India's YouTube favourites in 2023: Chandrayaan-3, 'Sasta Biig Bosss 2'. See full list

Chandrayaan-3 was also the most-Googled news event in India in 2023.

Chandrayaan-3, India's ambitious moon mission, was the most-watched video on YouTube in 2023, the streaming-platform revealed as it released its list of the most popular videos and breakout creators in India in 2023.
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission Soft-landing LIVE Telecast saw over 8.5 million peak concurrent views, making it the largest live stream of all time on YouTube,” YouTube said in a blog post.

Chandrayaan-3, which captivated the world's attention, was the most-searched news event in India on Google too, the search engine giant said as it released its year-ender recently.

The second top trending YouTube video in India in 2023 is “Men on Mission” by the channel Round2Hell.

YouTuber Anubhav Singh Bassi’s “UPSC – Standup Comedy”, Ajey Nagar aka CarryMinati’s “Daily Vloggers Parody” and a parody of “Bigg Boss”, called “Sasta Biig Bosss 2”, are among the other videos that topped the India charts on YouTube.

Gaming videos continue to dominate YouTube with a Grand Theft Auto video ranked at Number 8 in YouTube India’s trends chart. YouTube has even released a separate list of top 15 gaming videos in India for the year.

India’s top six breakout creators this year are Pawan Sahu, Neetu Bisht, an account named “cute.Shivani.05”, “aman real dancer” and Shintu Mourya. Neetu Bisht was ranked Number 1 among women breakout creators on YouTube.

The second most-watched music video on YouTube in 2023 is Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan's "Tere Vaaste Falak" from the film "Zara Hatke Zara Bachke". While a Bhojpuri song topped the list, Tamannaah's "Kaavaalaa" from Rajinikanth-starrer "Jailer" is at Number 6.