YouTube is a video sharing platform that is used by almost everyone, regardless of age, for various purposes. This article brings you the 10 most viewed videos on YouTube by the year 2023.
You must be using the YouTube website for something. For example, you may be using YouTube for education, politics, gossip, entertainment, etc. So, let me tell you some interesting and quick facts about YouTube.
It was opened to the world on February 14, 2005. It was bought by Google in 2006. About 2.5 billion users visit a month and they watch more than a billion hours of videos a day. Also, on average, over 500 hours of new videos are added to YouTube every minute.
Although YouTube is a website that you can browse for free, you can also purchase content such as exclusive movies. Also, when you watch YouTube videos, ads appear in them, if this bothers you, YouTube also has an ad-free paid subscription option.
Also, today YouTube is used by many people as a way to earn good income. By 2021, YouTube’s ad revenue has exceeded $28 billion. This can be pointed out as a very popular website used by even the biggest companies in the world to launch their video creations.
10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos by 2023
10. Wheels On the Bus – 4.75B
This was uploaded on May 24, 2018 by Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes channel and tagged “Wheels on the Bus | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs” video has over 4.75 billion views. It has over 14 million likes and the comment section is disabled.
09. Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs On a Farm – 4.75B
This video titled “Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm” was uploaded by Мирошка ТВ. It was uploaded on February 27, 2018 and currently has over 13 million likes, but comments are disabled. This video, which has more than 4.75 billion views, is also a video of little children, just like the previous one.
08. Uptown Funk – 4.78B
This song was very popular in 2015. “Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (Official Video) ft. Bruno Mars” was uploaded on November 19, 2014 by Mark Ronson channel. So far, it has received 4.78 billion views, over 19 million likes and around 600,000 comments.
07. Phonics Song with Two Words – 5B
“Phonics Song with TWO Words – A For Apple – ABC Alphabet Songs with Sounds for Children” was uploaded on March 6th, 2014 by ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs, one of the biggest channel for making videos for little kids.
This video, which currently has more than 5 billion views, is used by many parents to teach their children the alphabet easily. This video contains colorful and simple graphics that are usually loved by little children. So after watching this video once, children are tempted to play this video again and again.
06. See You Again – 5.73B
Uploaded by Wiz Khalifa Channel on April 6, 2015, titled “Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack”, this song was created to remember super Hollywood actor Paul Walker after his death.
The song currently has over 5.73 billion views, over 39 million likes and over 2.1 million comments. This is really a heart touching song that will bring tears to the eyes of fans who love Paul Walker.
05. Shape Of You – 5.87B
The song “Ed Sheeran – Shape of You (Official Music Video)” uploaded by Ed Sheeran on January 30, 2017 has received more than 5.87 billion views. This song has over 30 million likes and over 1.1 million comments. A song with simple meaning and beautiful music.
04. Bath Song – 5.87B
Another nursery rhyme was uploaded on May 02, 2018 by Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes with the name “Bath Song | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs“. The song has more than 5.87 billion views and has received more than 15 million likes. This channel is a huge channel with more than 150 million subscribers.
03. Johny Johny Yes Papa – 6.55B
Uploaded by LooLoo Kids – Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs on 08 October 2016 “Johny Johny Yes Papa 👶 THE BEST Song for Children | LooLoo Kids” song has crossed 6.55 billion views so far. It has also received over 18 million likes.
We can see that these children’s songs are more popular than any other video on YouTube. Children are a group of tasters who like things more quickly than adults.
02. Despacito – 8B
“Luis Fonsi – Despacito ft. The Daddy Yankee” song was uploaded by Luis Fonsi on January 13, 2017 and has now crossed 8 billion views, over 52 million likes and over 4.2 million comments. This is a Spanish song and “despacito” means “slowly”.
01. Baby Shark Dance – 11.9B
Currently the top most viewed song is “Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children” on the Pinkfong Baby Shark – Kids’ Songs & Stories channel with over 11.9 billion views.