List of most viewed YouTube videos

Psy performing "Gangnam Style" at the Future Music Festival in 2013. "Gangnam Style" has been the most viewed video on YouTube since November 2012, with over 2.5 billion views as of April 2016.

This list contains the 30 most viewed YouTube videos of all time as derived from YouTube charts.[1] Videos that YouTube suspects have had their view counts manipulated[2] are not included in this list. View counts are based on the YouTube website; many of the videos are music videos that play through YouTube's partner site, Vevo, and YouTube view counts will lag those of Vevo by three or four days.[1] All but two of the videos in this list are music videos.

These videos include the "Billion View Club", a group of videos whose view counts have exceeded one billion views each. Prior to June 26, 2015, only two videos, "Gangnam Style" and "Baby", had achieved this milestone, but by October 2015, ten videos had done so.[3] As of April 2016, 23 videos have exceeded one billion views, including two non-music videos, with "Gangnam Style" being the only video to have exceeded two billion views.[4] As of April 2016, the five fastest videos to enter into the Billion View Club are "Hello" (88 days), "Sorry" (137 days), "Gangnam Style" (159 days), "See You Again" (184 days), and "Blank Space" (240 days).[3][5][6]

Top videos

The following table lists the top 30 most viewed videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest million views, as well as the creator and date of publication to YouTube.

     Indicates a video that is not a music video.

Rank Video name[A] Uploader / artist Views (millions)
as of May 6, 2016		 Upload date Notes
1. "Gangnam Style"[7] Psy 2569 July 15, 2012 [B]
2. "See You Again"[8] Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 1707 April 6, 2015 [C]
3. "Blank Space"[9] Taylor Swift1586 November 10, 2014 [D]
4. "Uptown Funk"[10] Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 1567 November 19, 2014 [E]
5. "Hello"[11] Adele 1497 October 22, 2015 [F]
6. "Shake It Off"[12] Taylor Swift 1448 August 18, 2014 [G]
7. "Bailando"[13] Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona 1393 April 11, 2014 [H]
8. "Dark Horse"[14] Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 1386 February 20, 2014 [I]
9. "Wheels On The Bus l Plus Lots More Nursery Rhymes"[15] LittleBabyBum 1381 August 9, 2014 [J]
10. "Roar"[16] Katy Perry 1367 September 5, 2013 [K]
11. "Baby"[17] Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris 1367 February 19, 2010 [L]
12. "All About That Bass"[18] Meghan Trainor 1364 June 11, 2014 [M]
13. "Lean On"[19] Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ 1344 March 22, 2015 [N]
14. "Sorry"[20] Justin Bieber 1340 October 22, 2015 [P]
15. "Маша и Медведь (Masha and The Bear) - Маша плюс каша (17 Серия)"[21] Get Movies 1330 January 31, 2012 [O]
16. "Chandelier"[22] Sia 1259 May 6, 2014 [Q]
17. "Counting Stars"[23] OneRepublic 1242 May 31, 2013 [R]
18. "Sugar"[24] Maroon 5 1229 January 14, 2015 [S]
19. "Love Me like You Do"[25] Ellie Goulding 1096 January 22, 2015 [T]
20. "Thinking Out Loud"[26] Ed Sheeran 1084 October 7, 2014 [U]
21. "Party Rock Anthem"[27] LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock 1083 March 8, 2011 [V]
22. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"[28] Shakira featuring Freshlyground 1080 June 4, 2010 [W]
23. "Love the Way You Lie"[29] Eminem featuring Rihanna 1066 August 5, 2010 [X]
24. "What Do You Mean?"[30] Justin Bieber 991 August 30, 2015
25. "Let Her Go"[31] Passenger 974 July 25, 2012
26. "Propuesta Indecente"[32] Romeo Santos 961 September 9, 2013
27. "Gentleman"[33] Psy 955 April 13, 2013 [Y]
28. "Wake Me Up"[34] Avicii 935 July 29, 2013
29. "On the Floor"[35] Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull 933 March 3, 2011
30. "Thrift Shop"[36] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz 900 August 29, 2012

See also

Notes

A Some videos may not be available worldwide due to YouTube regional restrictions in certain countries.
B "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Baby" in November 2012;[37] first video to reach 1 billion views on December 21, 2012;[38] first video to reach 2 billion views on May 30, 2014.[39]
C "See You Again" became the tenth video to reach 1 billion views on October 7, 2015.[40]
D "Blank Space" became the fourth video to reach 1 billion views on July 7, 2015, and the first solo female artist.[41][42]
E "Uptown Funk" became the ninth video to reach 1 billion views on September 15, 2015.[43][44]
F "Hello" became the eighteenth video to reach 1 billion views on January 19, 2016. It reached it in the quickest time - 88 days.[45]
G "Shake It Off" became the seventh video to reach 1 billion views on August 23, 2015;[46][47]
H "Bailando" became the sixth video to reach 1 billion views on August 15, 2015. It also became the second non-English music video to reach the 1 billion view mark.[48][49]
I "Dark Horse" became the third video to reach 1 billion views on June 22, 2015, and the first featuring a female recording artist.[50][51]
J "Wheels On The Bus" became the twelfth video, and the first non-music video, to reach 1 billion views on November 19, 2015.[52]
K "Roar" became the fifth video to reach 1 billion views on July 22, 2015.[53][54]
L "Baby" surpassed the previously top-ranked "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga in July 2010;[55] second video to reach 1 billion views on March 4, 2014.[56]
M "All About That Bass" became the eighth video to reach 1 billion views on August 31, 2015.[57][58]
N "Lean On" became the sixteenth video to reach 1 billion views on January 8, 2016.[59][60]
O "Masha and The Bear (Episode 17)" became the fourteenth video, and the second non-music video, to reach 1 billion views on December 15, 2015.[61]
P "Sorry" became the twenty-second video to reach 1 billion views on March 7, 2016.[62]
Q "Chandelier" became the thirteenth video to reach 1 billion views on November 25, 2015.[63][64]
R "Counting Stars" became the eleventh video to reach 1 billion views on November 2, 2015.[65][66]
S "Sugar" became the nineteenth video to reach 1 billion views on January 19, 2016.
T "Love Me like You Do" became the twenty-first video to reach 1 billion views on February 29, 2016.
U "Thinking Out Loud" became the twenty-third video to reach 1 billion views on March 8, 2016.
V "Party Rock Anthem" became the fifteenth video to reach 1 billion views on December 29, 2015.[67]
W "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" is the official 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem; twentieth video to reach 1 billion views on January 24, 2016.[68]
X "Love the Way You Lie" became the seventeenth video to reach 1 billion views on January 17, 2016.[69]
Y "Gentleman" is the most viewed music video in its first 24 hours (38 million views on April 14, 2013).[70]

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