Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" Reaches 6 Billion Views on YouTube!

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s  "Despacito” has set a new record on YouTube, becoming the 1st video in YouTube history to reach 6 billion views.

According to the streaming platform, the original video reached the billionaire digit on Feb. 24 after earning 1.9 billion more views than any other video. In addition, the company shared that at its peak, the video received 25.7 million views in a single day, and is still averaging 2.8 million views a day so far this year.

The video for “Despacito” was released January 2017. It was the 1st video to hit the 3 billion views mark, & eventually, the 4th and 5th billion view marks as well.