The list of the most viewed YouTube channels is headed by T-Series, an Indian record label known for its Bollywood music. According to Google, YouTube's more than 1 billion monthly users collectively watch more than 1 billion hours of video each day. And fresh out of Pinkfong's “Baby Shark Dance”, which recently became the first video to surpass the 10 billion view mark, these are the 10 most-watched YouTube videos of them all. Ed Sheeran makes the list again, making him one of a select group that has two videos among the 20 most viewed videos on YouTube.
This huge song once ranked first for 1,186 days, and has probably been put on millions and millions of parties since it was uploaded. We analyzed more than 20 billion data points to understand how we use emojis and emotional language to express ourselves online. All episodes have been uploaded to YouTube over time, and three of them have surpassed 1 billion views. The most watched on YouTube is Baby Shark Dance - Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories (simply called Baby Shark).
Despacito became the first YouTube video to reach the milestones of three and four billion views. On November 24 of that year, Gangnam Style broke Justin Bieber's record of 803,700,000 views to occupy the coveted No. 1 spot on YouTube. It became the fifth fastest YouTube video to reach 1 billion views, and the fourth fasted to reach 2 billion views.
Katy Perry's music video, Dark Horse, was the first video of a female artist to receive 1 billion views on YouTube. Not to be outdone by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry also features two videos in this list of the 15 most-watched YouTube videos of all time. The show is very popular outside of its home country, and many episodes have a large number of views on YouTube.
