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"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (14021588865) (cropped).jpg
"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views.

On the American video-sharing website YouTube, "Tajdar-e-Haram" sung by Atif Aslam became first Pakistani music video to cross 100 million views. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] "Zaroori Tha" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan became first Pakistani music video to reach 500 million views as well as first video to complete 1 billion views on 3 January 2021. [7] "Mere Rashk-e-Qamar" by Junaid Asghar became second video to garner over 500 million views. This is the list of most-viewed Pakistani music videos on YouTube.

Contents

As of 20 February 2023, 29 videos have exceeded 100 million views (including a video having 1 billion views).

Billion View Club

"Zaroori Tha" is the first ever Pakistani music video to receive a billion views on YouTube. It attained its 1 billionth view on 8 January 2021. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan became the first Pakistani artist to garner over a billion views. [8]

No.Video nameUploaderArtist(s)Language(s)Views (billion)Upload date
1"Zaroori Tha" [9] Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan PME Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Urdu 1.588 June 2014
2"Aayat Arif | Eid Mubarak" [10] Heera GoldAayat Arif1.1924 May 2020
As of 15 March 2024

Top videos

The following table lists the most-viewed Pakistani videos on YouTube with their view count, uploader, artist, language and upload date.

  Television Production
  Content Creator
No.Video nameUploaderArtist(s)Language(s)ViewsUpload date
1"Zaroori tha" [9] Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan PME Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Urdu 1.5 (billion)9 June 2014
2"Aayat Arif | Eid Mubarak" [10] Heera GoldAayat Arif1.2 (billion)24 May 2020
3"2021 New Heart Touching Beautiful Naat Sharif - Hasbi Rabbi" [11] Hi-Tech Islamic NaatsHuda Sisters835 (million)4 October 2019
4"Aayat Arif | Hasbi Rabbi" [12] Safa IslamicAayat Arif788 (million)10 May 2020
5"Mere Rashk-e-Qamar Remix" [13] Irfan MalikJunaid Asghar784 (million)8 December 2016
6"Pasoori" [14] Coke Studio Ali Sethi, Shae Gill Punjabi, Urdu 719 (million)7 February 2022
7 "Most Beautiful Kallam || حسبی ربی جل اللہ مافی قلبی " [15] Kch Multimedia NaatShumaila Kosar Urdu 522 (million)30 November 2017
8"Elephant vs Giraffe Water Fight" [16] WWF - Pakistan English 502 (Million)27 August 2018
9"Tajdar-e-Haram" [17] Coke Studio Atif Aslam Urdu 497 (million)15 August 2015
10"Afreen Afreen" [18] Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Momina Mustehsan 490 (million)19 August 2016
11"Kahani Suno 2.0" [19] Kaifi Khalil 422 (million)1 June 2022
12"Khuda Aur Muhabbat OST" [20] GEO TV Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Nish Asher329 (million)29 January 2021
13"Ali Mola Ali Dam Dam" [21] Sultan Ul Qadria QawwalSultan Ul Qadria Qawwal Punjabi 317 (million)18 June 2019
14"RUPOSH | Telefilm" [22] GEO TV Urdu 305 (million)7 Jan 2022
15"Tu Kuja Man Kuja" [23] Coke Studio Rafaqat Ali Khan, Shiraz Uppal Urdu 231 (million)23 September 2016
16"Pakistan Zindabad" [24] ISPR Official Sahir Ali Bagga 194 (million)22 March 2019
17"Tera Woh Pyar" [25] Coke Studio Asim Azhar, Momina Mustehsan 192 (million)16 September 2016
18"Baari" [26] One Two Records Bilal Saeed, Momina Mustehsan Punjabi 187 (million)26 November 2019
19"Meray Paas Tum Ho OST" [27] ARY Digital Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Urdu 170 (million)23 September 2019
20"Hasbi Rabbi" [28] Positive Lyrics Sami Yusuf Urdu, Arabic, Turkish 170 (million)30 April 2020
21"Tere Naal Pyaar Ho Gaya (Remake)" [29] KhanzProduction1Muskan & Zaryab Punjabi 165 (million)31 July 2020
22"Mujhe Dushman Ke Bachon Ko" [30] ISPR Official Azaan Ali Urdu 161 (million)20 February 2018
23"Mujhe Dushman Ke Bachon Ko" [31] [note 1] Talk Show Central160 (million)13 December 2015
24"Larsha Pekhawar" [32] Ali Zafar Ali Zafar, Gul Panra, Fortitude Pukhtoon Core Pashto 160 (million)22 September 2021
25"Jaanam Fida-e-Haideri" [33] [lower-alpha 1] MAK ProductionsAmjad Baltistani Urdu 157 (million)03 August 2022
26"Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu | Episode 1 | Season 1" [34] TRT Ertugrul by PTV 154 (million)25 April 2020
As of 15 March 2024

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