Baby Shark is the first YouTube video to surpass 10B views (opens in new tab)

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14 points1cvmask4y ago8 comments

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I most have watched that video 1B of those times, my kid likes it so much.

Check out the pre-dating french version ;) !: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkAAPcMvg4c

It’s interesting to see another South Korean company in the creative Youtube space succeed like Gangnam Style. Had no idea Baby Shark was from South Korean company Pinkfong. South Korea is clearly super creative even on Netflix shows like Squid Games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkfong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

tanseydavid4y ago

First time someone linked me to Gangnam Style on Youtube I was completely perplexed and truly suspicious because the view count just looked WRONG -- like it was possibly a look-a-like site with a bullshit viewcount.

It was the first time I ever saw a view count >1B and I remain astonished by this kind of reach.

10B is an entirely different level still.

hnshit4y ago

that's impossible. there are less than 10B people in the world

resoluteteeth4y ago

It's "views" not "unique viewers"

whitesilhouette4y ago

Also, even unique viewers (that works to be determined by unique screens or IPs) don't mean unique people.

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