With over 30.1 billion views. BLACKPINK has made history once again, surpassing Justin Bieber as the most-viewed artist in the history of YouTube.
YouTube most streamed artists of 2022 – Global ranking
Even the ground breaking success of Bad Bunny hasn't been able to dislodge Alka Yagnik from the top spot. Both artists record an outstanding 15b views in a year, or about 40m per day, every day.
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (8.02 billion views)
Colombian singer-songwriter J Balvin has entered the Billion Views Club 12 different times, making him the artist with the most videos in the coveted club.
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of July 2023, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist.
So far 331 videos have reached over one billion views, 44 videos have reached two billion views, 16 videos have reached three billion views, at least 10 videos have reached four billion views, 7 videos have reached five billion views, and 2 videos have reached seven billion views, both being Despacito and Baby Shark.
Taking to her Instagram account, Cyrus paid tribute to her fans, sharing a video featuring the song and a caption reading: “Thanks a billion, I love you”. 'Flowers', the lead single from the 'Endless Summer Vacation' album, hit the billion-stream milestone in just 112 days after its release on 12 January.
Butter by BTS is the video that has garnered the fastest 1 million views on YouTube.
The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in December 2012. On January 13, 2022, Pinkfong's "Baby Shark" became the first video to hit 10,000,000,000 views, being the most watched video on YouTube ever.
It was never a hit single and got almost no play on Top 40 radio. There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
According to Billboard, The Weeknd's “Blinding Lights” holds the title for the most famous song for the period 1960-2021. If you're interested in songs that appeared on "all-time top" lists compiled by well-known music publications, check this study from 2015 that resulted in 50 iconic songs of all time.
Justin Bieber is the most subscribed musician on YouTube.
Alka Yagnik Is World's Most Streamed Artist On YouTube; Beats Taylor Swift, BTS.
YouTuber MrBeast surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-subscribed to individual YouTube creator in the world. Mr Beast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, surpassed the 111 million subscriber mark.
of views! This year, Minecraft YouTube passed a nearly unimaginable milestone: Videos related to the game have been viewed more than one trillion times. If each of those one trillion views were just one second long, that would add up to over 30,000 years.
Butter- BTS, 112 Million Views:
South Korean rock band BTS is a name that has set a benchmark by getting over 112 million views within 24 hours of the release of Butter.
"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd is the most-streamed song on Spotify, with over 3.7 billion streams.
Seven years ago, Drake became the first artist to have a song reach one billion plays on Spotify with his smash "One Dance," from the 2016 album "Views." As the streaming service has grown, songs can generate huge streaming numbers quickly.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is the first pre-1990s song to attract 1 billion views on YouTube (the first video of any kind on YouTube was uploaded on 23 April 2005).
The average YouTube pay rate for an ad view is between $0.01 and $0.03, which means that a YouTuber can make around $18 for every 1,000 ad views and $3 to $5 for every 1,000 video views. Forbes also says a top YouTuber can make about $5 for every 1,000 views. See also HBO vs. HBO Max - What's the Difference?
Most popular video on YouTube
Based on research findings by Statistica, it shows that music videos are the most popular video content type on YouTube. The most viewed YouTube video in 2023 is the Baby Shark Dance video, with a staggering 12.3 billion views and counting.
Indian record label T-Series is the most-subscribed channel, with over 246 million subscribers as of July 2023. American YouTube personality MrBeast is the most-subscribed individual and second most-subscribed channel overall, with over 169 million subscribers as of July 2023.