{"id":42239,"date":"2022-07-30T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=42239"},"modified":"2022-07-30T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T16:32:43","slug":"what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube","title":{"rendered":"What Video is Most Viewed on YouTube?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f6ec1abf864\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f6ec1abf864\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f6ec1abf864\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#What_Video_is_Most_Viewed_on_YouTube\" title=\"What Video is Most Viewed on YouTube?\">What Video is Most Viewed on YouTube?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#Baby_Shark_Dance\" title=\"Baby Shark Dance\">Baby Shark Dance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#See_You_Again\" title=\"See You Again\">See You Again<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#PSYs_Gangnam_Style\" title=\"PSY&#8217;s Gangnam Style\">PSY&#8217;s Gangnam Style<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#Uptown_Funk\" title=\"Uptown Funk\">Uptown Funk<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#Shakiras_Waka_Waka\" title=\"Shakira&#8217;s Waka Waka\">Shakira&#8217;s Waka Waka<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-video-is-most-viewed-on-youtube\/#Wiz_Khalifas_See_You_Again\" title=\"Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s See You Again\">Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s See You Again<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Video_is_Most_Viewed_on_YouTube\"><\/span>What Video is Most Viewed on YouTube?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:39% margin:0px 10px; height:auto; width:auto; max-height:252px;\" alt=\"what video is most viewed on youtube\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/06dypT0.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably wondered what video is the most popular on YouTube. Baby Shark Dance? See You Again? PSY&#8217;s Gangnam Style? Uptown Funk? The answer is actually quite complicated. The answer depends on your personal tastes and what you want to watch. Baby Shark Dance is one of the most popular videos on YouTube, and it may be the most popular video of all time. However, there are some videos that have more than a billion views.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Baby_Shark_Dance\"><\/span>Baby Shark Dance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The &#8216;Baby Shark Dance&#8217; is one of the most popular videos on YouTube, with over 10 billion views. The video was uploaded in June 2016 by the South Korean company Pinkfong and was recorded by Hope Segoine. It has now become the most popular video on YouTube, surpassing the number one video &#8216;Despacito,&#8217; a Latin pop hit by Luis Fonsi. As of November 2020, the video had been viewed over seven billion times.<\/p>\n<p>The Baby Shark Dance music video has surpassed other videos in many ways, including being used by law enforcement. In Florida, for example, police played the song on repeat to dissuade homeless people from sleeping on the streets. In Oklahoma, three prison staff members were charged with cruelty to inmates after they forced them to listen to the song for two hours. The video is so popular that Pinkfong is releasing a new rendition of the song in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"See_You_Again\"><\/span>See You Again<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Psy&#8217;s &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; was the most popular video on YouTube for five years, but the pop sensation&#8217;s latest video has now surpassed it with nearly two billion views. The video was released on April 6, and has clocked up millions of plays each day since then. The song originally gained millions of views when it first became popular, and it has continued to climb the ranks ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Psy&#8217;s &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; has long held the title of the most popular YouTube video, but a duet by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth has surpassed it. The song, which features the iconic moves of Psy, has been viewed over 2,895,915,000 times. Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s video, &#8220;See You Again,&#8221; is the most-watched video on YouTube, and it&#8217;s already over Psy&#8217;s &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; by a considerable margin.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PSYs_Gangnam_Style\"><\/span>PSY&#8217;s Gangnam Style<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The video that is the most popular on YouTube is Psy&#8217;s Gangnam Style, which first gained fame in 2012. Released in August 2012, the song and accompanying video quickly became a global sensation, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song became one of the most popular songs of 2012, reaching the top of music charts in more than 30 countries. The video features Psy dancing and slicked-back hair. As a result, the video has received countless parodies.<\/p>\n<p>While Psy&#8217;s Gangnam Style may have been the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube, the song has continued to top the charts and has become one of the most popular videos on the site. According to Matt Fiorentino, a spokesman for online video tracking firm Visible Measures, the song &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; has surpassed many other videos that have been viewed billions of times on the website.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Uptown_Funk\"><\/span>Uptown Funk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bruno Mars&#8217; hit song, &#8220;Uptown Funk,&#8221; has now surpassed four billion views on YouTube. Although the video was released in November 2014, it continues to attract new fans. The video has now topped the charts for 14 weeks, bringing Bruno Mars&#8217; total to four billion. Uptown Funk&#8217;s success comes after other pop songs like &#8220;Despacito&#8221; and &#8220;Tequila&#8221; had billions of views in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Uptown Funk&#8217; was the top song of 2015 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also broke the all-time record for most-watched videos on YouTube. The song also surpassed Paul McCartney&#8217;s single Mull of Kintor in the UK charts, making it the fifth-most-watched single in chart history. The song is one of the most popular videos of all time on YouTube, according to Vevo.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shakiras_Waka_Waka\"><\/span>Shakira&#8217;s Waka Waka<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)&#8221; by Shakira has reached the billion-view mark on YouTube. The official World Cup song, the video features Shakira shimmying alongside the freshlyground group. The video&#8217;s success prompted Shakira to tweet a link to the video. The singer also met Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique during the shooting of the video.<\/p>\n<p>The song is inspired by the African continent and the 2010 World Cup. Shakira co-wrote &#8220;Waka Waka&#8221; with John Hill, who previously worked with the singer on &#8220;She Wolf.&#8221; The song was produced by Freshlyground, a South African Afro-fusion group. The producer of the video travelled to New York to talk with Hill about the song&#8217;s direction. Hill was so impressed that he returned several hours later to listen to the track again and to record everything that he heard.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wiz_Khalifas_See_You_Again\"><\/span>Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s See You Again<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;See You Again,&#8221; by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, has surpassed Psy&#8217;s &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; as the most-watched video on YouTube. The song has nearly 3 billion views and has already passed the five-year reign of &#8220;Gangnam Style.&#8221; It&#8217;s no wonder that the video was released to pay tribute to the late &#8220;Fast &amp; Furious&#8221; star Paul Walker.<\/p>\n<p>This song was released on the soundtrack of the film &#8220;Furious 7,&#8221; and it&#8217;s now the most-viewed video on YouTube. The video features Charlie Puth and is a tribute to the late actor, who passed away in a car accident in November 2013. The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2015 and went eight times Platinum. The music video for &#8220;See You Again&#8221; was released in April 2015 and quickly reached one billion views. 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