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A TikTok video has recently achieved a staggering 3.6 billion views, now claiming the title of the most-viewed video on the platform, despite its content being merely a blank screen.
The landscape of TikTok’s most-watched videos is diverse, ranging from creative content to entertaining challenges.
Among the popular entries, Leah Halton’s inverted lip sync video ranks fourth with 1.1 billion views, while Zach King’s visually engaging Magic Ride, inspired by Harry Potter, holds second place with 2.3 billion views.
Zach King’s video maintained its record as the most viewed for nearly six years until the emergence of this new viral trend.
The Discovery of a Blank Video with 3.6 Billion Views
The record-setting video was posted on June 7, 2023, by TikTok user Lasi, and it consists of just a few seconds of a black screen. This simplistic format encourages users to watch it repeatedly, significantly inflating its view count.
Currently, it has over 3.6 billion views, although it has garnered only 1.1 million likes, suggesting that while view numbers skyrocket, engagement in terms of likes may not correlate in the same way.
The video has gained viral traction multiple times, most recently hitting the spotlight in April 2025.
As the video continues to trend, many TikTok users are creating their own content discussing Lasi’s video, leading to a surge of comments on the original post.
Comments like “3.7 billion views for a black screen is crazy” highlight the astonishment of viewers, while others inquire about the mechanics behind such a phenomenon, asking questions like “How do you pull this off?” or expressing confusion with comments such as “Why does this have so many views?”
While it’s possible that the numbers could result from an attempt at using a viewbotting strategy, the authenticity of the views remains in question.
This unexpected viral occurrence coincides with recent developments regarding TikTok as President Trump has enacted an executive order extending the TikTok ban deadline by another 75 days, with a new cutoff set for June 18.
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