Here are YouTube Canada’s most watched videos of the year

YouTube Canada has unveiled the top ten videos users watched on its service over the past year. The company has divided the videos into four separate categories: Canada’s Top Trending Videos of 2017,” “Canada’s Top Music Videos of 2017,” “Canada’s Top Movie Trailers of 2017,” and lastly YouTube made a list of top ten ads that we chose to watch with the list “YouTube Canada Ads Leaderboard 2017.”

According to this list, Canadians are interested in anything from a toddler stealing popcorn from Prince Harry to a one on one wolf versus moose standoff. Here’s the list of Canada’s Top Trending Videos of 2017.

Canada’s Top Trending Videos of 2017

1. Sea lion drags into Steveson waters
2. Eminem Rips Donald Trump in BET Hip Hop Awards Freestyle Cypher
3. Animal Adventure Park Giraffe Cam
4. Ping Pong Trick Shots 3 | Dude Perfect
5. Northern Ontario Moose vs Wolf
6. Woman interrupted during BBC interview
7. Sneaky toddler steals Prince Harry’s popcorn 
8. In a Heartbeat – Animated Short Film 
9. $1 donut vs $100 donut 
10. France 24 en direct – 24 hour livestream news channel 

Meanwhile, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s song Despacito is not only 2017’s top music video, but also “the most-viewed YouTube video of all time with 4.4 billion views.” Here’s the list of Canada’s Top Music Videos of 2017.

Canada’s Top Music Videos of 2017.

1. Luis Fonsi — Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee
2. Ed Sheeran — Shape of You [Official Video]
3. DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne —  I’m the One
4. Bruno Mars — That’s What I like
5. Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE 
6. Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 
7. The Weeknd — Reminder
8. Zedd & Alessia Cara — Stay (Lyric Video) 
9. Cardi B — Bodak Yellow 
10. Shawn Mendes — There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back. 

To my surprise, Spider-Man: Homecoming was nowhere near the top movie trailer, and was even beaten by The Emoji Movie. Here are YouTube’s most watch trailers of 2017.

Canada’s Top Movie Trailers of 2017

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser
2. IT — Official Teaser Trailer
3. Thor: Ragnarok Teaser Trailer
4. Black Panther Teaser Trailer
5. Deadpool 2 Teaser Trailer (2018) 
6. Justice League — Official Trailer 1 
7. The Boss Baby “Diapers” Trailer Tease (Animation, 2017) 
8. The Emoji Movie Trailer 1-3 (2017) 
   Blade Runner 2049 — Official Trailer
9. Spider-Man: Homecoming — Official Trailer #2

Lastly, here are the top ten ads Canadians didn’t skip.

YouTube Canada Ads Leaderboard 2017

1. The Canadian Dream – Chevrolet Canada (Creative – McCann, Media – Dentsu Aegis Network)
2. SickKids VS: MomStrong – SickKids (Creative – Cossette, Media – Cossette)
3. #MostCanadian Airline Ever – WestJet (Creative – In-house, Media – Media Experts)
4. The Great Canadian Chase – Coca-Cola Canada (Creative – Sid Lee, Media – Carat)
5. Nintendo Switch – Nintendo (Creative – Leo Burnett, Media – Zenith)
6. Born the Hard Way – Budweiser (Creative – Anomaly, Media – UM)
7. Worlds Apart – Heineken (Creative – Publicis)
8. Hero’s Journey – Kia Motors America (Creative – Innocean, Media – Innocean)
9. Bringing Canadian Families Together – Catelli Pasta (Creative – Environics, Media – Bam Strategy)
10. The Rock and Siri Dominate the Day – Apple Canada (Creative – TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Media – OMD)