# The Billion View Club

> Every music video on YouTube with at least one billion views, tracked daily from the YouTube Data API. Data as of 29 September 2026 (last fetched 2026-09-29T11:41:29Z).

The Billion View Club tracks 5,780 YouTube music videos with at least 100 million views and records when each one crosses a view milestone. Every figure comes from the YouTube Data API v3; nothing is copied from other charts. Figures change every day, so cite them with the "as of" date.

## Key facts

### How many music videos have over one billion views on YouTube?

As of 29 September 2026, 590 music videos on YouTube have passed one billion views, according to The Billion View Club, which records every video's view count from the YouTube Data API each day. Children's songs and non-music videos are not counted; 36 of those also have over a billion views.

### What is the most-viewed music video on YouTube?

Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee by LuisFonsiVEVO is the most-viewed music video on YouTube, with 9,132,802,427 views as of 29 September 2026. It was published on 13 Jan 2017. The next most-viewed are Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack (7.09 billion) and Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video) (6.81 billion).

### How many music videos have 2, 3, 4 and 5 billion views?

As of 29 September 2026: 121 music videos have 2 billion or more YouTube views, 41 have 3 billion or more, 20 have 4 billion or more and 8 have 5 billion or more.

### Which YouTube channel has the most billion-view music videos?

T-Series has the most, with 22 music videos past one billion views as of 29 September 2026, followed by BLACKPINK (10) and KatyPerryVEVO (9). Artists are counted by the channel that uploaded the video.

### Which music video will reach one billion views next?

Christian Nodal - No Te Contaron Mal (Video Oficial) by ChristianNodalVEVO is the closest to one billion views, with 999,891,781 views (108,219 to go) as of 29 September 2026.

### Where do these YouTube view counts come from?

Every view, like and comment count comes from the YouTube Data API v3 and is refreshed every night. The Billion View Club tracks 5,780 music videos with at least 100 million views, and records when each one crosses a milestone (100M, 250M, 500M, then every billion).

## Top 10 most-viewed music videos on YouTube

1. [Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/kJQP7kiw5Fk) by LuisFonsiVEVO: 9,132,802,427 views
2. [Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth \[Official Video\] Furious 7 Soundtrack](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/RgKAFK5djSk) by Wiz Khalifa Music: 7,097,919,871 views
3. [Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video)](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/JGwWNGJdvx8) by Ed Sheeran: 6,814,508,356 views
4. [Crazy Frog - Axel F (Official Video)](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/k85mRPqvMbE) by Crazy Frog: 6,203,300,746 views
5. [PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/9bZkp7q19f0) by officialpsy: 6,076,402,961 views
6. [Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Official Video) ft. Bruno Mars](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/OPf0YbXqDm0) by MarkRonsonVEVO: 5,909,024,063 views
7. [श्री हनुमान चालीसा 🌺🙏| Shree Hanuman Chalisa Original Video |🙏🌺| GULSHAN KUMAR | HARIHARAN | 8K](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/AETFvQonfV8) by T-Series Bhakti Sagar: 5,760,578,162 views
8. [El Chombo, Dancing Green Alien - Dame Tu Cosita feat. Cutty Ranks (Official Video)](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/FzG4uDgje3M) by Ultra Records: 5,645,613,275 views
9. [Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Song)](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/pRpeEdMmmQ0) by shakiraVEVO: 4,772,866,118 views
10. [OneRepublic - Counting Stars](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/hT_nvWreIhg) by OneRepublicVEVO: 4,519,507,221 views

## Pages

- [The Billion Club](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/billion-club): all 590 music videos with one billion or more views, ranked
- [Tiers](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/tiers): how many music videos have reached each milestone, from 100M to 9B
- [Artists](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/artists): channels ranked by number of billion-view music videos
- [Methodology](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/methodology): data source, what counts as a music video, definitions and caveats
- Video pages: https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/{YouTube video ID}, one per tracked music video, e.g. [Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/video/kJQP7kiw5Fk)

## Data

- [Full Billion Club list as plain text](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/llms-full.txt)
- [Billion-view music videos, CSV](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/data/billion-club.csv)
- [All tracked music videos with 100M+ views, CSV](https://thebillionviewclub-28.web.app/data/music-videos.csv)

## Notes

- Children's songs (nursery rhymes, CoComelon, Pinkfong and similar) and non-music videos are excluded from every count.
- Artists are counted by the uploading channel, so one artist can appear under several channels (for example a VEVO channel and an official channel).
- Re-uploads, lyric videos and "Topic" audio tracks count as separate videos.
- Tracking began on 28 September 2026; milestones passed before then have no crossing date.
- Not affiliated with YouTube or Google.