David Farnor | On 04, Jan 2015

The White House has announced its 10 most-watched videos on YouTube from 2014. Top of the pile? Not an impassioned address or a political ultimatum: just a guy going for a “surprise walk” on a May morning.

“The President was heading over to the nearby Department of the Interior and decided to break with tradition and take a Springtime walk,” reads the video description.

“On the way, he got a chance to meet with all sorts of folks, who weren’t expecting to meet the President of the United States of America.”

More than 5 million people have watched video to date – 5,018,355, to be exact.

What does that say about our engagement with America’s political leader? Or that a video featuring a dog dressed up as a giant mutant spider received 24 times as many views?

Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega) was the most-watched YouTube of 2014, with 124.39 million views so far.

 

The rest of the top 10 YouTube videos of 2014 are as follows:

2. Nike Football: Winner Stays. ft. Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Ibrahimović, Iniesta & more by Nike Football

3. FIRST KISS by Tatia PIlieva

4. The Voice IT | Serie 2 | Blind 2 | Suor Cristina Scuccia – #TEAMJ-AX by TheVoiceOf Italy

5. iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test by Unbox Therapy

6. Bars & Melody – Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer act | Britain’s Got Talent 2014 by Britain’s Got Talent

7. Budweiser Super Bowl XLVIII Commercial — “Puppy Love” by Budweiser

8. Devil Baby Attack by DevilsDueNYC

9. Goku vs Superman. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3. by ERB

10. 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman by Street HarassmentVideo

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