metadata

language:
  - en
license: mit
pretty_name: YouTube Music Hits
dataset_info:
  features:
    - name: youtubeId
      dtype: string
    - name: itemLabel
      dtype: string
    - name: performerLabel
      dtype: string
    - name: youtubeViews
      dtype: float64
    - name: year
      dtype: float64
    - name: genreLabel
      dtype: string
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_bytes: 1869451
      num_examples: 24329
  download_size: 1234234
  dataset_size: 1869451
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/train-*
tags:
  - musci
  - youtube,

YouTube Music Hits Dataset

A collection of YouTube music video data sourced from Wikidata, focusing on videos with significant viewership metrics.

Dataset Description

Overview

24,329 music videos
View range: 1M to 5.5B views
Temporal range: 1977-2024

Features

youtubeId: YouTube video identifier
itemLabel: Video/song title
performerLabel: Artist/band name
youtubeViews: View count
year: Release year
genreLabel: Musical genre(s)

View Distribution

1B+ views: 215 videos
100M-1B views: 2,457 videos
50M-100M views: 1,638 videos
10M-50M views: 5,261 videos
1M-10M views: 7,628 videos

Data Source

This dataset is derived from publicly available Wikidata entries and YouTube metrics.