Gangnam Style PSY’s Music Video 'broke' YouTube view limit!

The bizarre music video for South Korean singer Psy's Gangnam Style exceeded YouTube's view limit, prompting the YouTube site to upgrade its view counter.

YouTube reported it’s most watched video ever which has been viewed more than 2,157,139,281 times with more than 8,825,238 likes and 5,301,524 comments on it.

It has now changed the maximum view limit of YouTube to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more than nine quintillion.

Gangnam Style became a worldwide sensational hit when it was released in 2012, largely due to the bizarre video.

How do you speak 9,223,372,036,854,775,808?

Nine quintillion, two hundred and twenty-three quadrillion, three hundred and seventy-two trillion, thirty-six billion, eight hundred and fifty-four million, seven hundred and seventy-five thousand, eight hundred and eight.

Gangnam Style has been watched more than 2.15 billion times till 4 December, 2014.

YouTube's counter previously used a 32-bit integer, which is a unit used to represent data in computer architecture. This means the maximum possible views it could count was 2,147,483,647.

On 1 December, YouTube posted a statement saying: "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer… but that was before we met Psy."

Google, which owns YouTube, later told website The Verge that engineers "saw this coming a couple months ago and updated our systems to prepare for it".

YouTube now uses a 64-bit integer for its video counter, which means videos have a maximum viewer count of 9.22 quintillion.

Psy has yet to comment although news of YouTube's change was posted on his Facebook and Twitter pages.

The second most-watched video on YouTube – Baby by Justin Bieber – lags behind Gangnam Style by more than a billion views.

Top 10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos

Rank	Video name	Uploader / Artist	Views	Upload date
1	Gangnam Style	Psy	2157139281	11.50 AM, Dec 05, 2014
2	Baby	Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris	1115719654	Feb 19, 2010
3	Charlie bit my finger – again!	Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr	804384297	May 22, 2007
4	On the Floor	Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull	794000010	Mar 3, 2011
5	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock	777781479	Mar 8, 2011
6	Waka Waka	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	774570446	Jun 4, 2010
7	Love the Way You Lie	Eminem featuring Rihanna	771583681	Aug 5, 2010
8	Gentleman	Psy	759698913	Apr 13, 2013
9	Wrecking Ball	Miley Cyrus	725852955	Sep 9, 2013
10	Roar	Katy Perry	708159922	Sep 5, 2013

How to Dance PSY Gangnam Style

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Gangnam Style PSY’s Music Video 'broke' YouTube view limit!