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<h1>Gangnam Style breaks YouTube record</h1>
<h2>Noted in the L.A. Times: The rapper Psy has surpassed the prince of pop to become the new king of YouTube. With 806 million views (so far), &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; is now the most-viewed clip ever on YouTube:</h2>
<p>Storified by Maclean&#8217;s Magazine &middot; Sun, Nov 25 2012 04:13:23</p>
<div>Psy&#8217;s &#8216;Gangnam Style&#8217; becomes YouTube&#8217;s most watched video, registering more than 803 million views &#8211; @AFP http://bit.ly/TieJkLBreaking News</div>
<div>Gangnam Style reaches 811,000,000 views on YouTube, it&#8217;s now the most viewed video on YouTube http://pic.twitter.com/Zm2OWw4TBradley Cousins</div>
<div>Gangnam Style is now the most watched Youtube video ever. It&#8217;s crazy.. http://twitpic.com/bg5vsjHanna Eichler</div>
<div>YouTube says the video is watched between seven and 10 million times each day.&nbsp;</div>
<div>it&#8217;s a great marketing job ;) haha Psy&#8217;s &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; video becomes YouTube&#8217;s most viewed http://reut.rs/Wpkde4 http://pic.twitter.com/L95f9HBdAndreas Kiss</div>
<div>Gangnam style the most watched video on youtube ever. Wow .. Heeeeeey sexxxy laddies lmao http://yfrog.com/nwwmsajjMikemainstream</div>
<div>Justin Bieber&#8217;s &#8220;Baby&#8221; video, though no longer No. 1, still receives some 500,000 views each day, YouTube says.&nbsp;</div>
<div>Number one watched video goes to Gangnam Style!!!!!! http://pic.twitter.com/rMQHKXXVTim Toney</div>
<div>Gangnam Style finally passed Justin Beiber in Youtube views http://pic.twitter.com/gwyw5vC4Corey Koch</div>
<div>Here&#8217;s how the milestone was noted on Twitter:&nbsp;</div>
<div>Gangnam Style hasta en el café http://pic.twitter.com/VDJNrVicDavid Fontalba Díaz</div>
<div>Gangnam Style is now the most viewed YouTube video, but I still prefer this version http://pic.twitter.com/jqCVf1BRVernon Dursley</div>
<div>RT @Nilufarposha: OOOPPA GANGNAM STYLE!!!!!! Op op op op gangnam style&#8230; http://pic.twitter.com/WHkAVDIIГавхар Алимова</div>
<div>Gangnam Style #1 YouTube video of all time. Our future kids now have every right to make fun of the music of &quot;our day&quot; http://pic.twitter.com/ct3DaawKPaulie Diamond</div>
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For those who have yet to see, here it is &#8230; 811 million and counting:<br />
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Gangnam Style breaks YouTube record

Noted in the L.A. Times: The rapper Psy has surpassed the prince of pop to become the new king of YouTube. With 806 million views (so far), "Gangnam Style" is now the most-viewed clip ever on YouTube: