TED Reveals Top 20 Most-Watched Talks, Sir Ken Robinson Tops The List

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Warning: Clicking through to see the top 20 most watched TEDTalks is akin to finding a new show on Netflix. It will kill your day. If you must (and you really do) see the top 20 talks in TED six-year history, clear your calendar, shut off your email, go to the bathroom and open your mind. You're about to learn something.

TED tabulated data from its top sources including TED.com, YouTube, Hulu, iTunes, and several others. Sir Ken Robinson's 2006 talk about how schools kill creativity tops the list with 13,409,417 views. It's followed by brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor's epic story about suffering a stroke -- and documenting her body shutting down. Next is Pranav Mistry, David Gallo and then again by Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes with an astounding demo of SixthSense, a wearable projection computer. Further down the list is Tony Robbins, Steve Jobs, Stephen Hawkings, and Mary Roach's talk on 10 things you didn't know about an orgasm. It's an impressive collection of fascinating lectures.

The TED blog links to the top 20 list published last year. It's very similar, in fact, with the notable exception of Steve Jobs' genuine 2005 talk on how to live before you die.

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