Masha and the Bear episode gains ist first billion views on YouTube

An episode of the popular Russian animated series Masha and the Bear has become the first Russian-language video to reach a billion views on YouTube. The “Recipe for Disaster” episode is the second amongst non-musical video for popularity of all time. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC

Produced by the Moscow-based Animaccord studio, the episode to achieve this feat comes from the 17th series of t. The seven minute-long episode is uploaded to GetMovies channel in 2012. Earlier this year, Tubefilter announced the list of the most popular channels worldwide where Masha’s official channel MashaMedvedTV was ranked #5. www.tubefilter.com/2015/11/13/top-100-most-viewed-youtube-channels-worldwide-october-2015/

Earlier this year Animation Magazine, a leading US magazine on animation, included Masha and the Bear in a list of 250 TV shows destined to become classics. Kidscreen magazine listed Animaccord amongst Hot10 production companies of 2015. The show won Kidscreen award for Best Animation 2015.