Since MTV doesn’t really show music videos anymore, YouTube is the place for those who want to watch music videos to their heart’s content.

Some music videos — both classic and recently released — have caught on more than others and have racked up 1 billion views and more.

For your viewing pleasure, here are 33 rock/pop music videos with at least 1 billion views on YouTube.

(Note: View numbers listed are as of January 30, 2023.)

• Scorpions - 'Wind of Change' (1 billion views)

• Bon Jovi - 'Livin' On A Prayer' (1 billion views)

• Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Californication' (1.01 billion views)

• Audioslave - 'Like a Stone' (1.04 billion views)

• Evanescence - 'Bring Me To Life' (1.13 billion views)

• Cyndi Lauper - 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' (1.14 billion views)

• Metallica - 'Nothing Else Matters' (1.20 billion views)

• Whitney Houston - 'I Will Always Love You' (1.35 billion views)

• AC/DC - 'Thunderstruck' (1.22 billion views)

• Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up' (1.34 billion views)

• Bon Jovi - 'It's My Life' (1.21 billion views)

• The Cranberries - 'Zombie' (1.31 billion views)

• a-ha - 'Take On Me' (1.60 billion views)

• Guns N' Roses - 'November Rain' (2 billion views)

• Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (1.60 billion views)

• Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (1.57 billion views)

• Linkin Park - 'In The End' (1.48 billion views)

• Coldplay - 'Paradise' (1.66 billion views)

• Imagine Dragons - 'Radioactive' (1.42 billion views)

• 4 Non Blondes - 'What's Up' (1.46 billion views)

• twenty one pilots - 'Heathens' (1.98 billion views)

• Guns N' Roses - 'Sweet Child O' Mine' (1.47 billion views)

• Linkin Park - 'Numb' (1.92 billion views)

• Imagine Dragons - 'Believer' (2.36 billion views)

• Coldplay - 'Hymn For the Weekend' (1.82 billion views)

• Imagine Dragons - 'Thunder' (1.93 billion views)

• Europe - 'The Final Countdown' (1.08 billion views)

• Coldplay - 'The Scientist' (1.08 billion views)

• Michael Jackson - 'Billie Jean' (1.29 billion views)

• System of a Down - 'Chop Suey!' (1.23 billion views)

• twenty one pilots - 'Ride' (1.35 billion views)

• Coldplay - 'Adventure of a Lifetime' (1.39 billion views)

• twenty one pilots - 'Stressed Out' (2.62 billion views)

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