How Much Do We Love 'Love' Songs?

February 13, 2014

You may have heard that "Love" is one of the most common words in song titles, and it's true that many of Billboard's top charting songs include the word. But what about in the world of web video?

On YouTube, there are well approximately 5 million music videos with the word "love" in the title and those videos have been watched over a whopping 50 BILLION times. The most popular of them is Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie", which has over 600 million views to date.

Below you'll find a chart of when these "love" music videos were posted over the history of the site. With the exception of one anomaly in 2008, the majority of peaks are right around Valentine's Day when we see an uptick in "love"-related uploads.

Here are the top 10 "love" music videos on YouTube of all-time:

Love the Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna
International Love - Pitbull ft. Chris Brown
We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
Somebody to Love Remix - Justin Bieber ft. Usher
Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez and The Scene
Stereo Love - Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina
As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean
This is Love - will.i.am and Eva Simons
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Love Me - Justin Bieber

Watch them all below:

Or, instead of watching those, here's a cover video that mashes up over 25 different love songs in one.

-- Kevin Allocca

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'Fireworks' Searches See Largest Spike Ever

July 09, 2012

YouTube searches for "fireworks" videos typically see a big spike each 4th of July in the United States (and a smaller one over New Years), but last week saw the biggest we've ever seen.

The culprit? A fireworks display "gone wrong" in San Diego, California, where the cities annual display -- meant to last close to 20 minutes -- was ignited and exploded all at once. Two of this past week's most-viewed videos globally are bystander videos of the beautiful accident. Over 30,000 fireworks-related videos were posted in the past week and the most popular footage was from the San Diego display, which so far been seen over 5 million times combined.

Below you can see a graph charting weekly U.S. search interest for the term "fireworks" that puts this year's spike in direct comparison with previous years'. (You'll notice an unexplained rise in searches in late 2010, for which Katy Perry is the likely culprit.)

San Diego's "Big Bay Boom 'Bust'", as it's being called, is now currently one of the most-viewed fireworks displays ever on YouTube. (The #1 fireworks video is from London's 2011 New Year's Eve celebration.)

You can see a collection of the videos from the San Diego display in the playlist below.

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'Pi Day': The Unlikely Web Video Holiday

March 15, 2012

Yesterday was "Pi Day." You know, March 14. 3.14?

It's a day some people may remember from geometry class, but its now found a new following on the web, where fans of math and science routinely produce all sorts of "Pi"-related content on this obscure holiday.

In fact, over 1,000 videos tagged "Pi Day" were uploaded this week. Some took a straightforward approach, like this explainer from Numberphile:

While some people were a big more unconventional. The BYU Mathletes, seen here, used the opportunity to do something unique:

But not everybody is a fan. YouTube scribbler and self-described "mathemusician" Vi Hart produced this clip last year, that remains one of the most viewed Pi Day videos.

If you're interested, you can see Hart's 2012 video here.

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Christmas Invasion: SantaCon 2011

December 12, 2011

Over 400 videos have already been uploaded from the various "SantaCon" activities this weekend across the United States. (SantaCon is a mass gathering/parade/bar crawl that's become increasingly popular each holiday season.)

The majority of the videos so far come from New York City's festivities, but we've also seen them from San Francisco, Canada, and the UK. Check them all out in the playlist below. Of particular note are the scores of Santa's singing "We are the Champions" in New York's Grand Central Terminal:

(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here.)

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Bieber for the Holidays

December 09, 2011

We're only days into December, but Justin Bieber has already found a big audience for the holidays.

This fall/winter, Bieber has released a series of music videos tied to the holiday season -- some of which helped push him over 2 billion overall views on YouTube. That number continues to rise.

Below you can see a chart of the videos he's released and the number of views they've received since Thanksgiving. So far they've been seen over 30 million times.

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Thanksgiving Revenge: Turkey Attack Videos

November 24, 2011

In honor of Thanksgiving in the United States, we thought it appropriate to discuss a frightening trend that comes to mind during this holiday: turkey attack videos.

In October, this video of a news producer getting harassed by a wild turkey (with the camera rolling) became a viral hit, picking up over 450,000 views.

Meanwhile, these children decided to play bullfighter with a turkey, that is until the turkey got fed up. This clip from the Philippines just took off this week in time for the holiday:

Seriously, these turkeys are fearless. This one was captured on video in January going right after a mail truck:

If there was a whole holiday dedicated to your demise, you might be angry too. Angry enough to ruin a children's soccer game.

Happy Thanksgiving. And be safe out there.

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Rising Search: Thanksgiving Traditions

November 23, 2011

Some of the top rising searches today on YouTube are tied to some Thanksgiving traditions both new and old. There are lots of searches (and newly uploaded videos) from Ohio State's famous annual Mirror Lake Jump.

You can see another video here.

Meanwhile, others search for info on Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving song -- you can learn to play it on guitar yourself here -- while others seek out clips from the classic Peanuts "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."

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10 Most-Viewed Versions of 'Thriller'

October 31, 2011

It's Halloween and while there are lots of spooky tunes cropping up among our top rising searches -- "Monster Mash" is a notable one -- it's certainly not a surprise to see Michael Jackson's classic "Thriller" on the list. There are quite a few versions of "Thriller" and its famous dance available on YouTube from all around the globe and all different types of performers.

Here are 10 of the most-viewed:

(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here.)

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Halloween Trends: Light Shows; Costumes from 2009?

October 28, 2011

Given that Halloween is one of the more colorful, creative holidays, its not surprising that we're seeing so many videos its inspired hitting YouTube. Tens of thousands of Halloween-related videos have been uploaded in the past week or so, some of which have millions of views.

Some of the most popular costume videos this year were these two similar clips of a "kidnapper" style costume. Oddly enough, they were both posted in 2009, but are suddenly seeing hundreds of thousands of views in 2011 after being featured on pop-culture sites. (It's been a big year for 2009 Halloween videos. Here's another.)

Costumes are great, but the trending Halloween video of the year is definitely this clip from some inventive California homeowners, which delivered an amazing synchronized light show to the tune of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem." It's drawn over 3.5 million views so far and the most common search terms on YouTube this week associated with the word "Halloween" were "light show."

The Riverside home got some notice last Halloween when its "Thriller" video was seen nearly one million times.

There are actually quite a few other light shows that have also drawn interest this year, like this one synched up with "Crazy Train."

Read more about Halloween costumes at the YouTube Blog.

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Rosh Hashanah Music Videos

September 29, 2011

Some of the Most Shared videos on YouTube today are music videos celebrating the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hoshanah. In the U.S., this parody of Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO has been particularly popular. We first spotted it when it was trending in Israel earlier this month and it now has over 800,000 views.

AishVideo, which produced this clip, also created the Google Exodus video for Passover that was seen over 2 million times.'

Meanwhile, this music video is actually the second most-viewed of the month in Israel, with 1.2+ million views.

Yeshiva University's Maccabeats, who first made a name for themselves during Hanukkah with their very popular song parody "Candlelight," also created a new a capella mix for the Jewish New Year that was posted a few days ago and is based on One Republic's "Good Life."

MORE: Check out our look at Jewish Holiday A Capella.

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Earth Day + Friday =

April 22, 2011

There is a long tradition of Earth Day-related songs popping up around the environmental holiday (example: Biz Markie's Earth Day Remix), but this year, that tradition has gone in a whole new direction.

Due to an incredible alignment of the holiday, the day-of-week, the moment-in-viral-history, and the appropriate number of syllables, the universe has brought us a new trend: Rebecca Black "Earth Day" parody videos.

That's right. It seems some YouTube users -- mostly students and teachers -- have taken to putting together some cheesy, tongue-in-cheek remakes of Ms. Black's viral hit to celebrate today, Earth Day, which also happens to be Friday. Here are a few examples, which vary widely both technically and lyrically...

(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here.)

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Big in Australia: Valentine's Break-Up

February 16, 2011

Real or fake?

The Most Shared video in Australia today is this Valentine's Day clip of a girl confronting her boyfriend when she spots him with another girl. A similar video went big late last year and turned out to be a viral ad for a Hong Kong company.

Interestingly a second awkward couples clip has also been very popular in Southeast Asia this week and is also among the Most Shared in Australia.

Find out what's popular across the U.S. or around the world using our YouTube Trends Dashboard.

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Prepping for New Year's Eve

December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve is one of those holidays with a lot of build up, and this week, YouTube experts have been posting videos with tips, advice, and walkthroughs for everything from making cheese tortas to professional off-site DJing for the big night.

First, we've seen that makeup, style, and nail tutorials have been very popular in the past 24 hours with more than one hitting our Most Shared list. We've collected this playlist with some of the most popular ones:

(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here)

We're also seeing quite a few clips cropping up offering guides for both hors d'oeuvres and, of course, cocktails:

(Or watch them all here)

Bonus: It may not be a New Year's Eve look, but this is definitely our favorite new make-up tutorial.

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Video Holiday Greeting Cards Hit YouTube

December 23, 2010

As the holiday season has commenced, we've noticed an interesting trend this year in video holiday cards created by YouTube users. Take a look at the search interest chart for "holiday cards" on YouTube spanning back to October of 2008. There's always been a sizeable spike around Christmas, but that spike has nearly doubled this year compared to last. (Searches for "christmas card" are showing a similar pattern.)

First, there's the e-card variety that are meant to be shared with friends and family. Video e-cards posted by comedian/puppeteer Jeff Dunham (example above) have drawn over 700,000 views so far this season, and others by Grolsch and BMW have also been popular.

Then, there are the holiday cards being created and posted by different businesses and other groups. We highlighted one of the more inventive ones by Klick marketing and comms firm on Tuesday's PM 4 @ 4, but there are plenty of others by everyone from the Missouri Department of Conservation to Mr. Peanut. First Round Capital put out an Old Spice-inspired one.

And we've also seen a lot of cards put out by colleges and Universities. Watch a playlist of them here.

Other users, like kwernerdesign, have also posted craft tutorials on how to make pretty impressive versions of those old 20th Century "paper" greeting cards.

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'Tis the Season of Holiday Flash Mobs

December 20, 2010

Wow. What had already been a Christmas season marked by flash mob videos -- these are videos of large groups of people appearing in a public space to perform a stunt -- took a whole new turn over the weekend.

By far, the most popular video of the season has been the performance of "Hallelujah" from a Canadian shopping mall, which, at this time, has been viewed over 23 million times. That came right after the Opera Company of Philadelphia received a lot of attention for their "Hallelujah" in a Macy's, which was a part of the Knight Foundation's Random Acts of Culture.

In the past few days, choirs from across the country have created their own versions, flooding YouTube with videos of their performances in bustling shopping centers. Here's just a few from the weekend:

Washington Square Mall in Tigard, Oregon	Upstate New York's Eastview Mall

West Side Market in Cleveland	Orlando International Airport

Westfield Valencia Town Center	Valley Mall in Hagerstown, Maryland

Add these to performances at the Devonshire mall in Ontario, the Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga, the Santa Rosa Plaza Mall, the Edmonton City Centre Mall, the Buckland Hills Mall in Connecticut Quail Springs in Oklahoma City, Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Kildonan Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Then there're performances in Nordstrom's department stores in Seattle, Arcadia, and Dallas. And one in an atrium in Juneau, Alaska.

Plus, the one from Kansas City we mentioned this morning.

And there's more on this flashmob front...

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Top 10 Holiday Videos of 2011

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Thanksgiving Revenge: Turkey Attack Videos

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