"Charlie Bit My Finger" had received 2.6 million hits on YouTube at the start of February 2008 and 12 million hits in March 2008. In December 2008, it was the twelfth most viewed video on YouTube with 65 million hits. In April the following year, the video had received 92 million hits. It became the second most viewed video of all time in August 2009, and took over the title as the most viewed video ever at the end of October 2009, when it replaced Evolution of Dance. As of November 2009, "Charlie Bit My Finger - Again!" had received over 130 million hits. In addition to being the most viewed, it was also the "most favorited" and the second "most discussed" video on the website in the United Kingdom. In a May 2009 report compiled by Visible Measures, which measures video hits across 150 video-sharing websites, "Charlie Bit My Finger" was the thirteenth most viewed viral video of all time on the Internet. In 2011, it was surpassed by Justin Bieber's "Baby", Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", Eminem feat. Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie"and Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)". In September 2011, it was surpassed by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull's "On The Floor", becoming the 6th most viewed video on YouTube. It has since been surpassed by several other music videos. As of March 31, 2012 it had over 437,000,000 views, and remains the most viewed YouTube video that is not a professional music video.
Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have. Neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway). This was just one of those moments when I had the video camera out because the boys were being fun and they provided something really very funny...
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