List of the most played artists today on YouTube Spain

From tutorials to ASMR videos, you can find all kinds of videos on YouTube. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)

In a modern world so fast-paced and stressful, it is normal for people to look for different ways to relax and forget a little about the problems of the day, whether it is going out with friends, watching movies with the family, watching a series before going to sleep, doing yoga or resorting to Youtube videos.

YouTube, which was launched in 2005, has become the world’s largest digital video library, and you can find everything from music to horror stories. until reaching the famous ASMR clips among millions of channels.

The platform, which is also the second most popular site in the world behind Google, More than 500 hours of content are uploaded every minute and the video network’s earnings are estimated to reach $15 billion a quarter.

Adding to the statistics is the fact that YouTube is present in at least 104 countries and is available in a total of 80 languages.

According to the platform, around the world Users watch 5 billion videos a dayso as it is a titanic task to decide what to watch and not get lost among so many new things, the platform launched in 2018 various charts where you can check which are the most viewed videos of the week (general), the most played music videos in recent days and the trends of the day, which is updated in real time.

1. Capri Sun
Artist/channel: Kilvertz and B10

2. Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Artist/channel: Charli xcx and Billie Eilish

3. RMX Sport
Artist/Channel: Clarent and Myke Towers

4. Calls me
Artist/channel: J Abecia and Camin

5. SERIOUSLY WITH THAT Q
Artist/channel: Anuel AA and Omar Courtz

6. Cyril Kamer – The First (Official Video)
Artist/channel: Cyril Kamer

7. THERE IS LUPITA
Artist/channel: Lomiiel

8. PARTY
Artist/channel: JC Reyes, ArrDee and Big Papa313

9. KOMBOLEVA (Remix)
Artist/channel: Suzete and Lola Indigo

10. KAROL G – If I Had Met You Before | Coke Studio
Artist/channel: JØY

*Several titles may be repeated in the ranking because some may be official videos and others may be the lyrics of the songs.

YouTube was launched in February 2005when three former PayPal employees – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim – came together and created it after they had difficulty sharing a couple of videos from a party.

The domain was activated on February 14, 2005, and almost a month later, on April 23, the first clip was uploaded to the platform, called “Me at the Zoo.” It was only a matter of time before everyone started uploading content and sharing links through other social networks such as MySpace.

One of the big companies that saw the potential of YouTube was The Nike brand, which uploaded an advertisement starring Ronaldinho, which made other big companies look at YouTube and feel attracted.

Such was the great reception by Internet users on YouTube that by December 2005 the platform went from 50 million visits per day to 250 million views after a channel uploaded the music clip Lazy Sunday, originally broadcast on Saturday Night Live.

For the following year, in 2006, The site was purchased by internet giant Google for a value of 1.65 billion dollars.At that time, 100 million videos were viewed per day and 65 thousand clips were added daily. They also signed agreements with record labels to be able to play music videos.

In 2006, a year after its creation, Time magazine named YouTube “Invention of the Year.” (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)

Since it was launched, YouTube has been a site that has revolutionized not only the Internet, but also the way users watch content. Proof of this the recognition that Time magazine gave him in November 2006 when he was named “Invention of the Year”.

Becoming the best means of diffusion, enjoying so much popularity has also put its owners in trouble such as when hosting school fights or where there is bullying, clips related to terrorism, drug trafficking or other topics considered sensitive due to their intimate content or for showing crimes such as murders and more.

For the United States one of the more sensitive issues It is the case of school shootings, for which YouTube has been in the eye of the storm more than once for hosting content filmed by the attackers, as was the case of the Virginia Tech massacre, when Cho Seung-Hui, the attacker, uploaded a speech prior to the events.

More recently, following the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, concerns have also been raised about how the platform enables content monetization which can be misleading and risky for the population.

Although not everything is bad, because through this platform many people have been able to be recognized for their talent, as was the case of Susan Boyle, who participated in the program Britain’s Got Talent, whose excerpt uploaded to YouTube managed to turn the woman from being a complete unknown to one of the most viralized, famous and acclaimed people on the internet.