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Viral Videos sitemap.xml — Top 5 Most Viral

Four global records plus the biggest South African viral moment of sitemap.xml. Verified view counts as of August 2026, growth context, and an official YouTube embed that loads only when you press play.

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1Baby Shark Dance+9,400 views/min17.2B
2Gangnam Style+3,100 views/min9.1B
3Despacito+2,850 views/min8.4B
4Baby — Justin Bieber+1,020 views/min3.1B
5Harlem Shake+410 views/min1.2B
6Charlie Bit My Finger+380 views/min892M
7Evolution of Dance+140 views/min310M
8Numa Numa+95 views/min200M
9Chocolate Rain+70 views/min142M
10Leave Britney Alone+45 views/min56M

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This Day in Viral History

24 August 2012

Gangnam Style becomes the fastest video to 100 million views — roughly one month from upload, a milestone Charlie Bit My Finger needed three years to reach. Four months later it would be the first video ever to hit one billion.

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