen 0.66 August 1, 2008
Combined views (2008) 4.48 [74]
2009 "Axel F"[86] Crazy Frog 2.66 June 16, 2009
"November Rain"[87] Guns N' Roses 1.55 December 25, 2009
"Bad Romance"[88] Lady Gaga 1.34 November 24, 2009
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"[89] Nirvana 1.21 June 16, 2009
"Sweet Child o' Mine"[90] Guns N' Roses 1.20 December 25, 2009
Combined views (2009) 7.96 [74]
2010 "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"[59] Shakira 2.74 June 4, 2010
"Baby"[91] Justin Bieber 2.42 February 19, 2010
"Love the Way You Lie"[92] Eminem 2.16 August 5, 2010
"Rolling in the Deep"[93] Adele 1.78 November 30, 2010
"Just the Way You Are"[94] Bruno Mars 1.57 September 8, 2010
Combined views (2010) 10.67 [74]
2011 "The Lazy Song"[95] Bruno Mars 2.06 April 15, 2011
"Party Rock Anthem"[96] LMFAO 1.97 March 8, 2011
"A Thousand Years"[97] Christina Perri 1.78 October 26, 2011
"On the Floor"[98] Jennifer Lopez 1.68 March 3, 2011
"Someone like You"[99] Adele 1.65 September 29, 2011
Combined views (2011) 9.14 [74]
2012
"Masha and the Bear – Recipe for Disaster"[36] Get Movies 4.41 January 31, 2012
"Gangnam Style"[38] Psy 3.98 July 15, 2012
"Let Her Go"[55] Passenger 2.91 July 25, 2012
"Diamonds"[100] Rihanna 1.66 November 8, 2012
"Thrift Shop"[101] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 1.53 August 29, 2012
Combined views (2012) 14.49 [74]
2013 "Roar"[45] Katy Perry 3.28 September 5, 2013
"Counting Stars"[46] OneRepublic 3.20 May 31, 2013
"Wake Me Up"[102] Avicii 2.02 July 29, 2013
"Rude"[103] Magic! 1.96 December 5, 2013
"All of Me"[104] John Legend 1.88 October 2, 2013
Combined views (2013) 12.34 [74]
2014 "Uptown Funk"[37] Mark Ronson 4.10 November 19, 2014
"Phonics Song with Two Words"[42] ChuChu TV 3.56 March 6, 2014
"Thinking Out Loud"[47] Ed Sheeran 3.19 October 7, 2014
"Shake It Off"[49] Taylor Swift 3.02 August 18, 2014
"Bailando"[53] Enrique Iglesias 2.97 April 11, 2014
Combined views (2014) 16.84 [74]
2015 "See You Again"[32] Wiz Khalifa 4.97 April 6, 2015
"Sorry"[43] Justin Bieber 3.40 October 22, 2015
"Sugar"[44] Maroon 5 3.39 January 14, 2015
"Faded"[50] Alan Walker 2.99 December 3, 2015
"Lean On"[51] Major Lazer 2.98 March 22, 2015
Combined views (2015) 17.73 [74]
2016 "Baby Shark Dance"[28] Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories 7.99 June 17, 2016 [L]
"Johny Johny Yes Papa"[35] LooLoo Kids 4.83 October 8, 2016
"Chantaje"[61] Shakira 2.62 November 18, 2016
"Closer (Lyric video)"[105] The Chainsmokers 2.62 July 29, 2016
"We Don't Talk Anymore"[106] Charlie Puth 2.59 August 2, 2016
Combined views (2016) 20.65 [74]
2017 "Despacito"[30] Luis Fonsi 7.21 January 12, 2017
"Shape of You"[31] Ed Sheeran 5.19 January 30, 2017
"Mi Gente"[56] J Balvin 2.87 June 29, 2017
"Perfect"[58] Ed Sheeran 2.75 November 9, 2017
"New Rules"[107] Dua Lipa 2.35 July 7, 2017
Combined views (2017) 20.37 [74]
2018 "Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm"[40] Miroshka TV 3.70 February 27, 2018
"Bath Song"[41] Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes 3.68 May 2, 2018
"Dame Tu Cosita"[48] Ultra Music 3.12 April 5, 2018
"Girls Like You"[54] Maroon 5 2.96 May 31, 2018
"Yes Yes Vegetables Song"[108] Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes 2.61 August 10, 2018
Combined views (2018) 16.07 [74]
2019 "Con Calma"[109] Daddy Yankee 2.19 January 23, 2019
"Con Altura"[110] Rosalía 1.74 March 28, 2019
"China"[111] Anuel AA 1.64 July 19, 2019
"Dance Monkey"[112] Tones and I 1.50 June 24, 2019
"No Me Conoce (Remix)"[113] Jhay Cortez 1.36 May 16, 2019
Combined views (2019) 8.43 [74]
2020 "Life Is Good"[114] Future 1.65 January 10, 2020
"Dynamite"[115] BTS 0.86 August 20, 2020
"How You Like That"[116] Blackpink 0.77 June 26, 2020
"Genda Phool"[117] Sony Music India 0.74 March 26, 2020
"Gooba"[118] 6ix9ine 0.68 May 8, 2020
Combined views (2020) 4.70 [74]
As of February 22, 2021

Historical most-viewed videos

The following table lists the videos that became YouTube's most-viewed video, from April 2005 to the present.

  Current record (⁂)
  Former record (*)
  Indicates the video has since been removed from YouTube (‡)
Progression of the most-viewed video on YouTube
Video name Uploader Views* Upload date Date achieved Days held Ref Notes
"Baby Shark Dance"[28] Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories 7,037,500,000 June 17, 2016 November 2, 2020 118
"Despacito"[30] Luis Fonsi 2,993,700,000 January 12, 2017 August 4, 2017 1,186 [119] [M]
"See You Again"[32] Wiz Khalifa 2,894,000,000 April 6, 2015 July 10, 2017 25 [33]
"Gangnam Style"⁂[38] Psy 803,700,000 July 15, 2012 November 24, 2012 1,689 [39] [N]
"Baby"*[91] Justin Bieber 245,400,000 February 19, 2010 July 16, 2010 862 [120] [O]
"Bad Romance"[88] Lady Gaga 178,400,000 November 24, 2009 April 14, 2010 93 [123] [P]
"Charlie Bit My Finger"[79] HDCYT 128,900,000 May 22, 2007 October 25, 2009 171 [126]
"Evolution of Dance"[72] Judson Laipply 118,900,000 April 6, 2006 May 2, 2009 176 [127]
"Girlfriend"‡[128][129] RCA Records 92,600,000 February 27, 2007 July 17, 2008 289 [130]
"Evolution of Dance"[72] Judson Laipply 78,400,000 April 6, 2006 March 15, 2008 124 [131]
"Music Is My Hot Hot Sex"‡[132] CLARUSBARTEL72 76,600,000 April 9, 2007 March 1, 2008 14 [133] [Q]
"Evolution of Dance"*[72] Judson Laipply 10,600,000 April 6, 2006 May 19, 2006 652 [136] [R]
"Pokemon Theme Music Video"‡[137] Smosh 4,300,000 November 28, 2005 March 12, 2006 68 [138] [S]
"Myspace – The Movie"‡[141][142] eggtea 2,700,000 January 31, 2006 February 18, 2006 22 [143]
"Phony Photo Booth"‡[144] mugenized 3,400,000 December 1, 2005 January 21, 2006 28 [145] [T]
"The Chronic of Narnia Rap"‡[146] youtubedude 2,300,000 December 18, 2005 January 9, 2006 12 [147]
"Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold"‡*[148] Nikesoccer 255,000 October 21, 2005 October 31, 2005 70 [149] [U]
"I/O Brush"‡*[151] larfus 247,000 October 5, 2005 October 29, 2005 2 [152]
"Me at the zoo"[63] jawed 1 April 23, 2005 April 23, 2005 1 [153]
As of February 28, 2021

* The approximate number of views each video had when it became YouTube's most-viewed video.

Timeline of most viewed videos (Oct 2005 – Nov 2020)

Baby Shark#Pinkfong versionDespacito#Music videoSee You Again#Music videoGangnam Style (music video)Baby (Justin Bieber song)Bad RomanceCharlie Bit My FingerGirlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)#Music videoMusic Is My Hot Hot SexJudson Laipply#Evolution of DanceSmosh#Formation and Pokémon Theme Music Video: 2002–2006The MySpace MovieList of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno sketchesLazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song)RonaldinhoDigital painting

No. 1 most viewed video (Oct 2005 – Jun 2006)

No. 1 most viewed video (Apr 2006 – Jan 2010)

No. 1 most viewed video (Oct 2009 – Jan 2013)

No. 1 most viewed video (Jan 2012 – Feb 2021)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Some videos may not be available worldwide due to regional restrictions in certain countries.
  2. ^ "Baby Shark Dance" was the fifth video to reach 4 billion views on November 25, 2019; second video to reach 5 billion views on April 3, 2020; second video to reach 6 billion views on July 16, 2020; second video to reach 7 billion views on October 29, 2020; and the first video to reach 8 billion views on February 23, 2021. It surpassed "Despacito" on November 1, 2020 to become the most-viewed video of all time.[29]
  3. ^ "Despacito" was the first video to reach 3 billion views on August 4, 2017;[10] first video to reach 4 billion views on October 11, 2017;[11] first video to reach 5 billion views on April 5, 2018;[12] first video to reach 6 billion views on February 24, 2019;[13] first video to reach 7 billion views on October 10, 2020;[14] YouTube's most liked video with over 40 million likes as of November 2020.
  4. ^ "Shape of You" was the second video to reach 4 billion views on January 7, 2019;[17] third video to reach 5 billion views on October 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "See You Again" surpassed "Gangnam Style" as the most viewed video on July 10, 2017;[33] second video to reach 2 billion views on September 3, 2016;[34] second video to reach 3 billion views on August 6, 2017;[15] third video to reach 4 billion views on February 7, 2019;[18] second most liked video with over 30 million likes as of October 2020.
  6. ^ "Johny Johny Yes Papa" was the sixth video to reach 4 billion views on October 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Recipe for Disaster" was the fourth video to reach 4 billion views on July 31, 2019.
  8. ^ "Uptown Funk" was the seventh video to reach 4 billion views on November 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Baby" as the most viewed video on November 24, 2012;[39] first video to reach 1 billion views on December 21, 2012;[3] first video to reach 2 billion views on May 30, 2014;[9] third video to reach 3 billion views on November 25, 2017.[16]
  10. ^ Some videos may not be available worldwide due to regional restrictions in certain countries.
  11. ^ "Me at the zoo" is the first video uploaded to YouTube.
  12. ^ "Baby Shark" is the most-viewed video on YouTube.
  13. ^ "Despacito" became the first video to reach 3 billion views on August 4, 2017;[10] first video to reach 4 billion views on October 11, 2017;[11] first video to reach 5 billion views on April 5, 2018;[12] first video to reach 6 billion views on February 24, 2019;[13] first video to reach 7 billion views on October 10, 2020.[14]
  14. ^ "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach 1 billion views on December 21, 2012;[3] first video to reach 2 billion views on May 30, 2014.[9]
  15. ^ "Baby" became to first video to reach 500 million views on March 28, 2011.[121][122]
  16. ^ "Bad Romance" became the first video to reach 200 million views on May 9, 2010.[124][125]
  17. ^ "Music is My Hot Hot Sex" became the first video to reach 100 million views on March 11, 2008.[134] The uploader then deleted the video four days later, and "Evolution of Dance" regained its title as the most-viewed video.[135]
  18. ^ "Evolution of Dance" became the first video to reach 20 million views on June 5, 2006;[134] first video to reach 50 million views on June 7, 2007.[134] It is the only video on this list to hold the No. 1 spot on more than one occasion.
  19. ^ "Pokemon Theme Music Video" became the first video to reach 10 million views on May 6, 2006.[139] It was removed from YouTube in June 2007 for copyright infringement.[140]
  20. ^ "Phony Photo Booth" became the first video to reach 5 million views on February 8, 2006.[139] It was removed from YouTube on February 18, 2006 for copyright infringement.
  21. ^ "Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold" became the first video to reach 500,000 views on November 3, 2005;[150][139] first video to reach 2 million views on December 12, 2005.[139]

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