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In 2012, "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" by German virtual singer Gummibär became the first French-language music video to reach 100 million views.
In 2023, Indila's song "Dernière Danse" became the first music video in French to reach 1 billion views.
The following table lists the 20 most viewed French-language music videos on YouTube with their approximative view count, uploader, artist, language and upload date.
Indila's song "Dernière danse" is currently the most-viewed music video that is sung in the French language.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (millions) | Upload date | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Dernière danse"[1] | ![]() |
1139 | 4 December 2013 | |
2. | "Ego"[2] | ![]() |
1053 | 2 November 2015 | |
3. | "Papaoutai"[3] | ![]() |
1045 | 6 June 2013 | [A] |
4. | "Djadja"[5] | ![]() ![]() |
963 | 6 April 2018 | [B] |
5. | "Zemër"[7] | ![]() ![]() |
847 | 19 April 2019 | [C] |
6. | "Les Menottes"[8] | ![]() ![]() |
744 | 5 May 2017 | |
7. | "Hola Señorita"[9] | ![]() ![]() |
603 | 10 May 2019 | |
8. | "Bella"[10] | ![]() |
599 | 19 June 2013 | |
9. | "Sapés comme jamais"[11] | ![]() ![]() |
598 | 19 October 2015 | |
10. | "Copines"[12] | ![]() ![]() |
559 | 24 August 2018 | |
11. | "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13] | ![]() |
548 | 18 July 2018 | |
12. | "Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14] | ![]() |
527 | 15 October 2007 | [D] |
13. | "Chocolat"[15] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
519 | 17 February 2017 | |
14. | "Bande Organisée"[16] | ![]() |
514 | 15 August 2020 | |
15. | "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17] | ![]() |
470 | 4 May 2015 | |
16. | "Magic in the Air"[18] | ![]() ![]() |
463 | 17 March 2014 | |
17. | "Libérée, délivrée"[19] | ![]() |
459 | 10 December 2013 | [E] |
18. | "Mafiosa"[20] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
453 | 21 February 2018 | |
19. | "Alors on danse"[21] | ![]() |
439 | 28 April 2010 | |
20. | "Tous les mêmes"[22] | ![]() |
436 | 18 December 2013 | |
As of 1 June 2024 |
Notes
A metric of a video's popularity is the "Billion View Club", denoting videos which have succeeded in reaching over 1 billion views since their initial upload.[23] Released on 30 June 2017, "Mi Gente" became the first music video by a French artist to reach one billion views, although this version of the song is not in French. Only three French-language videos, "Dernière Danse", "Papaoutai" and "Ego" have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 14 September 2023.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (billions) | Upload date | Note |
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1. | "Lean On" | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3.594 | 23 Mar. 2015 | [24] |
2. | "Mi Gente"[25] | ![]() ![]() |
3.347 | 30 June 2017 | [A] |
3. | "Taki Taki" | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2.563 | 10 Oct. 2018 | [26] |
4. | "Starboy" | ![]() ![]() |
2.421 | 28 Sept.2016 | [27] |
5. | "Titanium" | ![]() ![]() |
1.843 | 21 Dec. 2011 | [28] |
6. | "Hey Mama" | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1.643 | 19 May 2015 | [29] |
7. | "Let Me Love You (Music Video)" | ![]() ![]() |
1.434 | 29 Nov. 2016 | [30] |
8. | "I Feel It Coming" | ![]() ![]() |
1.199 | 10 Mar.2017 | [31] |
9. | "Turn Down For What" | ![]() ![]() |
1.194 | 14 Mar. 2014 | [32] |
10. | "Play Hard" | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1.194 | 23 Apr.2013 | [33] |
As of 07 May 2024 |