Psy’s hit single Gangnam Style has racked up so many views that YouTube has had to change the way it shows view counts.
The K-pop song was first uploaded in 2012, and has since garnered more than two billion views with its famous dance routine.
The upgrade sees YouTube’s counter switch from a 32-bit integer to a 64-bit one.
A blog post by YouTube states: “We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer ...
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