The top videos collectively have 550 million views.
As 2016 is coming to an end, YouTube has released their list of top 10 viral videos of the year that represents the amazing variety of creativity shared on the video-sharing platform every day.
According to YouTube’s official blog, the top videos collectively have 550 million views and were watched for over 25 million hours. The channels behind them collectively have more than 40 million subscribers who tune in regularly to watch the funny, insightful, entertaining things they create.
Adele’s ‘carpool Karaoke’ with James Cordon tops the list with 135.8 million views while Japanese comedian Piko Taro’s Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen came second.
Excluding the professional music videos, these were the most popular this past year:
- Adele Carpool Karaoke
This video from James Corden’s smash-hit viral series is the most-viewed on YouTube’s list. Corden picks up his friend Adele for a drive through some rainy English streets and singing some of her classic songs before Adele raps Nicki Minaj’s ‘Monster’.
- Pen- Pineapple-Apple-Pen
Hailed as the ‘Gangnam style’ of the year, Japanese Compedian Kosaka Daimaou’s act as Piko Taro garnered 95 million views.
- What’s inside a Rattlesnake Rattle?
The father-son duos curiosity to see ‘What’s Inside?’ a Rattlesnake Rattle got 59.5 million views.
- The switch ft. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Anthony Martial & more
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The Nike ad about the power of hard work portrays what will happen if the soccer’s biggest star Cristiano Ronaldo and a young boy switch places.  It came to the top video’s list with 57 million views.
- Grace VanderWaal: 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer on America’s Got Talent
12-year-old ukulele player Grace Wander gets the golden buzzer in the ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition when she takes a risk and performs an original tune. The performance earned her a shoutout from Taylor Swift- and 46.4 million views.
- Water Bottle Flip Edition -Â Dude perfect
YouTube pranksters Dude Perfect’s ‘Water Bottle Flip Edition’got 41.9 million views. The team throws water bottles at various surfaces and they land perfectly, right-side-up every time.
- Lip sync battle: Channing Tatum and Beyonce’s “Run the world†vs. Jenna Dewan Tatum’s “Ponyâ€
Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan’s gender-swapping lip sync battle is a feel-good video with 36.9 million views.
- Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The February 28th episode of HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ was about now-president-elect Donald Trump and the episode garnered 30.8 million views on YouTube.
- The $21,000 First Class Airplane Seat
YouTube personality Casey Neistat got a first-class upgrade on Emirates flight and his video about the luxury flight got 26.7 million views.
- Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse
Prankster brothers convinced their little sister that a zombie outbreak had hit the city. The candidly filmed video, uploaded by Cabot Phillips got the siblings 21.9 million views.