List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

"Dernière danse" by Indila (left) is the most-viewed video in French, while "Mi Gente" featuring Willy William (right) is the most-viewed music video by a French artist (in any language). William has also released the second most-viewed video in French, "Ego".

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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.

Top videos in the French language

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.

20 most viewed French-language music videos

No.	Video name	Uploader	Views (millions)	Upload date	Note
1.	"Dernière danse"[1]	Indila	1146	4 December 2013
2.	"Ego"[2]	Willy William	1057	2 November 2015
3.	"Papaoutai"[3]	Stromae	1049	6 June 2013	[A]
4.	"Djadja"[5]	Aya Nakamura	966	6 April 2018	[B]
5.	"Zemër"[7]	Dhurata Dora feat. Soolking	851	19 April 2019	[C]
6.	"Les Menottes"[8]	L'Algérino	746	5 May 2017
7.	"Hola Señorita"[9]	Maluma feat. Gims	605	10 May 2019
8.	"Bella"[10]	Maître Gims	601	19 June 2013
9.	"Sapés comme jamais"[11]	Maître Gims feat. Niska	600	19 October 2015
10.	"Copines"[12]	Aya Nakamura	562	24 August 2018
11.	"Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13]	Vegedream	551	18 July 2018
12.	"Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14]	Gummibär	527	15 October 2007	[D]
13.	"Chocolat"[15]	Lartiste feat. Awa Imani	520	17 February 2017
14.	"Bande Organisée"[16]	Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari	517	15 August 2020
15.	"Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17]	Maître Gims	472	4 May 2015
16.	"Magic in the Air"[18]	Magic System feat. Chawki	465	17 March 2014
17.	"Libérée, délivrée"[19]	La Reine des Neiges	460	10 December 2013	[E]
18.	"Mafiosa"[20]	Lartiste feat. Caroliina	454	21 February 2018
19.	"Alors on danse"[21]	Stromae	442	28 April 2010
20.	"Tous les mêmes"[22]	Stromae	438	18 December 2013
As of 22 June 2024

Notes

Top song by a French artist (any language)

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
1.	"Lean On"	Major Lazer, DJ Snake feat. MØ	3.594	23 Mar. 2015	[24]
2.	"Mi Gente"[25]	J Balvin feat. Willy William	3.347	30 June 2017	[A]
3.	"Taki Taki"	DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B	2.563	10 Oct. 2018	[26]
4.	"Starboy"	The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk	2.421	28 Sept.2016	[27]
5.	"Titanium"	David Guetta feat. Sia	1.843	21 Dec. 2011	[28]
6.	"Hey Mama"	David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, Afrojack	1.643	19 May 2015	[29]
7.	"Let Me Love You (Music Video)"	DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber	1.434	29 Nov. 2016	[30]
8.	"I Feel It Coming"	The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk	1.199	10 Mar.2017	[31]
9.	"Turn Down For What"	DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon	1.194	14 Mar. 2014	[32]
10.	"Play Hard"	David Guetta feat. Ne-Yo, Akon	1.194	23 Apr.2013	[33]
As of 07 May 2024

See also

• List of most-viewed YouTube videos
• French pop music
• French rock
• Music of France

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