# The most-viewed YouTube videos

The videos with the most views in YouTube history, according to Wikipedia's 2026 list (adverts left out). Children's songs and reggaeton dominate.

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- Sep 24, 2026 · H. Moura
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## Top 15

1. **Baby Shark Dance** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pinkfong, June 2016. 17.28 billion views. The most-viewed video in YouTube history.
2. **Wheels on the Bus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cocomelon, May 2018. 9.34 billion views.
3. **Despacito** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee, January 2017. 9.11 billion views. It was the most-viewed video from 2017 to 2020.
4. **Bath Song** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cocomelon, May 2018. 7.61 billion views.
5. **Johny Johny Yes Papa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — LooLoo Kids, October 2016. 7.24 billion views.
6. **Phonics Song with Two Words** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — ChuChu TV, March 2014. 7.08 billion views.
7. **See You Again** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, April 2015. 7.08 billion views. A tribute to Paul Walker in Furious 7.
8. **Shape of You** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ed Sheeran, January 2017. 6.79 billion views.
9. **Axel F** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crazy Frog, June 2009. 6.14 billion views.
10. **Gangnam Style** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — PSY, July 2012. 6.05 billion views. The first video to pass 1 billion views, in 2012.
11. **Uptown Funk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, November 2014. 5.89 billion views.
12. **Shree Hanuman Chalisa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — T-Series Bhakti Sagar, May 2011. 5.67 billion views. A Hindu devotional song.
13. **Dame Tu Cosita** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — El Chombo, April 2018. 5.6 billion views.
14. **Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Miroshka TV, February 2018. 5.51 billion views.
15. **Baa Baa Black Sheep** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cocomelon, June 2018. 4.92 billion views.
16. **Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shakira, June 2010. 4.73 billion views. Anthem of the 2010 World Cup.
17. **Masha and the Bear – Recipe for Disaster** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Get Movies, January 2012. 4.67 billion views.
18. **Lakdi Ki Kathi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jingle Toons, June 2018. 4.65 billion views.
19. **Counting Stars** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — OneRepublic, May 2013. 4.4 billion views.

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