The list of 14 music clips and one children’s cartoon.
YouTube earned in 2005. In the same year, the first video with a million views appeared on the site – Nike advertising with a player Ronaldinho. In 2012, the Gangnam Style clip from Psy, which had gained a billion views, was published.
But the video for the song of the Korean performer has long been the most popular in the video service, although it still holds the bar. Below – 15 of the most viewed videos in the history of YouTube.
15. Major Lazer, DJ Snake, MØ – Lean On
2.6 billion views
Lean on – an electronic dance track that took the first positions in the charts of many countries, including Australia, the Netherlands and Finland. The song also visited the upper lines of the hit parades of the United States and Great Britain.
Most of the clip was shot in the Indian state of Maharastra. But the shooting of individual personnel was carried out in Stockholm.
14. Enrique Iglesias, Desemer Bueno, Gente de Zona – Bailando
2.74 billion views
Bailando also came out in English and Portuguese, but it was the Spanish version that attracted the greatest attention. Moreover, the clip was the first Spanish -speaking video on YouTube to gain a billion views.
13. ONEREPULIC – Counting Stars
2.78 billion views
Very close to Bailando is the song Counting Stars. This was the first clip onerepublic to score a billion views on YouTube. And the video is included in the list of 30 videos with the largest number of likes.
12. Ed Shiran – Thinking Out Loud
2.78 billion views
Ed Shiran is one of the most popular performers not only on YouTube, but also, for example, in Spotify. In this video, he dances with a member of the American show So You Think You Can Dance. According to some reports, Shiran had to train five hours a day for several weeks, while in the tour.
11. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
2.8 billion views
The words of Haters gonna hate (“Hatter hate”) perpetuated Shake it off and turned the song into a world hit. Some even think that it was from this track that a popular phrase came from, but in fact it originates at least in the old track Playas Gon ’Play American R&B-group 3LW.
10. Katy Perry – Roar
2.84 billion views
Roar is a rather standard pop partition, which nevertheless turned out to be on the first lines of the hit parades in several countries at once. When the song came out, the fans accused Perry of copying the Brave track Sarah Barellis. The latter, however, did not bring charges of plagiarism.
9. Pinkfong – Baby Shark Dance
2.97 billion views
Children’s song about the family of sharks has turned into a viral video thanks to the Korean educational project Pinkfong. This version of the song begins with the clocks from the “Symphony No. 9” of the Czech composer Antonin Dvorzhak, which resemble music from the film “Jaw”.
8. Maroon 5 – Sugar
2.98 billion views
This video is the most innovative list. The group united with the director of the comedy “Uninvited Guests” David Dobkin. Together they traveled all over Los Angeles, suddenly burst into weddings and dumbfounded the newlyweds with their appearance.
So the clip turned out. At each wedding, only one person knew that some group would come, but which one was not reported.
7. Justin Bieber – Sorry
3.15 billion views
The top 15 was not the once popular Baby Biber, but his hit 2015 Sorry. However, despite the fact that the song is quite memorable, the video for it does not deserve much attention. The video consists entirely of monotonous dancing on a white background.
6. Psy – Gangnam Style
3.37 billion views
The track became a real phenomenon. He visited the first lines of charts in 30 countries, dance movements from the clip were performed by world leaders and sports stars. And the UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon called the song “An impetus to the world around the world”. The next creation Psy – Gentleman – turned out to be far from so popular.
5. Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
3.6 billion views
Uptown Funk, sounding like a funk from the 80s, was the most popular song in the United States for 14 weeks. The track grabbed two Grammy Awards and one Brit Awards.
This composition was also accused of plagiarism. Five different claims were filed against Mars and Ronson. Two of them were settled outside the court, and as a result of one, the official list of song performers expanded significantly. Two more cases are still being considered.
4. “Masha and the bear” – “Masha plus porridge”
3.75 billion views
The 17th series of the children’s animated series “Masha and the Bear” is the most popular non-recovery video on YouTube, as well as the fourth on this list. In this series, a too active girl welded a lot of porridge and fed her everyone who can.
3. WAZ CHALIFA, Charlie Put – See You AGain
4.14 billion views
The sound from the soundtrack to the film “Fast and the Furious 7” perpetuates the memory of Paul Walker, the stars of the popular film franchise. Walker died in a car accident in 2013, when the filming was still conducted. In the remaining scenes of the floor, his brothers Kaleb and Cody replaced him.
2. Ed Shiran – Shape of You
4.26 billion views
Ed Shiran became the only performer with two videos on the list. Shape of you-pop-up with expressive Jamaician motives. In the video with the musician was played by the American dancer Jenny Peguski and the former wrestler of Sumo Yamamotoyama Ryuta.
1. Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankees – Despacito
6.27 billion views
Despacito registeron-hut took off the tops of the hit parades in 47 countries, and in six fell into the top 10. This is the first Spanish -speaking entry that reached a leading position in the American chart. The previous one was Macarena in 1996.
The clip for the song faster than the rest scored a billion views – in just 97 days. Gangnam Style took five months.
YouTube earned in 2005. In the same year, the first video with a million views appeared on the site – Nike advertising with a player Ronaldinho. In 2012, the Gangnam Style clip from Psy, which had gained a billion views, was published.
But the video for the song of the Korean performer has long been the most popular in the video service, although it still holds the bar. Below – 15 of the most viewed videos in the history of YouTube.
15. Major Lazer, DJ Snake, MØ – Lean On
2.6 billion views
Lean on – an electronic dance track that took the first positions in the charts of many countries, including Australia, the Netherlands and Finland. The song also visited the upper lines of the hit parades of the United States and Great Britain.
Most of the clip was shot in the Indian state of Maharastra. But the shooting of individual personnel was carried out in Stockholm.
14. Enrique Iglesias, Desemer Bueno, Gente de Zona – Bailando
2.74 billion views
Bailando also came out in English and Portuguese, but it was the Spanish version that attracted the greatest attention. Moreover, the clip was the first Spanish -speaking video on YouTube to gain a billion views.
13. ONEREPULIC – Counting Stars
2.78 billion views
Very close to Bailando is the song Counting Stars. This was the first clip onerepublic to score a billion views on YouTube. And the video is included in the list of 30 videos with the largest number of likes.
12. Ed Shiran – Thinking Out Loud
2.78 billion views
Ed Shiran is one of the most popular performers not only on YouTube, but also, for example, in Spotify. In this video, he dances with a member of the American show So You Think You Can Dance. According to some reports, Shiran had to train five hours a day for several weeks, while in the tour.
11. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
2.8 billion views
The words of Haters gonna hate (“Hatter hate”) perpetuated Shake it off and turned the song into a world hit. Some even think that it was from this track that a popular phrase came from, but in fact it originates at least in the old track Playas Gon ’Play American R&B-group 3LW.
10. Katy Perry – Roar
2.84 billion views
Roar is a rather standard pop partition, which nevertheless turned out to be on the first lines of the hit parades in several countries at once. When the song came out, the fans accused Perry of copying the Brave track Sarah Barellis. The latter, however, did not bring charges of plagiarism.
9. Pinkfong – Baby Shark Dance
2.97 billion views
Children’s song about the family of sharks has turned into a viral video thanks to the Korean educational project Pinkfong. This version of the song begins with the clocks from the “Symphony No. 9” of the Czech composer Antonin Dvorzhak, which resemble music from the film “Jaw”.
8. Maroon 5 – Sugar
2.98 billion views
This video is the most innovative list. The group united with the director of the comedy “Uninvited Guests” David Dobkin. Together they traveled all over Los Angeles, suddenly burst into weddings and dumbfounded the newlyweds with their appearance.
So the clip turned out. At each wedding, only one person knew that some group would come, but which one was not reported.
7. Justin Bieber – Sorry
3.15 billion views
The top 15 was not the once popular Baby Biber, but his hit 2015 Sorry. However, despite the fact that the song is quite memorable, the video for it does not deserve much attention. The video consists entirely of monotonous dancing on a white background.
6. Psy – Gangnam Style
3.37 billion views
The track became a real phenomenon. He visited the first lines of charts in 30 countries, dance movements from the clip were performed by world leaders and sports stars. And the UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon called the song “An impetus to the world around the world”. The next creation Psy – Gentleman – turned out to be far from so popular.
5. Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
3.6 billion views
Uptown Funk, sounding like a funk from the 80s, was the most popular song in the United States for 14 weeks. The track grabbed two Grammy Awards and one Brit Awards.
This composition was also accused of plagiarism. Five different claims were filed against Mars and Ronson. Two of them were settled outside the court, and as a result of one, the official list of song performers expanded significantly. Two more cases are still being considered.
4. “Masha and the bear” – “Masha plus porridge”
3.75 billion views
The 17th series of the children’s animated series “Masha and the Bear” is the most popular non-recovery video on YouTube, as well as the fourth on this list. In this series, a too active girl welded a lot of porridge and fed her everyone who can.
3. WAZ CHALIFA, Charlie Put – See You AGain
4.14 billion views
The sound from the soundtrack to the film “Fast and the Furious 7” perpetuates the memory of Paul Walker, the stars of the popular film franchise. Walker died in a car accident in 2013, when the filming was still conducted. In the remaining scenes of the floor, his brothers Kaleb and Cody replaced him.
2. Ed Shiran – Shape of You
4.26 billion views
Ed Shiran became the only performer with two videos on the list. Shape of you-pop-up with expressive Jamaician motives. In the video with the musician was played by the American dancer Jenny Peguski and the former wrestler of Sumo Yamamotoyama Ryuta.
1. Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankees – Despacito
6.27 billion views
Despacito registeron-hut took off the tops of the hit parades in 47 countries, and in six fell into the top 10. This is the first Spanish -speaking entry that reached a leading position in the American chart. The previous one was Macarena in 1996.
The clip for the song faster than the rest scored a billion views – in just 97 days. Gangnam Style took five months.