Updated 2/4/2013.
YouTube has come to define the era of online video, so let's take a
look at its most popular videos of all time. Our latest update has Psy's
Gangnam Style at number 1 with the first video to reach a billion views. Falling to second place is Justin Bieber's Baby, which was the first video to earn a half a billion views!
We first did this list in August 2007, at which point Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson Laipply was number 1 with nearly 56 million views. The next update was September 2008, when Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend pop music video was number 1 with 103 million views. In January 2010, Charlie bit my finger - again !
was number 1, with 148 million views. By the beginning of January 2011,
Justin Bieber was at number 1 with over 400 million views for Baby.
Here are the top 10, as of Febuary 2013:
1. PSY - GANGNAM STYLE; 1,251,997,718 views
2. Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris; 826,559,236 views
3. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull; 644,733,692 views
4. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna; 535,361,055 views
5. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock; 518,190,632 views
6. Charlie bit my finger - again !; 510,042,412 views
7. Shakira - Waka Waka(This Time for Africa); 507,938,638 views
8. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance; 506,611,760 views
9. Michel Telo - Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Oficial (Assim voce me mata); 478,086,802 views
10. Don Omar - Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo; 422,003,467 views
