In India:
  • Bollywood ruled the charts with Shah Rukh Khan Don 2 Trailer being the most watched video
  • Jennifer Lopez - On The floor Ft Pitbull piped Salman Khan Dhinka Chika Song as the most watched music video of 2011
  • Kolaveri Di became the fastest rising music video of the year with over 25 million views within a month of its release

One hundred years into the future, when our great-grandkids look back to what was capturing the world’s imagination on YouTube in 2011, what will they make of us? Will they still be delighted by babbling babies? Will they still be “so excited” about the weekend? And will they be any closer to understanding the mystery of the space-traveling toaster pastry cat?



Check out YouTube.com/Rewind for a timeline of this year's most popular videos and events and to see what the world watched in 2011.

Today, we rewind through the videos and channels that absorbed our collective global attention this year. To compile these lists, we looked at global view counts of popular videos uploaded throughout this year, and, in some instances, we aggregated views across multiple versions of the same video. 2011 was a year of amazing new channels and new stars being discovered, awesome creativity, and of course, Rebecca Black. It was also a year of powerful news stories playing out on YouTube, as people witnessed and documented uprisings and natural disasters, touching personal moments and moments of protest.

In total, there were more than 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) playbacks on YouTube this year (yep, count ‘em, 12 zeroes). That’s about 140 views for every person on the earth. More than twice as many stars as in the Milky Way.

In India, YouTube users couldn’t get enough of the stars on the big screen, as bollywood ruled the charts on YouTube in India for the year 2011. From movie trailers, popular movie songs to nursery rhymes India enjoyed them all on YouTube.

In India, the top 10 most-watched YouTube videos of 2011 were:

And the top 10 most watched music videos from major music labels were:

The most-watched YouTube videos of 2011 reflect the people, places and events that captured our attention and imagination throughout the year.

Globally, the most-watched YouTube community videos were:

And globally, the most-watched music videos on YouTube were:


In India, some highlights from other categories include:
  • Kolaveri Di became the fastest rising music video of the year in India, garnering over 25 million views within a month of its release on YouTube
  • Haal E Dil - from ‘shraddharockin’ - topped the most watched user generated video of the year
  • Teri Meri - "Bodyguard (2011) - was the most watched bollywood music video of the year
  • Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull - was the most watched international music video of the year
  • KBC: 2011- Episode 40 -20th Oct 2011 - Full Episode - was the most watched popular TV show - video of the year
So to all of you who picked up a guitar and sang a love song, held your camera phone high above a rioting crowd, danced along to Friday, or just forgot the webcam was on, thank you. You make YouTube what it is, and we can’t wait to hear your stories next year.

Posted by Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched “Miracle on 42nd Street.”