Air NZ amongst YouTube's most watched videos

Air New Zealand's controversial safety video is amongst YouTube's most popular videos of 2014.

Disney sing-alongs, mutant spider-dogs and bikini-clad women presenting air-safety videos feature in the top 10 most popular YouTube videos in New Zealand this year.

A controversial Air New Zealand video, that showed Sports Illustrated bikini models talking about on-board safety, was number six on a list of the most watched YouTube videos by Kiwis this year.

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The video, uploaded in February, was criticised by some for objectifying women, and the airline phased it out in July. Worldwide it had been viewed more than 6.7 million times.

Two children's videos featured high up the list - with a sing-along from the Disney film Frozen taking the top spot with more than 246m views worldwide, and a 54 minute nursery rhyme compilation coming in at number three, with more than 197m views worldwide.

The fifth most popular video shows a dog dressed as a spider pranking people, while number eight features a young woman's hands opening chocolate eggs.

Auckland production duo Mt Eden Official currently tops the list of most popular Kiwi You Tube users, with their videos garnering more than 126m views, followed by beauty vlogger Shaanox with a combined total of over 102m views.

Local songstress Lorde sits at fourth place, with 79.7m views.

You Tube also released a list of the 10 most popular music videos in New Zealand - with Lorde not making the cut.

The top spot went to Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass, with almost 360m views worldwide and nearly 2 million 'likes', followed by Iggy Azalea's Fancy with more than 386 million views and 1.4 million 'likes'.

Lorde's bestie Taylor Swift came in third with her catchy pop hit Shake It Off, while Nicki Minaj's Anaconda was the fourth most watched.

The lists are compiled by YouTube based on engagement by users - such as views, shares, comments and likes.