{"id":29837,"date":"2011-12-23T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T11:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=29837"},"modified":"2011-12-23T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T12:09:01","slug":"the-most-viewed-youtube-videos-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/29837-the-most-viewed-youtube-videos-in-2011","title":{"rendered":"The most viewed YouTube videos in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a year when <a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/363498-YouTube\">YouTube<\/a> hit 48 hours of content uploaded every minute, viewers in South Africa couldn&#8217;t get enough of &#8216;Buck Norris&#8217;, Nando&#8217;s &#8216;Last Dictator Standing&#8217; and Ard Matthews&#8217; blundering national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>The most-watched YouTube videos of 2011 reflect the people, places and events that captured our attention and imagination throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 10 most-watched YouTube videos of 2011 show that around the world, whatever language we speak, there are certain things that bring us all together around a computer screen or mobile phone &#8211; adorable babies, talented performers, and clever advertising,&#8221; said YouTube Trends Manager, Kevin Allocca.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In South Africa, the most-watched YouTube community videos of 2011 were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Mountain Biker gets taken out by BUCK &#8211; CRAZY Footage &#8211; Only in Africa<\/p>\n<p>2. Nandos | Last Dictator Standing<\/p>\n<p>3. Ard Matthews ruins the SA National Anthem<\/p>\n<p>4. Shark Attack<\/p>\n<p>5. Japan earthquake: CCTV video of tsunami wave hitting Sendai airport<\/p>\n<p>6. Ultimate Dog Tease<\/p>\n<p>7. Tornado approaching Duduza, East Rand, South Africa<\/p>\n<p>8. The Force: Volkswagen Commercial<\/p>\n<p>9. The T-Mobile Royal Wedding<\/p>\n<p>10. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Flash Mob<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S2oymHHyV1M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And the most watched music videos in South Africa were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. LMFAO &#8211; Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock<\/p>\n<p>2. Zahara &#8211; Loliwe<\/p>\n<p>3. Ard Matthews ruins the SA National Anthem.mpg<\/p>\n<p>4. Beyonc\u00e9 &#8211; Run The World (Girls)<\/p>\n<p>5. Adele &#8211; &#8221;Someone Like You&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>6. DJ Sbu feat. Zahara Mkutukane &#8211; Lengoma<\/p>\n<p>7. Professor &#8220;Lento&#8221; ft Speedy<\/p>\n<p>8. Braaiday &#8211; (Rebecca Black &#8220;Friday&#8221; Parody)<\/p>\n<p>9. Coldplay &#8211; Paradise<\/p>\n<p>10. Nicki Minaj &#8211; Super Bass<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQ6zr6kCPj8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Globally, the most-watched YouTube community videos were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Rebecca Black &#8211; Friday (OFFICIAL VIDEO)<\/p>\n<p>2. Ultimate Dog Tease<\/p>\n<p>3. Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)<\/p>\n<p>4. Talking Twin Babies &#8211; PART 2 &#8211; OFFICIAL VIDEO<\/p>\n<p>5. Nyan Cat [original]<\/p>\n<p>6. Look At Me Now &#8211; Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes (Cover by @KarminMusic)<\/p>\n<p>7. The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj &amp; John Waters)<\/p>\n<p>8. Maria Aragon &#8211; Born This Way (Cover) by Lady Gaga<\/p>\n<p>9. The Force: Volkswagen Commercial<\/p>\n<p>10. Cat mom hugs baby kitten<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfVsfOSbJY0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some highlights from other categories include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global most watched video ads of the year (excluding music videos and trailers):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. VW &#8211; The Force<\/p>\n<p>2. T-Mobile &#8211; Royal Wedding<\/p>\n<p>3. Chrysler &#8211; Imported From Detroit<\/p>\n<p>4. DC Shoes &#8211; Ken Block&#8217;s Gymkhana Four: The Hollywood Megamercial<\/p>\n<p>5. smartwater &#8211; Jennifer Aniston goes viral<\/p>\n<p>6. Team Hot Wheels &#8211; The Yellow Driver&#8217;s World Record Jump<\/p>\n<p>7. Old Spice &#8211; Scent Vacation<\/p>\n<p>8. Apple &#8211; Introducing Siri on iPhone 4S<\/p>\n<p>9. Samsung &#8211; Unleash Your Fingers<\/p>\n<p>10. adidas &#8211; D Rose: adiZero Rose 2 The Bull<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R55e-uHQna0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global most watched sports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. mcsmcc: Mountain Biker gets taken out by BUCK &#8211; CRAZY Footage &#8211; Only in Africa<\/p>\n<p>2. MessiGoals2010: Balotelli failed trick shot &#8211; Mancini takes him out<\/p>\n<p>3. Unitridersaus: World First BMX Triple Backflip &#8211; Jed Mildon May 28, 2011<\/p>\n<p>4. WOODTV8: Fennville tops Bridgeman<\/p>\n<p>5. MrSprts12: Evan Longoria&#8217;s Crazy Bare Hand Catch<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9VwVeCgcRs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global most watched pets and animals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. dragomirnet86: Cat Mom Hugs Baby Kitten<\/p>\n<p>2. foodplot: Denver Official Guilty! Dog Video<\/p>\n<p>3. teakdc: \u041a\u043e\u0442 \u0443\u0448\u0451\u043b \/ Cat gone<\/p>\n<p>4. LNeilB2: Ultimate Loyalty: Japanese Dog Refuses to Leave Injured Friend Behind<\/p>\n<p>5. noobdaily: Cat gets caught barking by a human and resumes meowing<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vw4KVoEVcr0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global most watched science:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. yesterday2221: What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?<\/p>\n<p>2. brusspup: Incredible Shade Illusion!<\/p>\n<p>3. MrJonathanpost: 3D No glasses by Jonathan Post<\/p>\n<p>4. NeilMonday: Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane<\/p>\n<p>5. brusspup: Impossible Balls Illusion!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/74mhQyuyELQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global most watched wedding\/proposal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. MattandGinny &#8211; Greatest Marriage Proposal Ever!!!<\/p>\n<p>2. thecalgarian1 &#8211; Crazy Marriage Proposal &#8211; Guy falls off building<\/p>\n<p>3. MarveisDanceCompany &#8211; Jamin&#8217;s Downtown Disney Flashmob Proposal<\/p>\n<p>4. LeftRightSevenProd &#8211; Food Court Proposal Gone Bad<\/p>\n<p>5. flashmobamerica &#8211; OFFICIAL Trang and Nam Proposal<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnVAE91E7kM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also on YouTube during 2011:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube reached 48 hours of video uploaded every minute.<\/li>\n<li>YouTube receives more than 3 billion views a day<\/li>\n<li>70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US<\/li>\n<li>175% year on year increase in YouTube views in South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Local South African home fitness channel SixPackFactory recently achieved over 100k views on one day<\/li>\n<li>Local South African drummer Deedlebag (Cobus Potgieter) gets around 100k views a day<\/li>\n<li>Nigerian channel Nollywood Love saw 1.2 million unique visitors in its first six months of existence<\/li>\n<li>More than 700bn playbacks and more than 13 million hours of video uploaded during 2010<\/li>\n<li>On the African continent, local versions of YouTube were launched in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain Biker being hit by buck is the most-watched YouTube community video in South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":29838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,1713],"class_list":["post-29837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29839,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29837\/revisions\/29839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}