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.
