[weinzierl]

It reached 1 Billion views without any support from the 4th largest market for music[1].

Germany has a market share of 7–8% for albums and 9–12% for singles. In 2005 market value was 887.7 million USD. And yet no one in Germany has ever watched Gangnam Style on Youtube.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry

[dbaupp]

> In 2005 market value was USD 887.7.

Are you missing "million" or "billion"?

[weinzierl]

It's million. Fixed it, thanks a lot.

[Surio]

@slowpoke gave a reason in his answer:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4826022

[lifeformed]

Is the video unavailable in Germany or something?