Will Smith’s slap on Chris Rock smashed YouTube’s 24-hour view record for a video not music or a trailer.
On Sunday, March 27, 2022, the 94th Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles, California. During this evening, a particular event panicked the canvas as rarely.
Internet users’ social networks have been inundated with videos, messages and memes concerning actor Will Smith’s slap on comedian Chris Rock live on stage.
The altercation took place following a joke by Chris Rock about the shaved head of Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife. This joke did not please Jada who has alopecia, a disease causing severe hair loss, and her husband then got up to go and hit the American comedian on stage.
VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022
This totally unexpected event at such a prestigious evening immediately went viral around the world. On social networks, the video of the slap was looped and the reactions of Internet users were very numerous.
Will Smith’s slap smashes MrBeast’s 24-hour YouTube view record
So much so that on YouTube, the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock broke a record held by videographer MrBeast. She was watched 48 million times barely 4 p.m. after its on-line.
In November 2021, the American youtubeur had brought together 42.6 million views in a single day for video on his organization of a Squid Game in reality.
And that’s not all since his interpretation of Squid Game was the fastest non-music video to reach 100 million views in only four days.
.@MrBeast‘s Squid Game is breaking records:
✅Most views in a day – non-music/trailer/rewind (42.6M)
✅Fastest non-music video to reach 100 million views (<4 days)
✅Most subscribers gained in 1 day (1.4M)+ he’s on track to beat the record for most subs gained in 30 days(9.1M)
—Reed (@Reedjd) November 29, 2021
Except that Will Smith has been there and all this now seems like ancient history for MrBeast.
The video of the altercation at the Oscars on the Guardian News channel smashed the former record for a non-music video or trailer with more than 59 million views in 24 hours.
Nearly two days after the event, the Guardian News video counts over 69 million views and is always trending on the platform.
Many other channels shared Will Smith’s slap on YouTube. The total number of views must be mind-boggling but it was the Guardian news video that stood out. Can she beat the record of 100 million views in four days? Answer in the next few hours…