YouTube turned 20 on April 23, 2025, and to commemorate the same, The New York Times picked 18 standout points that marked the platform’s journey. Among them were two viral videos from South Korea.

The song Gangnam Style, by South Korean singer and rapper Psy, was released in the summer of 2012 and has since become one of the most popular songs of all time – but people are just discovering ...

While 'Gangnam Style' holds the Korean record, Pinkfong's 'Baby Shark Dance' remains the most-watched YouTube video with over 13.8 billion views.

Today, “Gangnam Style” stands as the streaming platform’s 11th most popular video, with Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance” coming in at No. 1 and creeping toward 14 billion views.

Today, “Gangnam Style” stands as the streaming platform’s 11th most popular video, with Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance” coming in at No. 1 and creeping toward 14 billion views.

PSY originally released the music video for “Gangnam Style” on July 15, 2012, meaning that it took the song about 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days to reach the milestone. Congratulations to PSY!

It overtook the previously most-viewed YouTube video on 15 July 2012, Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ video which had set the record at 245,400,000, in 2010. At this point, ‘Gangnam Style’ had ...

Psy performing “Gangnam Style” live on NBC’s “Today” show in New York, in 2012. At the time, the video for the song had more than 200 million YouTube views; it now has more than 4.6 billion.

Colin Marshall reflects on the global hit song “Gangnam Style,” by the artist Psy, ten years after its release, and how the song has impacted the West’s relationship to other Korean media ...

PSY's iconic "Gangnam Style" music video has surpassed 4.5 billion views! On August 4 at approximately 10:05 p.m. KST, "Gangnam Style" by PSY reached over ...

Psy's single "Gangnam Style" turned 10 years old on July 15. It was released in 2012. The landmark song and music video set records on YouTube, being the first to hit 1 billion views. Psy also ...

Friday marked 10 years since the release of "Gangnam Style," the song that took the world by storm in 2012 and was a must-have at every party. South Korean singer, Psy, released the song on July ...