Gangnam Style music video 'broke' YouTube view limit

[Jack]

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30288542

Psy's horse-galloping dance move was immortalised in the Gangnam Style video
The music video for South Korean singer Psy's Gangnam Style exceeded YouTube's view limit, prompting the site to upgrade its counter.

YouTube said the video - its most watched ever - has been viewed more than 2,147,483,647 times.

It has now changed the maximum view limit to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more than nine quintillion.

Gangnam Style became a worldwide hit when it was released in 2012, largely due to the surreal video.

How do you say 9,223,372,036,854,775,808?

Nine quintillion, two hundred and twenty-three quadrillion, three hundred and seventy-two trillion, thirty-six billion, eight hundred and fifty-four million, seven hundred and seventy-five thousand, eight hundred and eight.

Gangnam Style has been watched more than 2.15 billion times as of 4 December
YouTube's counter previously used a 32-bit integer, which is a unit used to represent data in computer architecture. This means the maximum possible views it could count was 2,147,483,647.

On 1 December, it posted a statement saying: "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer... but that was before we met Psy."

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30288542

 

[jamescv7]

Admit it for anyone who loves or hates PSY we cannot expect that a simple video will just trending and reach with its outrageous numbers since Youtube established the website.

 

[Azure]

I didn't know youtube had "view limits". I would have thought that other videos would have broke it before Psy, mostly because I thought the gangnam style fad was over or at least was starting to fade, guess I was wrong.