Most viewed YouTube videos – 10 most popular videos of all time, including Psy, Justin Bieber and Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee
YOUTUBE is now the second biggest search engine on the internet, after Google, with some clips racking up BILLIONS of views.
Here's a run-down of the ten most-popular YouTube videos of all time. Some may surprise you...
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10) Roar - Katy Perry
The American singer-songwriter who once sang in a gospel choir now has her name to the tenth most popular video on YouTube.
Roar has amassed 2.6 billion views. .
9) Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Tay Tay takes ninth place in our chart with her high-energy video Shake It Off.
In 2014, when Taylor was dating <insert name of British celeb here> she released the single from her album 1989.
Fans couldn't get enough of the funny vid, which sees Taylor try - and fail - to replicate some tricky dance styles from ballet to break dancing.
The video has racked up 2.53 billion views. .
8) Sugar - Maroon 5
Back in 2015, Maroon 5 released the video for their single Sugar in which the band packed their instruments up into a 1950s style convertible and road-tripped across LA, wedding crashing as they went.
Lead singer Adam Levine headed up the stunt which saw the band set up a temporary stage at each wedding and then perform for a surprised bride and groom on their big day.
Fans of the band lapped up the uplifting video and have viewed it no less that 2.54 billion times. .
7) Sorry - Justin Bieber
If we're all honest, Justin has a lot to be sorry for.
The Canadian pop star has been doing a good job of rubbing people up the wrong way for years, so this public apology was long overdue.
So many people were keen to hear the Biebs make amends that they tuned in to see the music video in their billions.
The dance video - which doesn't actually feature Justin at all - has amassed an incredible audience with 2.91 billion views.
6) Gangnam Style - Psy
Dance mega-hit Gangnam Style has officially crashed down the charts after its reign as the most popular video on YouTube.
The song by South Korean popstar Psy was the website’s most played film clip for a whole five years.
People have watched the video 3.13 billion times. Genuinely staggered. - if you really have to.
5) Masha And The Bear: Recipe For Disaster - Get Movies
If you're not a parent, you probably haven't heard of this animated series yet - but it's quite the hit.
Masha And The Bear is a Russian animated TV series, which follows a little girl called Masha and a fatherly bear who always keeps her safe from disasters.
It's been translated into 25 different languages and the English version of Recipe For Disaster episode has now been watched a huge 2.94 billion times. .
4) Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Everyone's favourite Candian Bruno Mars is up next with his 2014 anthem Uptown Funk.
The Grenade singer performed some of his signature dance moves for the video, all the while being followed around by Mark Ronson on the hood of a car - sinister stuff.
The catchy track well and truly caught on and totted up more than 3 billion views. .
3) See You Again - Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
Wiz Khalifa's tear-jerker See You Again has been knocked off the top spot, but it's still in a respectable second place.
Part of the soundtrack to Fast & Furious 7, it is a touching tribute to the late Paul Walker who died in a car crash before they had finished filming.
The heartfelt track has now been viewed 3.49 billion times. It hit one billion views in its first six months, and two billion by September 2016. .
2) Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's gushy hit Shape Of You hit topped the charts here in Britain for 14 non-consecutive weeks, so it was only a matter of time before it made a splash on YouTube too.
The flame haired songwriter had originally penned the song with Rihanna and Rudimental in mind, but his record label convinced him to keep it for himself.
In May 2017, just 97 days after its release, Shape Of You became one of the fastest music videos to reach 1 billion hits on YouTube.
It's since racked up 3.41 billion views, earning Ed a respectable bronze place. .
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1) Despacito - Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee
This Spanish track, by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee, is officially YouTube's most popular song - after racking up its first 2.5 billion views in just six months.
Despacito's most viewed version doesn't include Justin Bieber, depsite the pop sensation jumping on the bandwagon with a remix of the track later on.
The high energy video follows the plight of a particularly attractive young woman as she walks through the streets of Puerto Rico and makes her way into a nightclub where a lot of dancing ensues.
The model in question is actually Zuleyka Rivera, also known as Miss Universe 2006, and people have tuned in 5 billion times to see her strut her stuff. .