Have you ever wondered how various artists in the metal and hard rock communities stack up when it comes to YouTube views, Apple Music streams, pure album sales, ticket sales (back then? one thing … and when they do again) and other metrics? Stream N ‘Destroy is a newsletter that features all of these things and more. Compiled by journalist and metal manager Ryan J. Downey, Stream N ‘Destroy, which arrives a few times a week, quickly became one of our most anticipated reads as soon as it hit our inbox.
Today we’re taking a look at the most popular heavy rock bands in YouTube history, but with one twist: rather than adding up every video in every band’s entire catalog for a cumulative number, this list only presents their most popular video. Each band can only appear once on the list. Where there were multiple versions of a particular song (band upload, label upload, audio, fan uploads, live releases, etc.), this list includes the larger version. Bands that fall somewhere on the hard rock spectrum, whether it was heavy metal, hardcore, metalcore, some type of ‘stage’ music adjacent to punk, etc., were eligible to apply. inclusion.
Here are the top 25:
- Linkin Park “Numb” 1.4B
- Guns N ‘Roses “November Rain” 1.3B
- Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 1B
- System Of A Down – Chop Suey! “964M
- Bon Jovi “It’s my life” 852M
- Metallica “Nothing else matters” 789M
- Scorpions “Wind of Change” 772M
- Evanescence “Bring Me To Life” 752M
- AC / DC “Thunderstruck 752M
- Without doubt “Do not speak” 750 M
- Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” 710M
- Audioslave “Like a Stone” 671M
- Hoobastank “The Reason” 661M
- Disturbed “The Sound of Silence” 620M
- 3 doors down “Here without you” 586M
- Aerosmith “Crazy” 529M
- Panic! At the “High Hopes” disco 479M
- Nickelback “How Do You Remind Me” 473M
- Foo Fighters “The Pretender” 425M
- Green Day “Boulevard des Rêves Brisés” 424M
- “Psychosocial” slipknot 351M
- Bad Wolves “Zombie” 322M
- Paramore “Decode” 316M
- “Monster” stove 308M
- “Wrong Side of Heaven” Five Finger Death Punch 294M
The complete list of the Stream N ‘Destroy e-newsletter includes a whopping 565 tapes, including, Rammstein, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins and more. To access the complete list and regularly receive information like this in your inbox, sign up for Stream N ‘Destroy here.
