The most popular video hosting in the world this year was eight years old. More than a billion users visit YouTube every month and watch over 4 billion hours of video.
In today's top ten we have included the most popular commercials during the lifetime of YouTube .What is noteworthy, to predict the popularity of the video is almost impossible - it does not depend on either quality or an outstanding story.
Contents:
- 10. Leap of Felix Baumgarner
- 9. Walk off the Earth
- 8. Rap-Battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
- 7. Pitbull, I know you want me
- 6. Call Me Maybe
- 5. Kony 2012
- 4. Sneezing a young panda
- 3. Charlie again bit my finger
- 2. I'm at the
- zoo 1. Gangnam style
10. Leap of Felix Baumgarner
A jump from 39 thousand meters was broadcasted on YouTube live. During the event, 4 world records were recorded, including the highest speed of free fall. A live broadcast was watched by more than 8 million people. Then the video collected 31 million views.
9. Walk off the Earth
The Canadian music band posted a cover of Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know on YouTube. The five musicians who played on one acoustic guitar in the first month collected 50 million views. And soon the number of views and altogether exceeded 140 million.
8. Rap-batl between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
The video was published shortly before the presidential elections in the US and quickly collected 50 million views. Two rappers parody famous politicians against the backdrop of a well-chosen video series.
7. Pitbull, I know you want me
Nothing particularly outstanding video has collected more than 170 million views. That's really proof that predicting the popularity of a particular video is extremely difficult.
6. Call Me Maybe
Justin Bieber, a youth of the whole planet, posted a video on YouTube that sounded the song of Canadian singer Carly Ray Jepsen. As a result, Bieber's fans began to search for the original, and the video Jepsen collected 212 million views.
5. Kony 2012
In May 2012, a video appeared on YouTube about the leader of God's Resistance Army in Uganda, D. Kony. The authorship of the video belongs to the organization Invisible Children, which for many years has been trying to stop a protracted military conflict. The shocking movie immediately gained scandalous popularity in the network.
4. Sneezing Panda Young
The world's sweetest video has become almost the "classic" YouTube. A video about how the kid frightened the mom-panda with his sneezing was viewed 160 million times in the six and a half years that have elapsed since the movie was posted.
3. Charlie bit my finger again
This video is the most popular among non-music. The kid, whose younger brother bites his finger, drew the attention of the whole world. Since May 22, 2007, the plot was viewed 522 million times, and it does not lose popularity.
2. I am at the zoo
This video is famous, first of all, by being the first one posted on YouTube. One of the founders of video hosting Javid Karim posted a 17-second video on the network, which shows how he stands near the cells with elephants in the zoo in San Diego.
1. Gangnam style
The clip of the South Korean pop singer Psy broke all records according to the number of views. For 10 months he was looked over 1.5 billion times. In addition, hundreds of parodies of the Gangnam style walk around the net, which also attract a lot of attention.