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Featured era: 2012
Gangnam Style
“Broke YouTube's view counter.”
- Featured era
- 2012
- Peak era
- 2012-2013
- Company
- Psy
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Psy's "Gangnam Style" music video
Plays from YouTube when you press play. Views, length and date from YouTube, October 2026.
About This Video
- From:
- officialpsy
- Added:
- July 15, 2012
- Length:
- 4:12
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What Was It?
"Gangnam Style" is a K-pop song by Psy, released on July 15, 2012, with a music video full of horse-riding dance moves and absurd set pieces satirising the wealthy Gangnam district of Seoul.
It went viral worldwide that August. On December 21, 2012 it became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views, and the horse dance was performed at weddings, offices and stadiums around the world.
In December 2014 the video passed the largest number YouTube's view counter could store, forcing the site to upgrade it. Few moments show more clearly how big online video had become.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Everyone doing the horse dance
- The first video to hit a billion views
- YouTube's counter running out of numbers
- "Oppan Gangnam Style"
The Story
- 2012 Psy released "Gangnam Style" on July 15; it reached one billion YouTube views on December 21.
- 2014 The video exceeded the maximum value of YouTube's 32-bit view counter.
Its Legacy
The video is still one of YouTube's most watched. It is remembered as the first video to reach a billion views and the one that broke YouTube's view counter.
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