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title: "Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time"
date: 2012-06-02
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2012"
    url: "/tag/2012.md"
---

# Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/files/styles/150_150/public/youtube_logo_may12.jpg)YouTube has come to define the era of online video, so let’s take a look at its [most popular videos](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a&c=0&l=) of all time. Our latest update has Justin Bieber still at number one with *Baby*, which was the first video to earn a [half a billion views](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/biebers_baby_will_hit_500m_views_today_its_also_th.php). Also of note is Jennifer Lopez’s music video *On The Floor ft. Pitbull*, which has risen to number two in less than a year with over 500 million views.

We first did this list in [August 2007](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2007.php) when *Evolution of Dance* by comedian Judson Laipply was number one with nearly 56 million views (it’s now outside the top 10). The next update was [September 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2008.php) when Avril Lavigne’s *Girlfriend* music video was number one with 103 million views. In January 2010, *Charlie bit my finger – again !* was number one with 148 million views. By the beginning of January 2011 Justin Bieber was at number one with over 400 million views for *Baby*.

Here is the top 10, as of June 2012:

1\. [Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4); 744,119,013 views

**More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Bieber’s ‘Baby’ Will Hit 500m Views Today; It’s Also The Most Hated Video on YouTube (For Now)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://readwriteweb.com/archives/biebers_baby_will_hit_500m_views_today_its_also_th.php)

2\. [Jennifer Lopez – On The Floor ft. Pitbull](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4H_Zoh7G5A); 547,049,785 views

**More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Gettin’ Down on Friday: Bieber’s Baby No Longer Most Disliked Video on YouTube**](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gettin_down_on_friday_biebers_baby_no_longer_most.php)

3\. [Shakira – Waka Waka(This Time for Africa)](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0); 473,021,355 views

**More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time (2007)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2007.php)

4\. [Lady Gaga – Bad Romance](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I); 469,477,268 views

**More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time, 2008**](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2008.php)

5\. [Eminem – Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U); 464,401,789 views

6\. [Charlie bit my finger – again !](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM); 457,755,043 views

7\. [LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8); 444,242,035 views

8\. [Michel Teló – Ai Se Eu Te Pego – Oficial (Assim você me mata)](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcm55lU9knw); 355,628,147 views

9\. [Don Omar – Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8); 351,064,445 views

10\. [Eminem – Not Afraid](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s); 341,089,557 views

*This post is regularly updated by [Deane Rimerman](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624193907/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/author/deane-rimerman.php)*

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time.php))*