The 9 Most Popular Viral Videos Of The Week

Catharine Smith
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If you're looking to see the most popular YouTube videos of the week, look no further.

Once again, we're bringing you the week's most-watched videos, hot off the charts via YouTube Trends, a feature launched by YouTube that aggregates the site's video stats and draws upon "the wisdom of top curators across the web" to offer visitors a look at real-time trends among the YouTube community.

So what did the Web go wild over this week? The world's shortest escalator, a recap of the 2012, fireworks! -- and much, much more.

Watch the nine most popular YouTube videos of the week and vote for your favorites. Then, check out last week's picks here.

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