Most-Viewed Video: Baby Shark's Reign

Pinkfong's Baby Shark Dance is the only YouTube video ever to blow past 10 billion views.

The top 3

  1. Baby Shark Dance — the champion: The first video ever to reach 10 billion views (Jan 2022); now the most-watched clip in YouTube history, past 15 billion.
  2. Despacito — the deposed king: Luis Fonsi's 2017 smash held #1 for years and was first past 5, 6, and 7 billion views, now around 8.7 billion.
  3. Gangnam Style — the pioneer: PSY's 2012 hit was the first video ever to hit 1 billion views and famously broke YouTube's view counter in 2014.

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