Baby Shark is the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views

Already probably the most seen video on YouTube, Pinkfong’s Child Shark has turn out to be the primary video within the platform’s historical past to achieve 10 billion views. For context, the world inhabitants at present sits at round 7.8 billion, which implies that everybody alive may’ve watched “Child Shark Dance” as soon as and there would solely be about 2 billion individuals left.

“Child Shark Dance” is an infectious, upbeat remix of an outdated child’s track, made fashionable by Korean firm Pinkfong. The unique video was uploaded in 2016, although Pinkfong has since created many remixes. In 2018, Child Shark swam to reputation, producing a #BabySharkChallenge that solely fueled the fishy flames. It’s since been meme’d, and numerous remixes of the unique have been made by others other than Pinkfong. In early 2019, the track hit the Billboard 100, the place it remained for 20 weeks, and in Nov. 2020, the unique video turned probably the most seen YouTube video of all time.

Because the success of the track, Child Shark has turn out to be a licensed model, with movies, apps, a Nickelodeon animated tv present, and an NFT.