“Trying Indian Food For The First Time!” If you spend a reasonable amount of time on YouTube, you’ve probably come across videos of content creators from the US, UK, or other Western countries trying Indian food
for the first time. Not only does trying the savoury goodness from India open a gateway into the world of culinary delight cooked with an explosion of spices and flavours, but using “India” in a YouTube caption or thumbnail guarantees large views. As it turns out, India is the most populated country on our pale blue dot, and we Indians are everywhere. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that India also dominates several elite lists on YouTube.
Did you know that as many as seven Indian channels rank in the world’s top 20 most-subscribed YouTube channels?
But wait, there’s more. At least four Indian videos find themselves in the top 20 most-viewed videos on YouTube of all time. One of them is Shree Hanuman Chalisa.
Shree Hanuman Chalisa
Composed by Goswami Tulsidas in the 16th century, Hanuman Chalisa is a powerful ode to the greatness of Lord Hanuman. The poem, comprising 40 verses, describes the strength, generosity, intelligence, selfless service and devotion towards Lord Rama and the unwavering valour of Lord Hanuman. It is widely believed that chanting the Hanuman Chalisa brings positive energy and strength.
Shree Hanuman Chalisa: 5 Billion Views
“Shree Hanuman Chalisa” had breached the five billion views mark on YouTube in November 2025. At the time of writing this, “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” has 5,123,232,912 views on the video-sharing platform.
Produced under the music label T-Series, the video was uploaded on the ‘T-Series Bhakti Sagar’ YouTube channel on 10 May 2011. Voiced by the soulful Hariharan, the “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” is Lalit Sen, Chander. The video features the late Gulshan Kumar, the founder of T-Series. “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” is currently the 14th most-viewed video on YouTube.
First Indian Video To Clock 5 Billion Views?
The first-ever Indian video to register five billion views on YouTube was uploaded by kids’ education channel, namely ‘ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs’.
The video, an ABC alphabet song for kids, is titled: “Phonics Song with TWO Words – A For Apple – ABC Alphabet Songs with Sounds for Children”. It was uploaded on 7 March 2014 and currently has 6.81 billion views
With over 6 billion views to its name, “Phonics Song with TWO Words” is currently the 7th most viewed video on YouTube.
What Are The Top 10 Most Viewed Videos?
South Korea’s “Baby Shark Dance” video is currently the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube, with a whopping 16.47 billion views. Baby Shark is followed by Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” at 8.8 billion views.
“Wheels on the Bus” by ‘Cocomelon’ ranks third in this list with 8.29 billion views. Cocomelon also takes the fourth spot on the most-viewed video of all time with “Bath Song” and currently has 7.31 billion views.
“Johny Johny Yes Papa” by ‘LooLoo Kids’ is at 7.13 billion views which is followed by Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” at the no.6 spot that has been viewed 6.86 billion times.
Coming in at 8 is Ed Sheeran’s most famous song, “Shape of You,” which currently has 6.62 billion views to its name. Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” which broke the Internet in 2012, enjoys the 9th rank with 5.78 billion views.
The tenth most-viewed video on YouTube belongs to Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” featuring singer Bruno Mars.
With “Phonics Song with TWO Words” at 7th spot and “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” at 14th, “Lakdi Ki Kathi” by Jingle Toons ranks 17th with 4.53. At 19th place, “Humpty the train on a fruits ride” by ‘Kiddiestv Hindi’ is the fourth Indian upload in the top 20 most viewed videos on YouTube. It has registered 4.32 billion views.
