The front runner of the most-clicked YouTube videos so far has been “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi. But now the music clip has been dethroned by a nursery rhyme.

(Image: Pinkfong! Kids’ Songs & Stories)

The nursery rhyme “Baby Shark Dance” from the Youtube channel Pinkfong has over seven billion views and is now the most watched video on the platform. The previous record was held by the musicians Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with their summer hit “Despacito” from 2017.

Despacito collected the clicks necessary for the record within around eight months and became on August 4th 2017 the most successful YouTube video of the time. The video was able to defend this position for three years and set several records in the meantime. The two videos are currently the only ones that have managed to reach more than 7 billion views on YouTube. Since November 2nd, however, the nursery rhyme has been ahead and has 7, 55 billion hits around 20 Millions of clicks ahead.

The YouTube channel “Pinkfong! Kids’ Songs & Stories” belongs to the South Korean edutainment group SmartStudy. The channel has existed since December 2011 and has 40, 3 million subscribers.

Baby Shark Dance – new record holder on YouTube

(cbo)