YouTube is a well-known platform for those who love to watch videos online. Because these days cable TVs are replaced by online channels. Youtube also have channels you can subscribe them to get latest updates. There was a time when what was popular on TV was popular in the world but with the changing world what is popular on YouTube is popular in the world. So here is the list of most viewed YouTube videos which has rocked the world till 2017.
Most Watched YouTube Videos Till 2017
10. Blank Space by Taylor Swift:
The video was released in 2014 but it still managed to be in the list of top 10 videos of all the time. It is having 2.1 billion views. It is most likely the best video of Swift’s career. Swift is thankful to her fans for showering love as the videos stayed at number four in UK Singles chart for two weeks.
9. ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry:
Roar is from the fourth album of Katy Perry was released in early 2013. It has been watched around 2.2 billion times. The video is about a girl lost in jungle.
8. Maroon 5’s “Sugar:
Maroon 5,S sugar is on number 8 with approx 2.3 billion views since it was released in Jan 2015 Since 2015 video was loved by the viewers hence it is still in the list of 10 Most popular videos on YouTube.
7. Bailando ‘ by Enrique Iglesias:
The Spanish version of Enrique Iglesias’ 2014 hit is on number seven it has almost 2.4 billion views. Other videos of Enrique are already in trends but this one is loved the most on YouTube.
6. Taylor Swift’s Shake it off:
One more video by Taylor swift in the list of top most watched YouTube videos with 2.47 m views. The post was released in August 2014 and still one of my all time favorite videos.
5. Mark Ranson’s Uptown Funk:
Video was released in 2014 November having 2.6 billion views the song won three Grammy awards. When it was released in January, it hit a record 2.34 million listens in a week in the UK, and then it spent seven weeks as number one in the Singles Chart.
4. Justin Bieber’s Sorry:
Justin Bieber already known as YouTube star having a track called “Baby with 1.7 billion views. This was replaced by “Sorry” it was released in 2015 and having 2.7 billion views. Which continues the fame of Bieber as YouTube artist.
3. Gangnam Style by Psy:
From 2012 Gangnam style is continuously rocking the world. It has now crossed 3 million views. The song was in top charts in more than 30 countries. Even US President Barack Obama and the-Prime Minister David Cameron were seen bopping with its iconic moves.
2. ‘See you again’ by Wiz Khalifa:
With 3.32 billion views the song is the second most viewed video on YouTube. The song was commissioned as the soundtrack to Furious 7, it was published in the beginning of April 2015. This song is a tribute to actor Paul walker who died in 2013 because of a car accident.
1. Despacito by Luis Fonsi:
Here is the number 1 track was released in the beginning of 2017 and in such a short span it has become the most viewed video of the time. With more than 4.5 billion views this Spanish video is way far away from the others in this race. Getting this number of view in just one year is a record in itself.
These were 10 most viewed YouTube videos so if you have missed any of them watch them now and add them to your YouTube favorites.