Trending Videos on YouTube in 2021 — Interactive Data Visualisation

Check out the most popular YouTube videos by country, month and category.

Did you know … ?

• YouTube is the world’s second most popular search engine (sorry Bing).
• YouTube was bought by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion and now generates $20+ billion in annual revenue (source).
• YouTuber is the number 1 career aspiration for many kids today (source).

Below is an interactive chart showing the most successful trending videos on YouTube in 2021. You can explore the top 10 trending videos for each month, as well as focus on specific video categories (entertainment, music, comedy etc).

What does “trending” mean on YouTube?

YouTube shows the top ranking videos (around 200 per day) under the Trending tab. On the YouTube website or app, you can find the Trending tab by clicking the Explore icon. More importantly, these trending videos are also likely to be recommended by the YouTube algorithm, attracting more views and more income for their creators.