Since Lady Gaga’s “ Bad Romance” in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the “most-viewed YouTube videos” list has been a music video.As of July 2021, the video received over 886 million views. On 24 May, the video was set to Unlisted. In May 2021, the video “Charlie Bit My Finger” was sold as an NFT at auction for over $700,000.
The viral videos such as “ Evolution of Dance” and “Charlie Bit My Finger” were the initially most-played YouTube videos, now are greatly surpassed by other videos over time.Using Karim’s camera, it was recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky. The 19-seconds-long video features YouTube’s 25-year-old co-founder Jawed Karim in front of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo, noting their long trunks. “ Me at the zoo” is the first video uploaded to YouTube, on April 23, 2005, 8:31:52 p.m.Prior to unveiling the list of the top 30 YouTube videos, you might be interested in the following facts: You may be curious about where the visitors go and what are most popular videos on YouTube. YouTube, at the top of the most visited websites list, is the most popular video sharing platforms worldwide, attracts more than 13 billion visits monthly.