8 most-watched videos in YouTube history

As YouTube turned 8 on May 20, we look back at some of the viral favourites over the years, including Charlie Bit My Finger and the very first video uploaded onto the site.

Here are the top eight videos in YouTube history:

1.  Charlie Bit My Finger 

2.  Evolution of Dance - By Judson Laipply

3.  The Sneezing Baby Panda

4.  The Annoying Orange

5.  David After Dentist

6.  Nyan Cat [original]

7.  I'm On A Boat (ft. T-Pain) - Album Version

8.  Talking Twin Babies - PART 2

 And here’s a comic take on YouTube’s history. Enjoy 

“Since the site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and entertain us every day,” YouTube said in a blog post  this Sunday.

“Today, more than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That’s more than four days of video uploaded each minute! Every month, more than 1 billion people come to YouTube to access news, answer questions and have a little fun. That’s almost one out of every two people on the Internet,” it adds.

“Millions of partners are creating content for YouTube and more than 1,000 companies worldwide have mandated a one-hour mid-day break to watch nothing but funny YouTube videos. Well, we made that last stat up, but that would be cool (the other stats are true),” the blog adds in YouTube’s characteristic frivolous yet entertaining way.

“And so, this Monday, on our eighth birthday, we’d like to thank you for making YouTube the special place that it is. For showing us how video can create connections, transcend borders and make a difference. For clicking these links even if you aren’t sure what they’ll be, but you trust us. In short, thanks for making us better in big ways and small ones, too. We can’t wait to see what you come up with next.”

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