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This list of most viewed YouTube videos contains the top 4,762,238 videos with the most views of all time, as derived from YouTube charts. Videos that YouTube suspects have had their view counts manipulated are not included in this list. View counts are based on the YouTube website; many of the videos are music videos that play through YouTube's partner site, Vevo, and YouTube view counts will lag those of Vevo by a few days. Of the 80 videos in this list, 77 are music videos, with 54 of them being Vevo videos.

These videos include the "Billion View Club", a group of videos whose view counts have exceeded one billion (109) views each. Prior to June 28, 2015, only two videos, "Gangnam Style" and "Baby", had reached this milestone, but less than 3½ months later, on October 7, 2015, ten videos had done so. As of July 2017, a total of 72 videos have exceeded one billion views, of which 15 have exceeded two billion views, with "See You Again" ranked in the top position.

The five fastest videos to reach one billion views are "Hello" (87 days), "Despacito" (97 days), "Shape of You" (97 days), "Sorry" (137 days), and "Chantaje" (140 days).

The five fastest videos to reach two billion views are "Despacito" (154 days), "Sorry" (394 days), "See You Again" (515 days), "Hello" (620 days) and "Gangnam Style" (684 days).

As of July 2017, Justin Bieber is the only artist to have four videos exceeding one billion views. Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris and Katy Perry each have three videos that exceed one billion views, while Fifth Harmony, Psy, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Shakira, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Nicky Jam each have two. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are the only artists to have two videos exceeding two billion views.

All-time
The following table lists the top 80 most viewed videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest million views, as well as the creator and date of publication to YouTube.

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By year of release
The following table lists the current top 5 most viewed YouTube videos uploaded in each year, with each total rounded to the nearest million views, as well as the uploader and date of publication to YouTube.

As of July 2017, only Gummibär, Eminem, and Taylor Swift have two videos in the top 5 of a single year.

Historical most viewed videos
The following table lists the last 14 videos to become YouTube's most viewed video, from October 2005 to the present.

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&#42;The approximate number of views each video had when it became YouTube's most viewed video.

Timeline of Most Viewed Videos (Oct 2005 - Jul 2017)

№ 1 Most Viewed Video (Oct 2005 - Jun 2006)

№ 1 Most Viewed Video (Apr 2006 - Jan 2010)

№ 1 Most Viewed Video (Oct 2009 - Jan 2013)

№ 1 Most Viewed Video (Jan 2012 - Jul 2017)