Revealed: YouTube’s Most Watched Online Videos Of 2016Here are the top 10 trending videos for the year:
This is the eighth year in a row that YouTube has released its “top 10” lists, and Kevin Allocca, YouTube head of culture and trends at Google, found some concrete similarities as well as some fascinating surprises. “This year the list of top trending videos is so diverse, [serving as] a broad cross-section of YouTube,” said Allocca. “In itself that’s a big statement about how the site is changing and evolving.” “We still have the classic viral anesthesia video with “Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse,” but we’re also seeing stuff like “The $21,000 First Class Airplane Seat.” And YouTube personality Casey Neistat also had “a huge year,” said Allocca, gaining “2 million new subscribers just this year.”
This year’s edition, reportedly featuring “at least 77 channels”, kicks off with the popular American actor Dwayne The Rock Johnson. The list of over 200 YouTubers which ranges from the Mannequin Challenge to Superwoman Lily Singh to Liza Koshy to James Cordon’s Carpool Karaoke and AIB, will blow your mind. Given below is the list of 2016’s top-trending videos, which feature a vast collection of content including Japanese comedy, European soccer, and uploads by some of YouTube’s most popular creators. Overall, these 10 top videos collected 550 million views and were watched for over 25 million hours.
Here are the top 10 trending videos for the year:
In the meantime, Fifth Harmony had the top music video of the year, followed by Calvin Harris in second place. Here are the top 10 music videos of the year: Finally, the top ad on YouTube in 2016 was a commercial for Machine Zone’s Mobile Strike mobile game, which was followed by Knorr’s #LoveAtFirstTaste ad. Here are the top 10 ads of the year: