YouTube has become the 21st century’s version of MTV; that is, it is the go-to place for music videos. On December 1, 2012, “Gangnam Style” by Psy became the first music video to surpass one billion views. Since then, more than five hundred music videos have passed that mark. You can see a full list of those videos here. This page captures the top 100 videos. The first number indicates the number of views in billions.
Note: if there are multiple versions of a song (such as an official video, a lyric video, or live performances) the numbers have been consolidated into one figure as long as all the versions are the same song by the same performer.
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5 billion +:
1) 15574.81: Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
2) 10077.68: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” (2017)
3) 7075.15: Cocomelon “Wheels on the Bus” (2018)
4) 7009.73: LooLoo Kids “Johny Johny Yes Papa” (2016)
5) 6989.56: Cocomelon “Bath Song” (2018)
6) 6555.56: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
7) 6407.19: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
8) 6230.00: ChuChu TV “Phonics Songs with Two Words” (2014)
9) 5747.09: Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
10) 5452.00: Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
11) 5224.16: Mirosha TV “Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm” (2018)
12) 5010.59: Crazy Frog “Axel F” (2005)
4.0 to 4.9 billion:
13) 4952.92: El Chombo “Dame Tu Cosita” (2018)
14) 4889.02: Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
15) 4807.00: Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
16) 4364.72: Cocomelon “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (2018)
17) 4347.95: Jingle Toons “Lakdi Ki Kathi” (2018)
18) 4345.53: T-Series Bhakti Sagar “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” (2011)
19) 4179.95: Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014)
20) 4151.57: Shakira & Freshlyground “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (2010)
21) 4116.40: One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
22) 4098.58: Kiiddiestv Hindi “Humpty the Train ona Fruits Ride” (2018)
23) 4098.29: Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
3.0 to 3.9 billion:
24) 3912.73: Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
25) 3910.00: Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
26) 3900.66: Katy Perry & Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
27) 3847.15: Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
28) 3773.00: Passenger “Let Her Go” (2012)
29) 3763.32: Alan Walker “Faded” (2015)
30) 3725.08: Major Lazer, DJ Snake & MØ “Lean On” (2015)
31) 3634.28: Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, & Gente de Zona “Bailando” (2014)
32) 3580.84: Taylor Swft “Blank Space” (2014)
33) 3577.50: Gummibär “The Gummy Bear Song” (2007)
34) 3530.00: Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
35) 3444.87: J. Balvin & Willy Williams “Mi Gente” (2017)
36) 3439.98: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
37) 3321.04: Cocomelon “Yes Yes Vegetables Song” (2018)
38) 3314.14: Justin Bieber & Ludacris “Baby” (2010)
39) 3267.94: Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez “We Don’t Talk Anymore” (2016)
40) 3213.13: Galinha Pintadinha “Upa Cavalinho” (2017)
41) 3209.30: CoCoMelon “Yes Yes Playground Song” (2018)
42) 3186.18: Adele “Hello” (2015)
43) 3182.81: Chainsmokers & Halsey “Closer” (2016)
44) 3111.41: Dua Lipa “New Rules” (2017)
45) 3029.14: Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, & Anne-Marie “Rockabye” (2016)
46) 3024.80: Shakira & Maluma “Chantaje” (2016)
47) 3010.51: Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out” (2015)
2.5 to 2.9 billion:
48) 2966.32: Pedro Capó with Farruko “Calma” (2018)
49) 2949.87: Daddy Yankee with Snow “Con Calma” (2019)
50) 2933.61: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
51) 2933.50: Fifth Harmony & Ty Dolla $ign “Work from Home” (2016)
52) 2930.30: Bounce Patrol “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (2013)
53) 2917.80: Bruno Mars “The Lazy Song” (2010)
54) 2902.00: Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (2017)
55) 2831.79: Calvin Harris & Rihanna “This Is What You Came For” (2016)
56) 2825.02: Teluga Rhymes for Children “Chal Chal Gurram” (2016)
57) 2858.00: Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
58) 2789.05: Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
59) 2770.39: Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017)
60) 2694.03: Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
61) 2679.22: Natti Natasha with Ozuna “Criminal” (2017)
62) 2651.85: DJ Snake with Selena Gomez, Ozuna, & Cardi B “Taki Taki” (2018)
63) 2625.78: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
64) 2582.40: Marshmello “Alone” (2016)
65) 2581.51: Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
66) 2580.26: Christina Perri “A Thousand Years” (2011)
67) 2569.88: The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020)
68) 2566.60: BTS “Dynamite” (2020)
69) 2563.32: La Granja de Zenón “El Baile del Sapito” (2017)
70) 2556.20: Rihanna “Diamonds” (2012)
71) 2545.15: The Weeknd & Daft Punk “Starboy” (2016)
72) 2543.21: Magic! “Rude” (2013)
73) 2512.28: La Granja de Zenón “La Vaca Lola” (2016)
74) 2508.10: Becky G with Bad Bunny “Mayores” (2017)
75) 2500.51: Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” (2016)
2.2 to 2.4 billion:
76) 2493.31: Nio Garcia with Darrell & Casper Magico, Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam, & Ozuna “Te Boté (Remix)” (2018)
77) 2482.68: Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull “On the Floor” (2011)
78) 2471.90: John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
79) 2450.58: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
80) 2446.02: Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
81) 2446.02: Linkin Park “Numb” (2003)
82) 2422.06: La Granja de Zenón “El Gallo y la Pata” (2014)
83) 2420.95: Super Simple Songs “This Is the Way” (2016)
84) 2418.44: Avicii & Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up” (2013)
85) 2405.52: Luis Fonsi with Demi Lovato “Échame La Culpa” (2017)
86) 2404.49: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
87) 2397.62: J. Geco “Chicken Song” (2013)
88) 2367.20: Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)
89) 2359.81: Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do” (2015)
90) 2359.47: Jhay Cortez with J. Balvin & Bad Bunny “No Me Canoce” (2019)
91) 2350.94: The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
92) 2328.12: Fifth Harmony & Kid Ink “Worth It” (2015)
93) 2305.43: Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
94) 2285.20: Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj “Side to Side” (2016)
95) 2277.65: 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
96) 2276.92: Super Simple Songs “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (2010)
97) 2276.64: Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
98) 2276.10: Nicky Jam with J. Balvin “X (Equis)” (2018)
99) 2271.58: Blackpink “DDU-DU DDU-DU” (2018)
100) 2249.29: Becky G “Sin Pijama” (2018)
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First posted 11/22/2018; last updated 2/6/2025. | 
