When it looked like it would exceed one billion views on YouTube by the summer of 2012, Korean singer Psy’s Gangnam Style headed into the record books for the sheer number of people who have watched the video and heard the music.
Today, it’s become the most watched video on YouTube of all time.
Now, says YouTube, it exceeds two billion views and, as a result, Google has devoted more servers to handle the traffic.
Reshared post from YouTube on Google+:
We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer (=2,147,483,647 views), but that was before we met PSY. “Gangnam Style” has been viewed so many times we have to upgrade!
Hover over the counter in PSY’s video to see a little math magic and stay tuned for bigger and bigger numbers on YouTube.
Why not add your view to the counter. Even if you’ve already watched it, it’s catchy!
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