These Are Most Watched Videos On Youtube In 2016

2016 is coming to an end and we are moving away from the atrocities that this year brought with it. However, there’s no denying that one platform on the internet had us entertained between the ongoing tension in this entire year, and that is YouTube.

Thank you, YouTube for being there and helping us in escaping the pressure that 2016 put on us. For most of us, YouTube was certainly the best source of entertainment after all it bought so much cool stuff to us.  

There were two lists, while the first one had all the viral and most-watched content on the Internet. The other one had all the popular music videos of 2016. So, check them out:

These are YouTube top 10 trending videos of the year 2016, which altogether constituted to 550 million views and have been watched for almost 25 million hours, and that’s 20 years of watch time.

1. Adele Carpool Karaoke: “The Late Late Show With James Corden”

(Video Courtesy: The Late Late Show with James Corden)

Published Date: 13 January 2016
View Count: 138,419,306 views

2. Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen: Piko-Taro

(Video Courtesy: 公式ピコ太郎歌唱ビデオチャンネル -PIKOTARO OFFICIAL CHANNEL-)

Published Date: 25 August 2016
View count: 99,344,133 views

3. What’s Inside A Rattlesnake Rattle?: What’s Inside

(Video Courtesy: What’s Inside?)

Published Date: 3 April 2016
View count: 61,124,991 views

4. The Switch ft. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Anthony Martial & More: Nike Football

(Video Courtesy: Nike Football)

Published Date: 9 June 2016
View Count: 57,953,442 views

5. Grace VanderWaal, 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer: America’s Got Talent

(Video Courtesy: America’s Got Talent)

Published Date: 7 June 2016
View Count: 47,440,383 views

6. Water Bottle Flip Edition: Dude Perfect

(Video Courtesy: Dude Perfect)

Published Date: 18 July 2016
View Count: 43,613,859 views

7. Channing Tatum & Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)” vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s “Pony”: Lip Sync Battle on Spike

(Video Courtesy: Lip Sync Battle on Spike)

Published Date: 7 January 2016
View Count: 37,177,400 views

8. Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) – LastWeekTonight

(Video Courtesy: LastWeekTonight)

Published Date: 28 February 2016
View count: 30,988,378 views

9. THE $21,000 FIRST CLASS AIRPLANE SEAT: CaseyNeistat

(Video Courtesy: CaseyNeistat)

Published Date: 19 September 2016
View Count: 27,573,243 views

10. Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse: Cabot Phillips

(Video Courtesy: Cabot Phillips)

Published Date: 11 April 2016
View Count: 22,275,699 views

Here are some of the most watched music videos of the year. While the music industry was dominated by Drake and Rihanna, music videos view counts tells a different story.

1. Fifth Harmony – Work from Home ft. Ty Dolla $ign: FifthHarmonyVEVO

(Video Courtesy: FifthHarmonyVEVO)

Published Date: 26 February 2016
View Count: 1,201,422,084 views

2. Calvin Harris – This Is What You Came For (Official Video) ft. Rihanna

(Video Courtesy: CalvinHarrisVEVO)

Published Date: 16 June 2016
View Count: 1,053,882,542 views

3. Hasta el Amanecer – Nicky Jam

(Video Courtesy: NickyJamTV)

Published Date: 14 January 2016
View Count: 886,593,098 views

4. Closer (Lyric) ft. Halsey: The Chainsmokers

(Video Courtesy: CalvinHarrisVEVO)

Published Date: 29 July 2016
View Count: 849,900,097 views

5. Rihanna – Work (Explicit) ft. Drake

(Video Courtesy: RihannaVEVO)

Published Date: 22 February 2016
View Count: 800,517,523

6. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix)

(Video Courtesy: MikePosnerVEVO)

Published Date: 26 February 2016
View Count: 709,739,730

7. Sia – Cheap Thrills (Lyric Video) ft. Sean Paul

(Video Courtesy: SiaVEVO)

Published Date: 10 February 2016
View Count: 691,585,630 views

8. ZAYN – PILLOWTALK

(Video Courtesy: ZaynVEVO)

Published Date: 28 January 2016
View Count: 652,851,111 views

9. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

(Video Courtesy: Coldplay Official)

Published Date: 29 January 2016
View Count: 626,510,121 views

10. twenty-one pilots: Heathens (from Suicide Squad: The Album)

(Video Courtesy: Fueled By Ramen)

Published Date: 21 June 2016
View Count: 496,351,989 views

So, how many of these have you seen or listened already?

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14 December 2016
Jyotsna Amla