The BBC have a nice list of the most popular viral videos - Can you believe the Star Wars kid clip has been watched 900 million times - or Paris Hilton’s infamous One Night In Paris has been watched (discretely I bet) over 400 million times?  I think George Lucas should do another prequel starring the tubby jedi and Hugh Hefner should start talking to Paris asap.  Anyways, being the good guy that I am, I’ve included the top 10 list below - along with the links. Go on, I know you want to…

TOP TEN VIRAL VIDEOS & AMOUNT OF VIEWS
1. Star Wars Kid (900m)
2. Numa Numa (700m)
3. One Night In Paris (400m)
4. Kylie Minogue for Agent Provocateur (360m)
5. The Exploding Whale (350m)
6. John West Salmon Bear Fight (300m)
6. Trojan Games (300m)
8. Kolla2001 (200m)
9. AfroNinja (80m)
10. The Shining Redux (50m)

Not a bad list… I’m surprised All Your Base and the Napster Girl are not on the list though.

Here’s the skinny from the beeb.

The footage of Ghyslain Raza - who became known as the Star Wars Kid - has been viewed 900 million times. He recorded himself swinging a golf ball retriever at his high school in Canada in 2003. Viral marketing company The Viral Factory collated page impression figures from websites such as YouTube.

Mr Raza never intended the video to be made public, and later took legal action against the classmates he claimed had posted it on the internet. The second most popular viral - footage spread by e-mail - also featured an unknown teenager - 19-year-old Gary Brolsma, known as Numa Numa - whose video has been watched 700 million times. 

Mr Brolsma filmed himself lip-synching to a Romanian pop song, inspiring other viewers to make their own versions. Kylie Minogue’s viral advert for lingerie firm Agent Provocateur has been viewed 360 million times, while a John West salmon advert in which a fisherman fights with a bear has been viewed online 300 million times.

A TV news clip from 1970 of an exploding whale - in which giant pieces of whale blubber rained down on people a quarter of a mile away - has been viewed 350 million times and earned its own website.

The study was commissioned to celebrate UKTV G2’s new series, Totally Viral, which begins on Monday night.