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The 10 Most Popular YouTube Videos Of 2015 Show Major Cultural Trends

by Stacey Leasca

This past year has been incredible for viral videos.

One look at YouTube's statistics and it's easy to see why our social feeds are inundated with cute cat videos, funny kid videos, mashups, cover songs, fails caught on video, epic proposals and more.

According to DMR, Digital Marking Statistics, YouTube currently has over 1 billion users, receives 4 billion views a day and sees 6 billion hours of video views each month.

So, what are people watching? According to YouTube, the videos below account for the top 10 trendiest videos from 2015. YouTube calculated the top 10 by looking at "views, likes, shares, searches, parodies, remixes and responses."

10. Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition

9. Dover Police DashCam Confessional (Shake it Off)

8. Golden boy Calum Scott hits the right note | Audition Week 1

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

6. Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke

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

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

3. Crazy Plastic Ball PRANK!!

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

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