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Some of our favourite YouTube videos of the year

Dogs, cats, babies, singing, falling, jumping, tears….

Dec 19th 2012, 1:21 PM 15,095 Views 16 Comments

YOUTUBE HAS RELEASED its list of the most watched videos of 2012.

Unsurprisingly it’s topped by PSY’s Gangnam Style (which is nearly at a billion hits by the way) and also also features KONY 2012, Somebody That I Used to Know and a Call Me Maybe cover.

What about the dogs, cats, babies, Lily Maes, Katie Taylors and leave it outs of 2012 though?

In no particular order, here are some of our favourites:

1. Kildare kids sing Rihanna

YouTube/Richmondz

2. Diabolical cat

YouTube/StormPickett

3. Judging a sausage competition

YouTube/NewsFunnies

4. Obama sings Al Green

YouTube/AssociatedPress

(And let’s not forget when he stopped that baby crying)

YouTube/AwesomeCutyPie

5. Felix Baumgartner’s epic jump

YouTube/RedBull

6. This kitten having a bath

YouTube/BlckPanthr

7. This old man playing the spoons

YouTube/PinnyGrylls

8. This dog on a trampoline (and bloody loving it)

YouTube/Stormy050607

9. Ah here, leave it out. Uganda style

YouTube/JonnyMcKeon

10. Katie Taylor wins Olympic Gold

YouTube/Eoinfffp

And Seán Bán Breathnach’s commentary

YouTube/RTÉ/HT to Evan Keane

11. A song for Lily Mae

YouTube/ASongForLilyMae

12. Kodaline’s video for All I Want

YouTube/KodalineMusic

13. Jurassic Park melodica

YouTube/PatrickLo

YouTube’s Year in Rewind>

Amazing video of Google’s year in review (soundtracked by Irish band Kodaline)

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Some of our favourite YouTube videos of the year