Yes, a Viral Science Video

Sleep explainer takes off on YouTube

As Jesse Pinkman might have put it, "Yeah Science!" Last week, the YouTube network ASAPScience posted a video dubbed "What if You Stopped Sleeping?" The simple-but-informative-and-interesting-to-most clip took off, generating 3.5 million views in a week, according to the latest data from VidIQ.

Alas, science only goes so far. The two other biggest clips on VideoWatch's ranker last week featured Smosh twerking and another Wrecking Ball parody. Check it out:

NOTE: Adweek’s VideoWatch Chart, powered by VidIQ, reveals the Top 10 Web Series Videos on YouTube every week.

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