Cocorico! In 2019, the French mainly watched French videos, according to the ranking unveiled by Youtube for the end of the year. Side music clips, NLP and Aya Nakamura crush the competition. Videographers, Cyprien, Norman and Squeezie are stolen by Mister V.

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For many people, especially young people, Youtube is the new television. Some 40 million French people are connecting to the video platform every month to watch clips, humorous or informative videos ... But what have they seen the most this year? Youtube unveiled Friday the ranking of the most viewed and most "liked" videos in France in 2019. And the least we can say is that the French are rather chauvinistic: unlike many other countries, artists and French videographers take the lion's share in France.

NLP and Aya Nakamura reign over clips

Unless you hibernated all year, you could not escape the NLP phenomenon. Without a single interview but with a very involved fan base, the duo rappers Corbeil-Essonnes made the biggest musical buzz of the year. Result, the clip of their tube Au DD , shot at the top of the Eiffel Tower, has been seen 128 million times since March. It is the most viewed video of the year in France, according to the Youtube ranking. Incidentally, their album Deux Frères is now certified platinum triple disc.

Just behind NLP, there is another phenomenon: Aya Nakamura. A year after its incredible breakthrough thanks to the hit Djadja (450 million views on Youtube for the clip), the singer of Malian origin has recurred this year with the heady Pookie . A new box with 147 million views on the counter. And yes, it's more than just NLP. Yet Aya Nakamura is ranked behind for two reasons: the ranking of Youtube is stopped on October 31 and moreover, being more popular outside our borders than PNL, many of its views on the platform have not been made in France.

On the third step of the podium, the duo Eva and Lartiste cardboard with On Fleek (85 million views). Next in the top 10, include the rapper Marseille Soprano, Koba LaD and Belgian singer Angèle. Only one foreign artist has competed with our Frenchies : Daddy Yankee is 9th thanks to the clip of Con Calma .

Mister V surprises in front of Cyprien, Squeezie and Norman

As for the non-musical videos, it's the humorous youtubeur Mister V who wins the bet. Pioneer of Youtube, with its more than five million subscribers since 2008, the videographer from Grenoble has been more rare lately. But it only took one video: "Rap vs reality 2", in which he puts the rap shots to shame, has been seen 27 million times.

Behind him, this is another youtubeur mixing music and humor that has overwhelmingly attracted Internet users. Joyca, parodies specialist, this year has attacked the hit Vegedream Bring the cup home , transformed into Bring the Greek back home . Pure Youtube humor and more than nine million views at the end.

It is necessary to arrive at the third place of the ranking to find the two most popular youtubeurs of France: Squeezie (13.8 million subscribers) and Cyprien (13.4 million). Both have staged this year their "rivalry" for the title of first youtubeur of France. A fake clash completed on a reconciliation video massively watched on Youtube. In solo, it was Cyprien who achieved the highest score, with 10 million views for his video on Romania, his country of origin. As for Squeezie, he is in sixth position with a video on surprising photos.

Youtubers age but remain popular

One of the lessons of this classification of non-musical videos is that historical youtubers are always followed, despite their change of tone or format. So goes Norman, one of the first to have launched in the videos facing camera. Today thirty years old and father, he stages his life with his baby. A change of life that interested eight million Internet users.

Ditto for Cyprien. More rare on Youtube, he now favors more artistic forms since he now writes and plays in short films. The latest, titled Minori and shot entirely in Japan, released in May on its YouTube channel, has more than six million views. He won the palm of the most "liked" video this year on the social network (clips excluded), with some 740,000 inches in the air.

Here again, the French Youtube stands out. Whether in the top 10 non-musical videos most seen or in the most "liked" in France this year, French creators trust all places. On the other hand, no woman in any of these rankings.