PSY’s Gangnam Style.
...
Why is this in the news again?
Then I see the number.
6 billion views.
'Wait… 6 billion?'
The Gangnam Style music video
has passed 6 billion views on YouTube.
When did this song even come out?
🕺 2012?
I check the release date.
July 2012.
...
14 years ago.
There was a time when the horse dance was everywhere.
You could barely go anywhere without hearing Gangnam Style.
'Well, it was huge. I guess that explains 6 billion.'
That’s what I thought.
Then I looked at an older milestone.
👀 Wait, when did it hit 5 billion?
Gangnam Style passed 5 billion views in
December 2023.
It reached 6 billion in
July 2026.
...
5 billion → 6 billion
That means another
1 billion views.
📱 So how many views is that per day?
One billion views over about two years and seven months.
On a simple daily average, that works out to roughly
1 million views a day.
...
I look at Gangnam Style again.
It came out in 2012.
It isn’t a new song.
At least around me,
it doesn’t feel like Gangnam Style is suddenly trending again.
And yet,
about 1 million views a day.
...
'Who is still watching this?'
🤔 When did I last watch it?
I try to remember.
'When was the last time I actually watched Gangnam Style?'
...
I honestly can’t remember.
I can’t remember the last time
I heard anyone around me talking about it either.
But the views kept climbing.
5 billion.
Then
6 billion.
...
I look at the screen again.
6 billion views.
I can’t even remember the last time I watched it.
...
'So who is still watching Gangnam Style?'
...
Or maybe,
'Has Gangnam Style become a classic?'
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