( CNN ) -- As viral videos go , `` Gangnam Style '' went gangbusters ages ago . But now it has charted a new record : 2 billion YouTube views . Breaking records is nothing new for the Korean pop tune . It was first uploaded in July 2012 and took only three months to achieve 800 million views , making it then the most-watched video of all time , according to Google Spokesman Matt McLernon . Those achievements might not enshrine Psy in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . But when it comes to measurements of pop-culture , the 2-billion mark is a modern-day milestone -- making Psy 's earworm , with its equine choreography , a titan of zeitgeist . Psy 's twitter feed was full of congratulatory tweets and retweets of news stories commemorating the record on Sunday . The 36-year-old acknowledged the achievement himself in a tweet on Friday , citing `` very honorable and burdensome numbers . With the appreciation , I 'll come back soon with more joyful one ! # THX '' Interview : PSY on 'Gangnam Style '
The Korean pop tune is first to reach two billion page views . Gangnam Style was first uploaded in July 2012 . Artist Psy tweets that the achievement was `` very honorable ''