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Psy's "Gangnam Style" is the most watched video on YouTube as of October 2014, with over 2 billion views.

This is a list of most viewed YouTube videos. It includes the 30 most viewed videos of all time as derived from YouTube charts.[1] Videos that are not included in this list include those which YouTube suspects have viewer count manipulation; there have been various cases of this.[2] Only two videos have received over 1 billion views.

Top videos

Rank Video name Uploader / Artist Views
(as of October 8, 2014) 		Upload date Notes
1. "Gangnam Style" Psy 2,109,721,057 Jul 15, 2012 [A]
2. "Baby" Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris 1,096,975,845 Feb 19, 2010 [B]
3. "On the Floor" Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull 786,217,456 Mar 3, 2011
4. "Charlie Bit My Finger – Again!" Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr 780,997,870 May 22, 2007 [C]
5. "Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 756,129,486 Mar 8, 2011
6. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" Shakira featuring Freshlyground 755,951,345 Jun 4, 2010 [D]
7. "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna 755,460,873 Aug 5, 2010
8. "Gentleman" Psy 744,273,405 Apr 13, 2013 [E]
9. "Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus 717,056,934 Sep 9, 2013
10. "Roar" Katy Perry 665,378,928 Sep 5, 2013
11. "Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 628,465,287 Feb 20, 2014
12. "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga 606,419,239 Nov 23, 2009 [F]
13. "Danza Kuduro" Don Omar featuring Lucenzo 605,012,629 Aug 11, 2010 [G]
14. "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen 600,127,921 Mar 1, 2012
15. "Thrift Shop" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz 595,385,938 Aug 29, 2012
16. "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" Michel Teló 595,002,374 Jul 25, 2011
17. "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction 566,696,746 Aug 19, 2011
18. "Somebody That I Used to Know" Gotye featuring Kimbra 559,772,387 Jul 5, 2011
19. "Rolling in the Deep" Adele 552,956,998 Nov 30, 2010
20. "Not Afraid" Eminem 554,476,948 Jun 4, 2010
21. "The Lazy Song" Bruno Mars 550,747,488 Apr 15, 2011
22. "Rain Over Me" Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony 519,785,929 Jul 22, 2011
23. "Oppa Is Just My Style" Psy featuring Hyuna 517,110,938 Aug 14, 2012
24. "Counting Stars" OneRepublic 475,315,183 May 31, 2013
25. "Firework" Katy Perry 487,578,915 Oct 28, 2010
26. "Diamonds" Rihanna 486,283,019 Nov 8, 2012
27. "Wake Me Up" Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 469,638,928 Jul 29, 2013
28. "The Gummy Bear Song" Gummibär 469,484,929 Oct 9, 2007 [H]
29. "We Can't Stop" Miley Cyrus 462,485,029 Jun 19, 2013
30. "Happy" Pharrell Williams 456,493,958 Nov 21, 2013
A "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Baby" in November 2012;[3] first video to reach 1 billion views on December 21, 2012;[4] first video to reach 2 billion views on May 30, 2014.[5]
B "Baby" surpassed the previously top-ranked "Bad Romance" in July 2010;[6] second video to hit 1 billion views on February 24, 2014
C "Charlie..." is a non-music viral video; surpassed "Evolution of Dance" to become number 1 in October 2009[7]
D "Waka Waka..." is the official 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem
E "Gentleman" is the most watched video in a single day (38 million views on April 14, 2013)[8]
F "Bad Romance" surpassed "Charlie Bit My Finger" to the top spot on April 2010[9]
G The "Danza Kuduro" upload is not viewable globally due to YouTube regional restrictions in certain countries
H Long English version of "The Gummy Bear Song"

References

  1. ^ YouTube Charts include:
    • Videotrine. "The most viewed videos on Youtube in the World of all time". YouTube, Dailymotion. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
    • MyTop10Videos. "Top 500 Most Viewed Videos of All Time". YouTube. Retrieved September 28, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Sources that refer to previous cases of view count manipulation of YouTube videos include:
  3. ^ Kosner, Anthony Wing (November 24, 2012). "PSY's Gangnam Style Tops Bieber's Baby To Become Most Viewed YouTube Video Ever". Forbes. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  4. ^ Gruger, William. "PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Video Hits 1 Billion Views, Unprecedented Milestone". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Benjamin, Jeff. "PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Hits 2 Billion YouTube Views". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  6. ^ Kaufman, Gil (July 16, 2010). "Justin Bieber Beats Lady Gaga In YouTube Video Popularity -- For Now ..." MTV. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  7. ^ Chittenden, Maurice (November 1, 2009). "Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr: Web Gets Taste for Biting Baby". The Times. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  8. ^ YouTube Trends Blog
  9. ^ Dybwad, Barb (April 14, 2010). "Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Takes Over #1 Most Viewed Video on YouTube". Mashable. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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