{"id":28321,"date":"2020-11-03T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=28321"},"modified":"2020-11-03T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:38:53","slug":"baby-shark-is-the-most-viewed-video-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/baby-shark-is-the-most-viewed-video-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Shark is the most viewed video on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">(As if 2020 couldn&#8217;t get any worse) Baby Shark take the top spot on YouTube from Despacito, with over 7 billion views.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With 7.05 billion views, <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XqZsoesa55w\">Baby Shark<\/a> overtakes <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kJQP7kiw5Fk\">Luis Fonsi &#8211; Despacito<\/a> with 7.04 billion views, for the most viewed video on YouTube. Despacito held the top spot for over three years after the music video took the crown from <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RgKAFK5djSk\">Wiz Khalifa &#8211; See You Again<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is hardly surprising especially among parents of young children, however it seems the song has been on repeat particularly since the start of lockdown. Despite being released in 2016, in April 2019 the video reported had (<em style=\"user-select: auto;\">only<\/em>) 2.5 billion views, but has since grown a massive 181%. This significant, seemingly never ending growth can be seen in this graph from Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube-700x288.png\" alt=\"Most viewed video YouTube\" class=\"wp-image-28322 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube-700x288.png 700w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube-577x238.png 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube-800x330.png 800w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Most-viewed-video-YouTube.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_videos\">Image credit: Wikipedia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XqZsoesa55w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/top-10-most-viewed-music-videos-on-youtube-2020\/\"><strong>Click here for the top 10 most viewed music videos on YouTube.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(As if 2020 couldn&#8217;t get any worse) Baby Shark take the top spot on YouTube from Despacito, with over 7 billion views. 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