Top Most viewed YouTube Video of all Time

It's truly a shocking moment of time, Louis Fonsi's “Despacito” has become the most-viewed YouTube video of all time. The international hit and undisputed song of the summer passed “See You Again,” Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s ode to the Fast and the Furious, on Aug. 4, and it’ll soon shatter 3 billion views.

YouTube tends to be perceived as the domain of insipid vloggers, pranks gone awry, and TV clips. But the truth is, the most popular videos on the site are overwhelmingly music videos.

Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” featuring Daddy Yankee was the first video from 2017 to crack the Top 10 list. (The original video from Fonsi is not to be confused with Bieber’s popular remix, which came out in April, but Bieber still reigns supreme with three of the Top 10 spots, trailed by Taylor Swift and Katy Perry both holding two top positions, and Ed Sheeran, whose “Shape of You” is still churning out views.
            

One major component in the success of these videos is Vevo, YouTube’s music video partner, a joint venture between some of the top record companies: Universal Music, Sony Music, Google, and Abu Dhabi Media. Vevo hosts and distributes music videos on its own platform and other sites, with ad revenue shared between Google and Vevo. That extra promotional push is more than most YouTube videos receive, but it’s a necessary function for recording artists to make money.
Take some time to click through the song below.