YouTube Rewind 2015: Top 10 Trending, Music Videos, Ads of the Year

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 10 Dec 2015

It’s the month of December and that means it’s time for another round of YouTube Rewind. Just like in 2013 and 2014, YouTube is proud to present the videos that had the biggest impact on the video-sharing website, reaching millions of viewers from around the world.

Before we dive into the top 10 trending videos, top 10 music videos, as well as top 10 ads of 2015, let’s take a look at the video that introduces YouTube Rewind 2015.
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Let’s get down to business now. Let’s get started with the year’s top 10 trending videos, move on to the year’s top 10 music videos, and end with 2015’s most popular ads.




1. Silento- Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) #WatchMeDanceOn




2. Clash of Clans: Revenge (Official Super Bowl TV Commercial)




3. Crazy Plastic Ball PRANK!!




4. Love Has No Labels | Diversity & Inclusion | Ad Council




5. Lip Sync Battle with Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart and Jimmy Fallon




6. Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke




7. 6ft Man in 6ft Giant Water Balloon - 4K - The Slow Mo Guys




8.Golden boy Calum Scott hits the right note | Audition Week 1 | Britain's Got Talent 2015




9. Dover Police DashCam Confessional (Shake it Off)




10. Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition



This is the first time ever that 4 television moments make it on this list. Lots of people like to catch up on late-night clips such as Fallon, Kimmel and Corden. The amount of time they spent on late-night clips has nearly doubled in the last year alone.





1. Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack




2. Maroon 5 - Sugar




3. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (Official Video)




4. Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On (feat. MØ) (Official Music Video)




5. Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar




6. David Guetta - Hey Mama (Official Video) ft Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack




7. Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)




8. Fifth Harmony - Worth It ft. Kid Ink




9. Adele - Hello




10. Silentó - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) (Official)




The list goes on, all the way to number 25. Click here to see more top music videos.

Adele might have made it to the top of the list, had she released Hello earlier. It has, at the time of writing his, more than 661 million views. It took the video just a few weeks to get all those views and make it in the year’s top 10.

Put together, the music videos in the top 10 list above, have more than 66 million subscribers. All these subscribers spent over 37,000 years playing these music videos in 2015.




1. Clash of Clans: Revenge (Official Super Bowl TV Commercial)
2. Hyundai : A Message to Space
3. Love Has No Labels | Diversity & Inclusion | Ad Council
4. Boom Beach: Speech (Official TV Commercial)
5. Adidas: Unfollow feat. Leo Messi
6. Always #LikeAGirl - Unstoppable
7. Durex - #Connect - Official
8. Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge - Official Introduction
9. "Slap her": children's reactions
10. Budweiser USA: #BestBuds | 2015 Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial “Lost Dog”

Clash of Clans also made Google’s Best Games of 2015 list.

To see what other ads were popular this year, visit the YouTube Ads Leaderboard on Think with Google.


For more rewind fun, visit the YouTube Rewind and the Year In Review channel.

You might also want to check out the all-new YouTube Trending tab that was recently introduced. It's purpose is to help you stay on top of the most-anticipated new trailers, hottest music videos, and viral clips on YouTube.



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