Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ Breaks YouTube Video Counter

When we say viral K-pop star Psy broke (at least part of) the Internet on Monday, we're being quite literal.

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YouTube said “Gangnam Style” has been watched so many times they were forced to upgrade their system to a 64-bit integer. That means the next video to break YouTube will have to be viewed more than 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 times.

While 9.22 billion might seem like an impossible number to break, time keeps marching on — and “Gangnam Style” is still galloping. So in five to seven years, we may be talking about Psy breaking YouTube once more.