YouTube has revealed its prime movies and creators of 2022. On the prime of the US trending video record is the ultimate video from Technoblade, a Minecraft creator who died after a battle with most cancers. Technoblade wrote a farewell message to followers that his father learn within the video, which has greater than 87.6 million views.
In second place is The Guardian‘s uncensored model of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock throughout the Oscars ceremony, which has 103 million whole views. One other well-liked Minecraft creator, Dream, revealed his face for the primary time in a video that racked up 47 million views. The record additionally consists of the Tremendous Bowl LVI halftime present, the end result of Mark Rober’s anti-porch pirate glitterbomb collection and that Strive Guys mess.
The trending video record relies on US video views, which explains why MrBeast’s recreation (and giveaway) of Willy Wonka’s chocolate manufacturing facility is in fifth place regardless of having 126 million whole views. YouTube additionally excludes Shorts, music movies, trailers and youngsters’s movies from this record.
Talking of MrBeast, he was the highest creator primarily based on the variety of subscribers gained within the US. That is not too shocking, since he has essentially the most subscribers of any particular person creator (Indian music label T-Sequence has essentially the most general). YouTube says that record would not take note of artists, manufacturers, media corporations or kids’s content material.
Elsewhere, YouTube revealed the highest songs within the US for 2022 (that includes tracks launched this 12 months or older ones that noticed a major uptick in views). “We Do not Speak About Bruno” from Disney’s Encanto topped the record with 503 million views. Dangerous Bunny and Karol G every had two songs on the record.
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