Like many other major online resources, YouTube has been summing up the past 12 months for several years, naming the most popular videos of the outgoing year. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the five most popular (of course, on a global scale) videos.
#one. Adele at Carpool Karaoke
In the first place is one of the episodes of the very popular in the West TV show Carpool Karaoke (you may know it from the September presentation Apple, to which Tim Cook arrived with the host James Corden). So far, the episode of Carpool Karaoke, featuring the British singer, has received over 141 million views.
# 2. Pen-Pineapple – Apple – Pen
The second place went to the viral video Pen-Pineapple – Apple – Pen ('Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen'). The formula for success is simple: a random set of words + a simple melody + eccentric body movements = 102 million views.
# 3. 'What's inside the tail of a rattlesnake?'
Probably, each of us in childhood wanted to know the contents of everything that only came to hand. These are the questions that are dealt with on the English-language YouTube show 'What's Inside?'. The Rattlesnake Tail issue won the YouTube Bronze for 2016 and boasts 61 million views to date.
#4. Nike Football Ads
It is not uncommon for sports brands to exhibit marketing wonders. So this time – Nike has released a commercial (in fact, a short short film), which starred such famous football players as Cristiano Ronaldo, Anthony Martial and Harry Kane. The company's creative work has been appreciated by 58 million people, making Nike's creation the 4th most popular video content on YouTube over the past 365 days.
#5. America's Got Talant and Grace Vanderwall
Closes our TOP release of America's Got Talant entertainment TV show. This year AGT celebrates ten years since its first broadcast, and the winner of the 11th season was the young schoolgirl Grace Vanderwall, who impressed the jury with her masterful ukulele playing.
In addition to the above videos, the following videos were also noted on YouTube in 2016:
- bottle roller by Dude Perfect
- battle of actor Chaning Tatum and his wife Jen Duan
- the release of the TV show Last Week, the main character of which was Donald Trump – then only a participant in the election race
- Casey Neistat's vlog about his first-class flight
- a video in which two guys staged a zombie apocalypse for their sister
Among the music videos, the leaders are:
Fifth Harmony – “Work from Home” (1.234 billion views)
Calvin Harris – “This is What You Came For” (1.097 billion views)
Nikki Jam – “Hasta el Amanecer” (905 million views)
The Chainsmokers – “Closer” (913 million views)
Rihanna – “Work” (806 million views)
Sia – “Cheap Thrills” (706 million views)
Zayn – “Pillowtalk” (657 million views)
Coldplay – “Hymn For The Weekend” (636 million views)
Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens” (525 million views)