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November Rain" by Guns N' Roses became the first video made prior to YouTube's creation to reach this threshold by July 2018. [57] El Chombo – Dame Tu Cosita feat. Cutty Ranks (Official Video)". YouTube . Retrieved December 31, 2020. Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth's 'See You Again' Gets 16,000 YouTube Views Per Hour On Its Path To Two Billion". September 3, 2016 . Retrieved October 12, 2020. On July 14, 2022, YouTube made a special playlist and video celebrating the 317 music videos to have hit 1 billion views and joined the "Billion Views Club". [64] [65] Historical most-viewed videos
a b c Spangler, Todd (January 13, 2022). " 'Baby Shark Dance' Boogies to More Than 10 Billion YouTube Views". Variety. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022 . Retrieved January 13, 2022.a b Spanos, Brittany (October 13, 2015). "The Billion View Club: YouTube's Most Watched Music Videos". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 15, 2019. a b McIntyre, Hugh (August 6, 2017). "Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth's 'See You Again' Has Now Hit Three Billion Views On YouTube". Forbes . Retrieved August 9, 2017. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [1] The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in December 2012. On January 13, 2022, Pinkfong's " Baby Shark" became the first video to hit 10,000,000,000 views, being the most-watched video on YouTube ever. [2] An 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. [55]
Shakira – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song)". YouTube . Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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a b "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Baby" as the most viewed video on November 24, 2012; [32] first video to reach 1 billion views on December 21, 2012; [33] first video to reach 2 billion views on May 30, 2014; [34] third video to reach 3 billion views on November 25, 2017; eighth video to reach 4 billion views on March 4, 2021. [35]