despacito is the highest viewed video on youtube ever.
despacito is the highest viewed video on youtube ever.
what's the highest viewed video on youtube ever?
despacito
the video was the most viewed video on youtube from july 10, 2017, when it surpassed "gangnam style" by psy, to august 4 of that year, when it was surpassed by "despacito" by luis fonsi featuring daddy yankee. it reached 2 billion views on september 3, 2016, doing so in 515 days. it reached 3 billion views on august 6, 2017 and is the third fastest video to accomplish the feat, doing so in 853 days. it reached 4 billion views on february 7, 2019. as of august 1, 2019, the video has received over 4.1 billion views on youtube making it the third most viewed video on the website.
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the following table lists the current top 5 most viewed youtube videos uploaded in each year, with each total rounded to the nearest 10 million views, uploader and upload date.









































section::::historical most-viewed videos.









































the following table lists the last 15 videos to become youtube's most-viewed video, from october 2005 to the present.









































bullet::::- "the approximate number of views each video had when it became youtube's most-viewed video."









































timeline of most viewed videos (oct 2005 – aug 2019)









































№ 1 most viewed video (oct 2005 – jun 2006)
list of most-viewed youtube videos