YouTube is investigating a sudden surge in traffic that boosted a clip of a Brazilian pop band to the top of its most viewed video chart, it was reported.
The clip called Music is My Hot Hot Sex is by the Brazilian electro band Cansei De Ser Sexy and it has been viewed by nearly 90 million people.
However, in just three weeks, it got 40 million views pushing it from tenth place to YouTube's top position and the surge has left YouTube fans wondering if the 'books have been cooked'.
The clip is top of the Most Viewed (All Time) list and it beat Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance which has been unchallenged at the top for over 18 months.
One comment on YouTube said: "This only had 4 million views 2 weeks ago. Someone must have refreshed it 80 million times or someone hacked."
Blogger Andy Baio looked at the YouTube statistics and suggested that there were inconsistencies in the traffic surge.
He compared the number of hits with user ratings which showed a "a very unusual 21,487-to-1 ratio" of views-to-ratings.
The average ratio for other top ten videos is 590:1 which is consistent with a ratio of 545:1 for the top 500 YouTube videos.
This could indicate that the number of clicks has been inflated by using an automated method rather than people actaully watching it.
A YouTube spokesman told smh.com.au: "We don't condone efforts to affect the integrity of our video rankings or view counts.
"We are looking into this matter and will take appropriate action when we resolve the investigation."
Cansei De Ser Sexy, or CSS for short, means "I got tired of being sexy" which is apparently a comment made by singer Beyonce Knowles five years ago.
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