Psy’s Gangnam Style video breaks YouTube view counter with more than 2.1 billion views

KIM Kardashian may think she “broke the internet”, but she’s got nothing on a video that’s racked up more than 2.1 billion views.

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KIM Kardashian may have bragged that her naked bum photos broke the internet — but seems she’s been beaten by Korean pop sensation Psy, who has forced YouTube to rejigg their counter.

YouTube has announced that it’s had to upgrade its view counter after Psy’s mega-hit Gangnam Style maxed out the counter with a whopping 2.1 billion views.

Still dancing ... Psy performs his famous Gangnam Style dance in Times Square for New Year's Eve celebrations on Dec. 31, 2012 in New York. Picture: AP

The original limit was set up on the assumption that no view would ever be so popular that it would be viewed more than 2.1 billion times.

The video has already exceed that limit by 5 million views.

“We never thought a video would be watched in numbers great than a 32-bit integer (=2,1247,483,647 views), but that was before we met PSY”, said YouTube. “Gangnam Style has been viewed so many times we have to upgrade!”

Just in case you’re one of the few people who hasn’t seen the video, here it is again:

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