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.
As of 20 February 2023 , 35+ videos have exceeded 100 million views (including 2 videos having 1 billion views).
"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 name | Uploader | Artist(s) | Language(s) | Views (billion) | Upload date |
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1 | "Zaroori Tha" [9] | Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan PME | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Urdu | 1.579 | 8 June 2014 |
2 | "Aayat Arif | Eid Mubarak" [10] | Heera Gold | Aayat Arif | 1.250 | 24 May 2020 | |
Last updated: 4 June 2024 |
The following table lists the most-viewed Pakistani videos on YouTube with their view count, uploader, artist, language and upload date.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Artist(s) | Language(s) | Views | Upload date | Ref. |
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1 | "Zaroori tha" | Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan PME | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Urdu | 1.579 Billion | 9 June 2014 | [9] |
2 | "Aayat Arif | Eid Mubarak" | Heera Gold | Aayat Arif | 1.250 Billion | 24 May 2020 | [10] | |
3 | "2021 New Heart Touching Beautiful Naat Sharif - Hasbi Rabbi" | Hi-Tech Islamic Naats | Huda Sisters | 856.40 Million | 4 October 2019 | [11] | |
4 | "Aayat Arif | Hasbi Rabbi" | Safa Islamic | Aayat Arif | 820.93 Million | 10 May 2020 | [12] | |
5 | "Mere Rashk-e-Qamar Remix" | Irfan Malik | Junaid Asghar | 788.28 Million | 8 December 2016 | [13] | |
6 | "Pasoori" | Coke Studio | Ali Sethi, Shae Gill | Punjabi, Urdu | 733.58 Million | 7 February 2022 | [14] |
7 | "Most Beautiful Kallam || حسبی ربی جل اللہ مافی قلبی " | Kch Multimedia Naat | Shumaila Kosar | Urdu | 525.19 Million | 30 November 2017 | [15] |
8 | "Tajdar-e-Haram" | Coke Studio | Atif Aslam | Urdu | 507.67 Million | 15 August 2015 | [16] |
9 | "Elephant vs Giraffe Water Fight" | WWF - Pakistan | English | 503.79 Million | 27 August 2018 | [17] | |
10 | "Afreen Afreen" | Coke Studio | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Momina Mustehsan | Urdu | 496.65 Million | 19 August 2016 | [18] |
11 | "Kahani Suno 2.0" | Kaifi Khalil | 438.18 Million | 1 June 2022 | [19] | ||
12 | "Khuda Aur Muhabbat OST" | GEO TV | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Nish Asher | 346.92 Million | 29 January 2021 | [20] | |
13 | "Ali Mola Ali Dam Dam" | Sultan Ul Qadria Qawwal | Sultan Ul Qadria Qawwal | Punjabi | 328.76 Million | 18 June 2019 | [21] |
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] | KhanzProduction1 | Muskan & 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 Central | 160 (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 Productions | Amjad 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 4 June 2024 |
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