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Top 10 Most-Watched YouTube Clips of All Time

As Despacito reaches the top spot, we look at who else joins it in the pantheon of YouTube's most-watched clips.

by shots on 8^th August 2017

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Over the last few months, there has been a lot of movement at the top of YouTube. In July, Psy's Gangnam Style ended its five-year reign as the most watched video of YouTube, with Wiz Khalifa's See You Again becoming number one, only for that to be knocked out a month later by Luis Fonsi's Despacito. Got all that?

With so much movement, here's your guide to the nine music videos and one TV show episode that make up the top 10 as it currently stands. Warning: get ready to hear some songs again that you've only just escaped from.

10. Katy Perry: Roar

Directors: Grady Hall, Mark Kudsi
Production Company: Motion Theory
Views: 2.19 billion

9. Maroon 5: Sugar

Director: David Dobkin
Production Company: Black Dog Films
Views: 2.22 billion

8. Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno and Gento De Zona: Bailando

Director: Alejandro Perez
Production Company: Artist Preserve
Views: 2.29 billion

7. Taylor Swift: Shake It Off

Director: Mark Romanek
Views: 2.3 billion

6. Masha and the Bear: Recipe For Disaster

Director: Oleg Uzhinov
Production Company: Animaccord Animation Studio
Views: 2.36 billion

5. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk

Director: Cameron Duddy
Production Company: DNA, Inc.
Views: 2.6 billion

4. Justin Bieber: Sorry

Director: Parris Goebel
Production Company: SB Projects, Bieber Time Films
Views: 2.7 billion

3. Psy: Gangnam Style

Director: Cho Soo-Hyun
Views: 2.92 billion

2. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth: See You Again

Director: Marc Klasfield
Production Company: Rockhard
Views: 3 billion

1. Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee: Despacito

Director: Carlos Pérez
Views: 3.08 billion

Click here to see our picks for 2017's best music videos.

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Production DNA
Production Black Dog Films
Production Animaccord Animation Studio
Production Artist Preserve
Production Bieber Time Films
Production SB Projects
Director Carlos Perez
Director Cameron Duddy
Director Mark Romanek
Director Grady Hall
Director David Dobkin
Director Mark Kudsi
Bruno Mars
Charlie Puth
Daddy Yankee
Descemer Bueno
Enrique Iglesias
Gento De Zona
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Luis Fonsi
Mark Ronson
Maroon 5
psy
Taylor Swift
Wiz Khalifa

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