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How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED by TED is ranked #6 among Science & Technology videos in the YouTube Billion Views Club with 22.70M views.

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How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED

Name: How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED
Uploaded: 2010-01-19T18:08:44+00:00
Duration: 20 min 19 s
Channel: TED
Description: "How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED" by TED has now passed 0.02 billion views, ranking #1,061 of 1,060 videos in the YouTube Billion Views Club. It is the #6 most-viewed Science & Technology video among 5 in the club. Over the last 30 days it has added about 6.91K views. It was published about 16.7 years ago.

"How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED" by TED has now passed 0.02 billion views, ranking #1,061 of 1,060 videos in the YouTube Billion Views Club. It is the #6 most-viewed Science & Technology video among 5 in the club. Over the last 30 days it has added about 6.91K views. It was published about 16.7 years ago.

22,703,470 views

339,733 likes

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Quick Facts

Overall Rank: #1061 of 1060 videos
Science & Technology Rank: #6
Total Views: 22,703,470
Total Likes: 339,733
Like Ratio: 1.50%
Channel: TED
Published: January 19, 2010
Duration: 20:19
Last Updated: October 04, 2026

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October 2026

$5.53 · ~$8.00 RPM

691 views gained this month

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Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances

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How many views does How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED have?

How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED by TED currently has 22,703,470 views on YouTube. It is ranked #1061 among all 1060 videos in the YouTube Billion Views Club.

How many likes does How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED have?

How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED has 339,733 likes on YouTube, which gives it a like-to-view ratio of 1.50%.

When was How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED published?

How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED was published on January 19, 2010 by TED.

What rank is this video among Science & Technology videos?

How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED is ranked #6 among Science & Technology videos in the YouTube Billion Views Club with 22.70M views. See full Science & Technology ranking →