Since YouTube launched in 2005, these official music videos — many from current artists who’ve mastered the form — have garnered the most views globally. All data through Feb. 25, 2017.
1. PSY, “Gangnam Style”
The 2012 song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 months before the chart incorporated YouTube streams.
2,773,175,584 views
2. Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again” feat. Charlie Puth
2,470,579,822 views
3. Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
The choreography-heavy 2015 video featured the ReQuest and Royal Family dance crews — and no Bieber.
2,281,185,652 views
4. Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk!” feat. Bruno Mars
2,228,182,304 views
5. Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Swift starred as a vengeful girlfriend in the glam, mansion-set 2014 clip for her second Hot 100 No. 1 from 1989.
1,969,527,136 views
6. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
1,934,475,298 views
7. Enrique Iglesias, “Bailando (Español)” feat. Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona
A stunning dance-off in the streets anchored the 2014 international smash’s video.
1,929,104,821 views
8. Major Lazer & DJ Snake, “Lean On” feat. MØ
1,901,721,422 views
9. Adele, “Hello”
Fever-pitch anticipation for the first single from 2016’s 25 -- along with sepia-toned melodrama -- made this video YouTube’s fastest to ever reach 1 billion views.
1,890,818,758 views
10. Katy Perry, “Roar”
1,819,232,825 views
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