Record: Number 1 YouTube Short

Most viewed short on YouTube

YouTube's vertical video format has existed worldwide for four years. This format emerged to keep pace with the success of platforms and apps like TikTok and Instagram.

Introducing the channel that owns the record-breaking short film with the highest views

Name: Natkhat Maha – Maha Lakshmi YouTube Channel

Natkhat Maha is a personal and welcoming YouTube channel hosted by Maha Lakshmi. In the section About, She addresses her subscribers in these terms:

Hello Everyone My name is Maha Lakshmi, If you enjoy my videos please like, share and subscribe. YouTube

The channel focuses its content around short videos (Shorts) and lighthearted everyday videos, ideal for an audience seeking simplicity and emotion.

Il fait bon vivre dans un pays très peuplé quand on est Youtuber ! Assurément, c’est aspect joue un rôle car les vidéo en elle même sont très simples… tout particulièrement le short à succès: Il consiste en un plan fixe sur un gâteau d’anniversaire avec une fillette indienne apeurée par un petit feu d’artifice capricieux sur la tourte, son grand frère n’est pas plus rassuré (voir ci-dessous). Avec 23 millions de j’aime, la vidéo à fait le tour du monde plusieurs fois depuis sa publication en juin 2023! La musique « Happy birthday to you » joue aussi un rôle.

Most popular video shorts

The channel has an extremely popular Short video, titled “Happy Birthday to you”, which has shattered records with 2.7 billion views YouTube (currently in August 2025). This incredible performance makes it one of the most watched videos on YouTube — a true viral phenomenon!

Most popular YouTube short
the world's most popular short video

Key statistics

  • Number of subscribers : approximately 15.3 million (data from August 20, 2025) vidIQ.
  • Total views on the channel : 19.64 billion, with daily growth of tens of millions of vidIQ views.
    Cette progression montre l’engagement massif du public autour de ses contenus.

Channel account

Instagram: instagram.com/NatkhatMaha

Facebook facebook.com/NatkhatMaha

Afficher l’adresse e-mail
www.youtube.com/@NatkhatMaha
India
Active since December 9, 2021
1 633 vidéos

Le format Short sur Youtube, un peu d’histoire

History of YouTube and the Shorts format

YouTube has officially launched the format Shorts in September 2020, with a beta version deployment in India, in response to the ban on TikTok in the country. An initial launch in the United States followed in March 2021, and worldwide availability was effective from July 2021.

This new feature of vertical videos of less than 60 seconds s’inscrivait dans la stratégie de YouTube pour concurrencer TikTok et répondre à la demande croissante de contenus courts et engageants. Depuis October 2024, YouTube allows Shorts to reach a maximum duration of 3 minutes, Vertical or square videos of this duration are automatically classified as Shorts.

Key points to remember (SEO)

  • Initial launch: September 2020 in India (beta)
  • UNITED STATES : launch in March 2021
  • Global deployment: July 2021
  • Maximum initial duration: 60 seconds
  • Update duration: jusqu’à 3 minutes depuis octobre 2024 (mais sans possibilité d’ajouter une bande son depuis l’app, reste possible uniquement pour les vidéos de 10sec maximum.)

So, to recap the ranking of the most-viewed short videos, here's the continuation after 2.8

  1. Happy Birthday to you (vidéo vi-dessus) – 2.8 Md de vues
  2. Robe de Cendrillon transformable dans la vraie vie ! – 1,8 Md de vues
  3. Ecriture arabe… 1.8M d de vues
  4. If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2 – 1,6 Md de vues
  5. Vous Iriez À Paris Pour Une Baguette ? – 1.6 Md de vues
  6. Power Tools Racing Is INTENSE!! 1.5 billion views
  7. How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti 1.2B views


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