Top 10 Most Popular YouTube Videos of 2016
The most viewed, the most commented upon, and the most liked YouTube videos in what was a very momentous year for the Internet.
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The top ten trending videos of 2016 have a collective 550 million views, and people watched them for more than 25 million hours. From comedy segments to candid pranks, people were hooked on these viral videos. So, excluding professional music videos produced by celebrities and the like, here are the YouTube's most-watched clips this year:
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James Corden’s smash-hit viral series reached its peak with singer Adele’s legendary pipes in the mix. The fellow Brits took a drive through some rainy English streets, and the video garnered 135.8 million views, making it the most-viewed video on YouTube’s list.
At 95 million views, this zany song and video was hailed as the “Gangnam Style” of the year.
The father-son “What’s Inside?” duo takes on one of the curiosities of the natural world — for 59.5 million views.
In a Freaky-Friday-like twist, soccer’s biggest star and a young wannabe player switch places. The Nike ad puts the power of hard work in the spotlight, and received rave reviews, catapulting it to 57 million views.
On an America’s Got Talent audition, ukulele wunderkind VanderWaal made a breakout performance that earned her a shoutout from Taylor Swift and 46.4 million views.
Popular YouTube pranksters Dude Perfect throw water bottles at various surfaces — and they land perfectly, right-side-up, every time. It’s got 41.9 million views.
We’ve never seen Channing Tatum dance quite like this before. Then his wife busted out a wildly impressive rendition of Tatum’s iconic Magic Mike “Pony” dance, and all bets were off. It’s at 36.9 million views.
John Oliver’s weekly HBO show had a number of popular and politically-scathing segments in 2016, but none bested this twenty-one-minute segment from February on now-president-elect Donald Trump, with 30.8 million views.
YouTube video personality Casey Neistat travelled in style and then let his viewers in on the experience, calling his first-class upgrade on Emirates one of the greatest days in his life. His peek into the lap of mile-high luxury has 26.7 million views.
Prankster brothers took advantage of their sister’s compromised mental state after her wisdom tooth removal to convince her that zombies were coming for them all. The elaborate hoax — all candidly filmed — got the siblings 21.9 million views.
If you haven’t seen the Mannequin Challenge in your social media feeds or on your TV screen, then where have you been hiding? The craze got so huge that it even hit The Singapore Women’s Weekly team:
