Updated 5/1/2013.
YouTube has come to define the era of online video, so let's take a look at its most popular videos of all time. Our latest update has Psy's Gangnam Style at number 1 with the first video to reach a billion views. Falling to second place is Justin Bieber's Baby, which was the first video to earn a half a billion views!
We first did this list in August 2007, at which point Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson Laipply was number 1 with nearly 56 million views. The next update wasSeptember 2008, when Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend pop music video was number 1 with 103 million views. In January 2010, Charlie bit my finger - again ! was number 1, with 148 million views. By the beginning of January 2011, Justin Bieber was at number 1 with over 400 million views for Baby.
Here are the top 10, as of Febuary 2013
1. PSY - GANGNAM STYLE; 1,491,867,496 views
2. Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris; 845,312,696 views 3. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull; 661,002,113 views 4. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna; 551,380,582 views 5. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock; 531,116,118 views 6. Charlie bit my finger - again !; 519,814,575 views 7. Shakira - Waka Waka(This Time for Africa); 515,795,317 views 8. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance; 514,458,291 views 9. Michel Telo - Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Oficial (Assim voce me mata); 491,987,017 views 10. Don Omar - Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo; 435,911,231 views
