YouTube 10 most watched videos (views) of 2021 according to CNET:
1) “I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive” – MrBeast (153M)
2) “Minecraft Speedrunner VS 5 Hunters” – Dream (64M)
3) “Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)” – Mark Rober (51M)
4) “Kids Make Fun of Boy With Autism, They Instantly Regret It” – Dhar Mann (46M)
5) “I Spent 100 Days in a Zombie Apocalypse in Minecraft… Here’s What Happened” – Forge Labs (44M)
6) “The Weeknd’s Full Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show” – NFL (43M)
7) “Golden Buzzer: Nightbirde’s Original Song Makes Simon Cowell Emotional ” – America’s Got Talent (38M)
8) “Game Night Stereotypes” – Dude Perfect (30M)
9) “Friday Night Funkin’ Keeps Getting Better and Better (Part 2)” – CoryxKenshin (22M)
10) “The Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris | Jan. 20th, 2021” – Biden Inaugural Committee (14M)
Note: This list was released before MrBeast’s “$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!”. More on that below.
