Do we still have to introduce YouTube? With 40 million users in France and an average of 36 minutes per day spent on the platform by its French users, the video hosting site has established itself as a must in the internet landscape. In this context, YouTube presented, this Thursday, December 8, the ten most popular videos, excluding music videos, listed on the platform – until last November.
In this category, and as expected, the content offered by star youtubers takes the lion’s share. Thus we find Squeezie at the top of the ranking with her video “Who is the impostor?” produced in collaboration with Jonathan Cohen and Mister V. Posted six months ago, the video has 15 million views.
With 14 million views on the clock, “7 days to survive alone on a desert island”, the video of the youtuber Inoxtag (5.81 million subscribers), takes second position. The duo McFly and Carlito complete the podium with content called “We call random people” (10 million views) produced in collaboration with the inevitable Squeezie.
Humor and challenges: the winning formula
For their part, Michou and Mister V respectively reach fourth and fifth place on this list. The first for a video in which he talks about his relationship with his girlfriend Elsa (8 million views) and the second for parodic content related to the launch of his range of pizzas (7.7 million views).
“Le clash des films” (7.3 million views) by Cyprien ranked seventh in the ranking while “Interrogation under lie detector #2” by Mastu, in association with Inoxtag, ranked eighth. For its part, GMK, the youtuber specializing in sports cars, ranked ninth with the sequence “Sébastien Loeb makes me vomit in my M4!! It deviates in all directions” which has 5 million views. It is Joyca who brings up the rear with “Find the cake”, a video filmed with Seb La Frite.
The undisputed domination of rap
Rap, with no less than nine contents in the Top 10, stands out as the musical genre whose video clips are the most viewed in France on YouTube this year. Soolking and his “Suavemente” (181 million views) occupy the top spot on the charts followed, by far, by the Timal-Gazo duet with “Filtré” with 57 million views in nine months. Jul’s “J’ai tout su” ranks third, followed in fourth by Soolking, again, for her collaboration with Niska on the title “Balader.” Rema’s “Calm Down” is fifth, Ninho and his music video “Boss” sixth.
Aya Nakamura, in collaboration with Damso, reached the seventh position with the video for her single “Dégaine” when “Traficante” by Marseille rapper Alonzo ranked eighth. Fresh, winner of Netflix’s Nouvelle Ecole telecrochet, ranks ninth with the clip for his single “Chop” (39 million views). The summer hit “Fade Up”, signed by ZEG P, Hamza and SCH, brings up the rear (30 million views).
The Youtube ranking is also interested in the French creators who have gained the most subscribers on the platform this year. Mastu, named by YouTube as one of the most influential content creators of the year, ranks first followed by MrBeast in French and Michou. Inotag took fourth place, THEODORT fifth. Squeezie (sixth), Aminematue (seventh), BATZAIR (eighth), JOYCA (ninth) and Unchained_Off (tenth) complete the list.
Source: BFM TV
