The 18 most watched videos in the world

Visible Measures is a specialised consultancy looking into online videos. It offers various services to companies, above all in terms of viral communication. It also publishes a league table of the audiences of the 18 most watched videos in the world.

What is interesting is that they don’t just count the audience of a video on YouTube but cumulate figures of a single video published on several sites, under different identities. They claim to be giving the real figures, looking across the board (not including sex or porn sites).

Conclusion: shared videos have become very virale, very commercial. In the top 18, only number 11 and number 13 are personally created.

Links to the videos are in the table below:
 

The Visible Measures 100 Million Views Club: May 1, 2009

Rank	Title	Type	Label / Studio	True Reach	Months Available	Watch
1	Soulja Boy: Crank That	Music Video	Universal	356,300,000	21
2	Twilight	Movie Trailer	Summit	266,500,000	14
3	Mariah Carey: Touch My Body	Music Video	Universal	230,200,000	14
4	Jeff Dunham: Achmed the Dead Terrorist	User Generated	-	196,500,000	19
5	Susan Boyle (Britain's Got Talent)	TV Show	Freemantle/iTV	186,000,000	0.7
6	Leona Lewis: Bleeding Love	Music Video	Syco/SonyBMG	185,600,000	19
7	Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend	Music Video	RCA	176,000,000	26
8	Chris Brown: With You	Music Video	Zoomba/Jive Records	175,000,000	17
9	The Dark Knight	Movie Trailer	Warner Brothers	172,500,000	21
10	Alicia Keys: No One	Music Video	J Records	160,300,000	19
11	Evolution of Dance	User Generated	-	147,000,000	37
12	Miley Cyrus: 7 Things	Music Video	Hollywood Records	143,000,000	10
13	Charlie Bit My Finger... Again	User Generated	-	136,000,000	23
14	Rihanna: Please Don't Stop the Music	Music Video	Universal	122,000,000	21
15	Paul Potts (Britain's Got Talent)	TV Show	Freemantle/iTV	118,800,000	20
16	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince	Movie Trailer	Warner Brothers	104,800,000	9.1
17	Lezberado: Revenge Fantasies	User Generated	-	103,000,000	23
18	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Movie Trailer	Disney	100,100,000	2.5