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| Gangnam Style music video 'broke' YouTube view limit | Gangnam Style music video 'broke' YouTube view limit |
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| The music video for South Korean singer Psy's Gangnam Style exceeded YouTube's view limit, prompting the site to upgrade its counter. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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? | 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. | 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. |
| Why was Psy nearly too much for YouTube? | |
| 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. | 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." | 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." |
| Google, which owns YouTube, later told website The Verge that engineers "saw this coming a couple months ago and updated our systems to prepare for it". | Google, which owns YouTube, later told website The Verge that engineers "saw this coming a couple months ago and updated our systems to prepare for it". |
| YouTube now uses a 64-bit integer for its video counter, which means videos have a maximum viewer count of 9.22 quintillion. | YouTube now uses a 64-bit integer for its video counter, which means videos have a maximum viewer count of 9.22 quintillion. |
| Psy has yet to comment although news of YouTube's change was posted on his Facebook and Twitter pages. | Psy has yet to comment although news of YouTube's change was posted on his Facebook and Twitter pages. |
| The second most-watched video on YouTube - Baby by Justin Bieber - lags behind Gangnam Style by more than a billion views. | The second most-watched video on YouTube - Baby by Justin Bieber - lags behind Gangnam Style by more than a billion views. |