{"id":146283,"date":"2016-12-23T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=146283"},"modified":"2016-12-22T23:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T21:30:09","slug":"these-are-the-most-watched-youtube-videos-in-the-world-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/146283\/these-are-the-most-watched-youtube-videos-in-the-world-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the most-watched YouTube videos in the world in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has released its annual &#8220;Rewind&#8221; &#8211; a look back at the most popular videos on its platform in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s list of most-watched videos in the world\u00a0was topped by\u00a0Carpool Karoake, featuring singer Adele, which racked up a whopping 135 million views, making it the most watched YouTube video globally for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Asian viral hit Piko Taro came in second with 93 million views for &#8216;Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen&#8217;, and Utah-based father and son duo Daniel and Lincoln Markham\u2019s explainer of What&#8217;s inside a Rattlesnake Rattle? came in third with 59 million views.<\/p>\n<p>The top trending videos for 2016 are based on views, shares, comments, likes and more. These lists reflects the amazing variety of content that YouTube audiences love, watch and listen to, day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>These are the most watched videos on YouTube in 2016:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Late Late Show with James Corden &#8211; <em>Adele Carpool Karaoke<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nck6BZga7TQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Piko-Taro &#8211; <em>Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen\/PIKO-TARO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0E00Zuayv9Q\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Inside? &#8211; <em>What&#8217;s inside a Rattlesnake Rattle?<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pyfMnF6j_g\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nike Football &#8211; <em>Nike Football Presents: The Switch ft. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Anthony Martial &amp; More<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scWpXEYZEGk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>America\u2019s Got Talent &#8211; <em>Grace VanderWaal: 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer &#8211; America&#8217;s Got Talent 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eNxO9MpQ2vA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dude Perfect &#8211; <em>Water Bottle Flip Edition | Dude Perfect<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8V_bx0L4RY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last Week Tonight &#8211; <em>Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnpO_RTSNmQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Casey Neistat &#8211; <em>THE $21,000 FIRST CLASS AIRPLANE SEAT<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84WIaK3bl_s\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabot Phillips &#8211; <em>Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hVWEefD5ag\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a title=\"These are the most-watched YouTube videos in South Africa in 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/146281\/these-are-the-most-watched-youtube-videos-in-south-africa-in-2016\/\">These are the most-watched YouTube videos in South Africa in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has released its annual &#8220;Rewind&#8221; &#8211; a look back at the most popular videos on its platform across the globe in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":146303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-146283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146305,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146283\/revisions\/146305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}