Most Watched YouTube Videos

With everything available on YouTube, no wonder it’s always watched. Here’s what is being watched and how much of it. 


Within a very short period of time, YouTube, a US-based online video-sharing platform, became a go-to for everything. From innate timepass videos to serious academic material, it, literally, has everything. The power and potential of this platform information are not lost to anybody. The uploaders only hope that their videos go viral, in a bid to accumulate subscribers and views – the potent currency of online existence, that brings with itself, not only the bragging rights which is visible but also a boatload of cash, which one can only speculate about. Per the latest statistics, more than a hundred videos have breached the ‘viewed more than 1 billion times’ barrier, most of which are music videos. So here we go with a list telling you about the most-watched YouTube videos of all times.

 

Baby Shark, featuring Luis Fonsi 


Total Views: Over 10 Bill

Published on: July 2020

 

What else do you expect when the previous No.1 and No. 2 on the list collaborate! Also, Mikaela and Rocco – Fonsi’s children make their singing debut on this track.

 

Luis Fonsi – Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee 

Total views: Over 7 Billion

Published on: January 2017

 

Featuring singers who are both Puerto Rican, the Hispanic song, which was No.1, just months back picked up 1 million views in just 97 days, then became the fastest ever to get to 2 million views, then fastest to 3 million views… and stayed the course for 4 million 5 million 6 million and now 7 million and counting.

 

Baby Shark Dance 

Total Views: Over 6.9 Billion

Published on: June 2016

 

This song about a family of sharks went viral after it was featured in a video produced by Pinkfong, a South Korean company.

 

Ed Sheeran – Shape of You 

Total Views: Over 5 Billion

Published on: January 2017

 

Sandy tousel-haired Sheeran knows how to pen catchy tunes. The numbers were shaped within just two years of its release commensurating with the cut topping charts in 34 countries. 

 

Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft. Charlie Puth 

Total Views: Over 4.7 Billion

Published on: April 2015

 

This song really picked up speed when it became the most viewed video on YouTube between July 10 and August 4 2017, till Despatico usurped its momentum.

 

Masha And The Bear – Recipe For Disaster 

Total Views: Over 4.3 Billion

Published on: January 2012

 

The most popular non-music video of all time on YouTube or perhaps elsewhere, it is one of many episodes from the Russian CGI-animated TV kid show and is also broadcast on Netflix in a collective episode format.

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