Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is so popular YouTube needs to upgrade their system to accommodate views?

Psy's "Gangnam Style" may have been a viral phenomenon, but who knew it would last this long? 

The MV broke records by being the first to hit 1 billion views, but then it went right on to reaching 2 billion views.  Regardless, its popularity is not winding down anytime soon as a recent post by YouTube reveals that the MV is still going strong and jokes that the site needs an upgrade to accommodate.

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The max value for a 32 bit signed integer is 2³¹ or 2,147,483,647 and "Gangnam Style" recently surpassed that mark in views.
 

YouTube wrote, "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer (=2,147,483,647 views), but that was before we met PSY. 'Gangnam Style' has been viewed so many times we have to upgrade!

Hover over the counter in PSY's video to see a little math magic and stay tuned for bigger and bigger numbers on YouTube. ?"

If you do as they say and hover the mouse over the counter, it has a fun surprise for fans! Congratulations, Psy, on continuously dominating YouTube with his viral hit.