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10 most-watched non-music videos in YouTube history

Posted at 3:19 PM, Apr 23, 2015
and last updated 2015-04-23 16:43:30-04

Prepare to feel ancient.

Thursday marked 10 years since the first video was uploaded to YouTube. That video, an 18-second clip of one of the company’s co-founders at the San Diego Zoo, has been viewed almost 20 million times since April 23, 2005.

That number is paltry compared to the most-watched clips in YouTube history. In the website’s history, two videos have been viewed over 1 billion times — the music videos for Psy’s “Gangnam Style” and Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” In fact, the 10 most-watched videos in YouTube history are all music videos.

Below is a list of the 10 most-viewed YouTube videos that are not music videos or full-length episodes of TV shows. All statistics are correct as of April 23, 2015.

#1 - Charlie bit my finger - again !
Views: 816,833,196

#2 - Evolution of Dance
Views: 290,916,603

#3 - An experiment
Views: 274,578,455

#4 - Thigh massage video
Views: 270,974,220

#5 - BallsCrash
Views: 248,836,957

#6 - The Sneezing Baby Panda
Views: 216,952,383

#7 - The Ultimate Girls Fail Compilation 2012
Views: 168,921,332

#8 - Ultimate Dog Tease
Views: 168,735,122

#9 - Susan Boyle - Britain’s Got Talent 2009…
Views: 168,479,357

#10 - The Ultimate Fails Compilation
Views: 165,943,715

Clint Davis is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @MrClintDavis.