The most watched YouTube video is “Gangnam Style” by Psy
It has spawned many variations like this one below.
The first YouTube video was posted on April 23, 2005 as an 18-second video of a man at San Diego Zoo looking at some elephants – and the rest is history. YouTube has grown to dominate video on the internet. Now this hosting website is the second biggest search engine with many younger people using it as their first point of searching for things they want.
On this site you can now find information on just about anything on earth depending on the keyword search terms you put in the search box.
But it’s music videos – not inane clips of people doing bizarre things – that have gone on to become the most popular videos on the YouTube site.
That first video has been viewed almost 20 million times since April 23, 2005, hardly viewed at all when compared to the views below.
Here is a list of the most watched YouTube video top ten as of August 2 2015
1. “Gangnam Style” Psy views 2,386,223,662
2. “Baby” Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris views 1,195,919,680
3. “Blank Space” Taylor Swift views 1,061,870,835
4. “Dark Horse” Katy Perry featuring Juicy J views 1,049,697,515
5. “Roar” Katy Perry views 1,012,361,854
6. “Bailando” Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona views 982,639,424
7. “Shake It Off” Taylor Swift views 964,308,786
8. “All About That Bass” Meghan Trainor views 958,355,684
9. “Party Rock Anthem” LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock views 913,713,116
10.”Love the Way You Lie” Eminem featuring Rihanna views 902,868,368
If you’ve not seen them take a look with YouTube.
Below is a list of the 10 the most watched YouTube video that are not music videos or full-length episodes of TV shows.
All statistics are correct as of April 23, 2015.
1 – Charlie bit my finger – again ! Views: 816,833,196
2 – Evolution of Dance. Views: 290,916,603
3 – An experiment. Views: 274,578,455
4 – Thigh massage video. Views: 270,974,220
5 – Balls Crash. Views: 248,836,957
6 – The Sneezing Baby Panda. Views: 216,952,383
7 – The Ultimate Girls Fail Compilation 2012. Views: 168,921,332
8 – Ultimate Dog Tease. Views: 168,735,122
9 – Susan Boyle – Britain’s Got Talent 2009.Views: 168,479,357
10 – The Ultimate Fails Compilation. Views: 165,943,715
Again to see them head over to the tube.
There is no doubt that the most watched YouTube video is frivolous as is most of the top watched.
But this site is also a way to use video to get your message out to a target audience of fitness fanatics, video makers, investors or those seeking teeth whitening products.
Choosing the right keywords by using a program such as will help you make the right videos for your target audience. Then all you need to do is to make a video post it and attract your audience.
You really don’t need to be the most watched YouTube video.
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