--- title: "Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time" date: 2012-10-01 author: "Richard MacManus" categories: - 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/20121014084253im_/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/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a&c=0&l=) of all time. Our latest update has Justin Bieber still at number 1 with *Baby*, which was the first video to earn a [half a billion views](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/biebers_baby_will_hit_500m_views_today_its_also_th.php)! Also of note is a music video by Jennifer Lopez called *On The Floor ft. Pitbull*, which has risen to number 2 with over 500 million views in less than a year. We first did this list in [August 2007](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2007.php), at which point *Evolution of Dance* by comedian Judson Laipply was number 1 with nearly 56 million views. The next update was [September 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2008.php), when Avril Lavigne’s *Girlfriend* pop music video was number 1 with 103 million views. In January 2010, *Charlie bit my finger – again !* was number 1, with 148 million views. By the beginning of January 2011, Justin Bieber was at number 1 with over 400 million views for *Baby*. Here is the top 10, as of October 2012: 1\. [Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4); 786,359,742 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/20121014084253/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/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4H_Zoh7G5A); 605,413,253 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/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gettin_down_on_friday_biebers_baby_no_longer_most.php) 3\. [Eminem – Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U); 502,252,114 views 4\. [Shakira – Waka Waka(This Time for Africa)](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0); 494,978,747 views **More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time (2007)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2007.php) 5\. [Lady Gaga – Bad Romance](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I); 489,582,110 views **More Video Hits From the ReadWriteWeb Archives**[**Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time, 2008**](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time_2008.php) 6\. [LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8); 488,921,980 views 7\. [Charlie bit my finger – again !](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM); 486,476,673 views 8\. [Michel Tel� – Ai Se Eu Te Pego – Oficial (Assim voc� me mata)](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcm55lU9knw); 441,829,431 views 9\. [PSY – GANGNAM STYLE](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0); 406,902,435 views 10\. [Don Omar – Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8); 392,715,867 views *This post is regularly updated by [Deane Rimerman](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084253/http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/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))*