YouTube’s look back at 2020 in video features CarryMinati, BB Ki Vines, Desi Gamers

The year 2020 is coming to an end. Ahead of the New Year, YouTube has shared its annual ‘A look back at 2020 in video’ list, which features BB Ki Vines, Carry Minati, Desi Gamers and Make Joke Of among others.

YouTube said that all throughout 2020 YouTube’s creator community. While BB Ki Vines used his channel to shine a light on groups who felt the worst economic brunt of the pandemic and donated all the earnings from these videos to charity, Samay Raina came up with the inventive ‘Chess for Charity’ and donated all earnings towards the fight against Covid-19.

In addition to that, creators like CA Rachna Phadke, Tanmay Bhat and Dr Vivek Bindra shared pragmatic tips for financial prudence and investments for individuals and small businesses to weather the pandemic. While creators like Sandeep Maheshwari and Prajakta Koli broached the often-overlooked topic of mental health and self-care. YouTube’s platform was also used by Bollywood stars like Karthik Aryan to highlight the unsung heroes of the pandemic - frontline workers and first responders.

YouTube also said that during the lockdown, many people leveraged its platform to garner a range of new skills and hobbies, and upskilled out of necessity, including haircuts, workouts, crisis cooking and gardening among others.

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Coming to the list of winners, CarryMinati’s Stop Making Assumptions, Jkk Entertainment - Chotu Dada Tractor Wala, Make Joke Of’s The Lockdown, TRT Ertugrul by PTV’s Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu Episode 1 Season 1 and Bristi Home Kitchen’s Chocolate Cake Only 3 Ingredients In Lock-down were the top trending videos in 2020, while CarryMinati, Total Gaming, Techno Gamerz, Jkk Entertainment and ashish chanchlani vines were the top creators of the year.

Interestingly, CarryMinati was also YouTube’s top breakout creator of the year. He was followed by Total Gaming, Techno Gamerz, Desi Gamers and The MriDul.

Coming to the top music videos of the year, Sony Music India’s Badshah - Genda Phool was the top music video this year. It was followed by DIL Music’s Moto (Official Video), Aditya Music’s ButtaBomma Full Video Song (4K), Sony Music India’s Sumit Goswami - Feelings and T-Series’s Illegal Weapon 2.0 - Street Dancer 3D.