The 11 Most Iconic Viral YouTube Videos of All Time

Billion-view music videos sit next to 19-second home clips that changed the platform. Size isn't the only way to be iconic.

1. 1
   Me at the Zoo

   The first video ever uploaded to YouTube, 19 seconds of co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo in 2005.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Despacito

   Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's 2017 reggaeton hit, long the most-viewed video on the platform.
   790pts
3. 3
   Baby Shark Dance

   Pinkfong's children's singalong that became YouTube's most-viewed video ever.
   750pts
4. 4
   Never Gonna Give You Up

   Rick Astley's 1987 video, reborn online as the bait-and-switch prank known as the Rickroll.
   750pts

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5. 5
   Gangnam Style

   PSY's 2012 horse-dance music video, the first YouTube video to pass one billion views.
   750pts
6. 6
   Double Rainbow

   Paul Vasquez's ecstatic 2010 reaction to a double rainbow in Yosemite.
   600pts
7. 7
   Chocolate Rain

   Tay Zonday's 2007 baritone ballad, famous for the line 'I move away from the mic to breathe in'.
   600pts
8. 8
   Evolution of Dance

   Judson Laipply's six-minute run through dance crazes, YouTube's most-viewed video of 2006.
   323pts
9. 9
   Glitter Bomb vs. Porch Pirates

   Mark Rober's 2018 revenge build that sprayed glitter and fart spray on package thieves.
   323pts
10. 10
    Baby

    Justin Bieber's 2010 debut hit, for years the most-disliked video on YouTube.
    200pts
11. 11
    Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

    Randall's sassy 2011 narration over nature footage: honey badger don't care.
    0pts

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