Because people were forced to stay at home for much of the year due to Covid restrictions, social media thrived more than ever before, and some incredible videos were shared on YouTube.
Let’s take a look at the most popular YouTube videos from the year 2021
The world’s second year of Covid-19 hegemony is coming to an end, and we couldn’t be happier. Don’t get me wrong: 2021 has had its highlights, but we’re looking forward to the day when the pandemic is a thing of the past. Is that going to be in 2022? Most likely not, but we can always hope, right?
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Most Watched YouTube Videos 2021
Mr. Beast, a popular American social media star, has the most-watched YouTube video from 2021. ‘I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive’ is the title of the piece, which was published on March 27, 2021. The Kansan-born YouTuber buried himself underground to see what it was like to be buried alive, as the title suggests.
He spent 50 hours, or just over two days, in a coffin covered in earth, with only a camera, water, and a walkie-talkie to communicate with his friends who were watching from above. The video has 151,678,522 views at the time of writing this on December 10, and that number will still keep growing every day.
View Count is subject to increase, and the sequence of videos might differ by the time you watch them. However, the information mentioned below is apt and accurate, up-to-date as of December 10, 2021.
List of Most Watched Youtube Videos of 2021
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 151,678,522
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 63,240,047
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 49,670,583
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 46,122,226
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 42,995,505
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 37,815,191
View Count as of December 10, 2021 – 21,874,305