Linkin Park is among the 10 most streamed musical acts on YouTube, according to Chart Data. The band came in at Number Nine on the list, which is based on views generated by “official videos” and “features” on the Google-owned video site. Also appearing the chart are Maroon 5, BTS, Coldplay and Imagine Dragons, among others.
Linkin Park's YouTube channel boasts nearly 16 million subscribers, and the highest-viewed video on the channel is the official clip for “Numb,” which has been seen 1.3 billion times.
Following the death of lead singer Chester Bennington in July 2017, fans of the group launched an unofficial campaign to get the “Numb” video to the one billion milestone, a mission that was completed in November 2018.
Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn told us a while back that the Internet has been a valuable tool for the band since the beginning: “The thing is, we actually started off on the Internet before we were signed. You know, we'd go into chat rooms and, you know, tell people to check out our music. 'If you like this kind of music, check this out, and just give us feedback whether you like it or not.' And that kind of sparked interest to the point where we created a street team, and then we started our website and kind of kept in touch with the fans.”
Linkin Park has not performed together in public since October 2017, when the surviving members staged a tribute concert in Los Angeles to Bennington. The band has not, to date, officially announced whether it intends to carry on following the death of Bennington, who committed suicide at the age of 41.