YouTube's top 10 videos of 2013

YouTube's top 10 videos of 2013

The results are in and we're sure there must have been a miscount: there are no cat videos in YouTube's 10 most viral videos of 2013. None. Not even a whisker.

Another notable trait of this year's top 10 is the significant time and professionalism that's gone into making them: these aren't homemade moments of the You've Been Framed variety, but slick productions that have taken more than a couple of minutes to throw together.

You've undoubtedly already seen them, but here's the full list. Consider your lunch hour well and truly killed.

10. "Mozart vs. Skrillex. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2" by ERB

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9. "THE NFL : A Bad Lip Reading" by BadLipReading

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8. "Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise" by CarrieNYC

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7. "YOLO (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar)" by thelonelyisland

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6. Volvo Trucks - "The Epic Split feat. Van Damme" by VolvoTrucks

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5. "baby&me / the new evian film" by EvianBabies

4. "Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)" by SteveKardynal

3. "How Animals Eat Their Food" | MisterEpicMann by MisterEpicMann

2. "Harlem Shake (original army edition)" by kennethaakonsen

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1. Ylvis - "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" by tvnorge

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Marc Chacksfield
Content Director

As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.