YouTube Rewind 2013: Top Music and Top Trending Videos of the Year

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 11 Dec 2013

The YouTube team made public a list of Top Music Videos for 2013 and a list of Top Trending Music Videos for 2013.

The team also rolled out a nice video entitled “What Does 2013 Say?” The video features some of the best known YouTubers; it is a mashup of the most popular moments on YouTube this year.

2013 is coming to close and that means its time for YouTube to take a look back at the year and at the year’s most popular moments. To celebrate the best moments of 2013, a video that features more than 60 top YouTube creators has been posted on the YouTube Rewind channel (it is also embedded below). Can you name all the YouTubers in the video? Can you spot all the references in it?



PSY, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, and P!nk had a big impact on YouTube this year. Their music videos were the most watched on YouTube this 2013.

  • Top Music Videos of 2013

1. PSY – GENTLEMAN M/V



2. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball



3. Miley Cyrus – We Can't Stop



4. Katy Perry – Roar (Official)



5. P!nk – Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess



6. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell



7. Rihanna – Stay ft. Mikky Ekko



8. Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith



9. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It



10. Avicii – Wake Me Up (Official Video)



With more than 275 million views, it’s no wonder that The Fox is the top trending video of 2013. Here are the other videos that caught your attention this year.

  • Top Trending Videos of 2012

1. Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)



2. Harlem Shake (original army edition)



3. How Animals Eat Their Food | MisterEpicMann



4. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)



5. baby&me / the new evian film



6. Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme



7. YOLO (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar)



8. Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise



9. THE NFL : A Bad Lip Reading



10. Mozart vs Skrillex. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2




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