TL;DR
- YouTube has announced its most popular videos and creators of 2022.
- The list includes Technoblade’s farewell, Will Smith’s slap, the Super Bowl halftime show, and more.
- MrBeast also features in the top ten videos list and closes the year as the leading YouTube creator.
YouTube has announced its top videos and creators of 2022. At the top of the charts is Minecraft creator Technoblade’s farewell message — “so long nerds” — read out by his father after he died of cancer with a whopping 87.6 million views.
The second spot was grabbed by Guardian News’ uncensored video of when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars. The infamous smack garnered 103 million views since going up eight months ago.
At number three, another Minecraft creator, Dream, topped the charts with a face-reveal video that got him 47 million views. He had never shown his face on camera before this.
