You weren't the only person to waste a lot of time on YouTube this year. In March, the video giant reached 1 billion monthly unique visitors. Altogether, over 6 billion hours of video -- a 50 percent increase over 2012 -- were watched each month.
But what exactly entertained us during all those late nights in front of the computer? To cap off the year, YouTube released a tribute video (above) to its viral stars -- including Mystery Guitar Man, Overly Attached Girlfriend, Annoying Orange, and a herd of stampeding goats -- and ran down the year's most popular videos.
YouTube broke videos into two categories: Music videos, which get the lion's share of views on the site, and everything else. Below, we run down the latter; for music video, check out the list here.
#10
"Mozart vs Skrillex. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2"
#9
"'THE NFL : A Bad Lip Reading' — A Bad Lip Reading of the NFL"
#8
"Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise"
#7
"YOLO (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar)":
#6
"Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme (Live Test 6)" by Volvo Trucks:
#5
"baby&me / the new evian film"
#4
"Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)"
#3
"How Animals Eat Their Food":
#2
"Harlem Shake (original army edition)" by Kenneth Håkonsen:
And finally, #1
"The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)"
Of course it's "What Does The Fox Say?"
But what exactly entertained us during all those late nights in front of the computer? To cap off the year, YouTube released a tribute video (above) to its viral stars -- including Mystery Guitar Man, Overly Attached Girlfriend, Annoying Orange, and a herd of stampeding goats -- and ran down the year's most popular videos.
YouTube broke videos into two categories: Music videos, which get the lion's share of views on the site, and everything else. Below, we run down the latter; for music video, check out the list here.
#10
"Mozart vs Skrillex. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2"
#9
"'THE NFL : A Bad Lip Reading' — A Bad Lip Reading of the NFL"
#8
"Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise"
#7
"YOLO (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar)":
#6
"Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme (Live Test 6)" by Volvo Trucks:
#5
"baby&me / the new evian film"
#4
"Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)"
#3
"How Animals Eat Their Food":
#2
"Harlem Shake (original army edition)" by Kenneth Håkonsen:
And finally, #1
"The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)"
Of course it's "What Does The Fox Say?"