Īs of November 2020, sixteen videos have exceeded three billion views, seven of which exceed four billion views, three of which exceed five billion views, two of which exceed six and seven billion views. " Baby Shark Dance" became the first video to reach eight billion views in February 2021, nine billion views in July 2021, and ten billion views in January 2022. " Despacito" became the first video to reach three billion views in August 2017, four billion in October 2017, five billion in April 2018, six billion in February 2019, and seven billion in October 2020.
In May 2014, "Gangnam Style" became the first video to exceed two billion views. With numerous videos readily clearing one billion views by 2018, more interest has been on two and three-billion views and higher metrics.
Considering older videos that pre-dated YouTube's creation in 2005 but were added later: By June 2015, only " Baby" had also managed to pass this threshold, but, by October 2015, a total of ten videos had done so, and the number grew further to 100 in February 2018. In December 2012, " Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach one billion views. " Masha and the Bear – Recipe for Disaster" Īn early metric of a video's popularity was the so-called Billion View Club, denoting videos which had succeeded in reaching over 1 billion views since their initial upload. "Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm" Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories The following table lists the top 30 most-viewed videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest 10 million views, uploader and upload date. ( March 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This section possibly contains original research.