As both the second-most popular social media platform and the second-most visited website in the world, YouTube has had a major impact on the internet. Particularly when it comes to the entire concept of video sharing. YouTube has around 2.6 billion active users and is visited around 35 billion times each month on average. YouTube videos are hence the by far most watched videos on the internet.
But while most of the over 800 million videos on YouTube usually fail to gather more than a few thousand views, there are those special “viral” videos that generate hundreds of thousands if not millions of views. And then there are the *extremely* special videos that even manage to get viewed billions of times by millions of people across the globe.
The following ranking lists the Top 10 most viewed YouTube videos of all time by the number of times they have been viewed. Needless to say, each of these following videos has been watched several billions of times.
Note: The following ranking lists the 10 most viewed YouTube videos of all time. For the ranking of the 10 biggest YouTubers, click here.
Top 10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos Of All Time
1. “Baby Shark Dance”
“Baby Shark Dance”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 12.77 billion
Date of Upload: June 17, 2016
Uploaded by: Pinkfong Baby Shark – Kids’ Songs & Stories
Type of Video: Children’s Song
2. “Luis Fonsi – Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee”
“Luis Fonsi – Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 8.16 billion
Date of Upload: January 12, 2017
Uploaded by: Luis Fonsi
Type of Video: Music Video (for Luis Fonsi’s song “Despacito”)
3. “Johny Johny Yes Papa”
“Johny Johny Yes Papa”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 6.70 billion
Date of Upload: October 8, 2016
Uploaded by: LooLoo Kids – Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs
Type of Video: Children’s Song
4. “Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You”
“Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 5.99 billion
Date of Upload: January 30, 2017
Uploaded by: Ed Sheeran
Type of Video: Music Video (for Ed Sheeran’s song “Shape Of You”)
5. “Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft. Charlie Puth”
“Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft. Charlie Puth”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 5.89 billion
Date of Upload: April 6, 2015
Uploaded by: Wiz Khalifa
Type of Video: Music Video (for Wiz Khalifa’s song “See You Again”)
6. “Bath Song”
“Bath Song”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 6.20 billion
Date of Upload: May 2, 2018
Uploaded by: Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes
Type of Video: Children’s Song
7. “Phonics Song With TWO Words”
“Phonics Song With TWO Words”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 5.30 billion
Date of Upload: March 6, 2014
Uploaded by: ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs
Type of Video: Children’s Song
8. “Wheels on the Bus”
“Wheels on the Bus”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 5.24 billion
Date of Upload: May 24, 2018
Uploaded by: CoComelon Nursery Rhymes
Type of Video: Children’s Song
9. “Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars”
“Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 4.93 billion
Date of Upload: November 19, 2014
Uploaded by: Mark Ronson
Type of Video: Music Video (for Mark Ronson’s song “Uptown Funk”)
10. “Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs On A Farm”
“Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs On A Farm”
No. of Views on YouTube: ~ 4.89 billion
Date of Upload: February 27, 2018
Uploaded by: Miroshka TV
Type of Video: Children’s Song
The 10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos Of All Time
(as of May 2023)
| Top 10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos of All Time: |
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| 1. “BABY SHARK DANCE” By Pinkfong Baby Shark – Kids’ Songs & Stories YouTube Views: 12.77 billion |
| 2. “DESPACITO” By Luis Fonsi YouTube Views: 8.16 billion |
| 3. “JOHNY JOHNY YES PAPA” By LooLoo Kids – Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs YouTube Views: 6.70 billion |
| 4. “SHAPE OF YOU” By Ed Sheeran YouTube Views: 5.99 billion |
| 5. “SEE YOU AGAIN” By Wiz Khalifa YouTube Views: 5.89 billion |
| 6. “BATH SONG” By Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes YouTube Views: 6.20 billion |
| 7. “PHONICS SONG WITH TWO WORDS” ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs YouTube Views: 5.30 billion |
| 8. “WHEELS ON THE BUS” By CoComelon Nursery Rhymes YouTube Views: 5.24 billion |
| 9. “UPTOWN FUNK” By Mark Ronson YouTube Views: 4.93 billion |
| 10. “LEARNING COLORS – COLORFUL EGGS ON A FARM” By Miroshka TV YouTube Views: 4.89 billion |
| The 10 most viewed YouTube videos of all time by the number of views generated on YouTube.com. Updated as of May 2023. |