Entertainment
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."