The Top 10 best internation DJ performances, ranked by views, that defined a new era for electronic dance music.

The most watched DJ sets of 2025 defined a new era for electronic music. These performances drew millions of viewers far beyond the festival grounds, from the mainstages of Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival and EDC Las Vegas to sweat-soaked Boiler Room rooms in Tokyo. Below, we rank the year’s ten best international DJ performances by official view counts, counting down to a number one that nobody saw coming.

The Most Watched DJ Sets of 2025 That Went Viral Online

10. Tiësto – EDC Las Vegas (3.2M Views)

Tiësto’s kineticFIELD performance reinforced his status as a mainstage legend, translating decades of hits into a stream that fans replayed all year. Few careers in dance music have lasted this long at the top, and this set showed exactly why.

9. Hardwell – Tomorrowland (3.2M Views)

Hardwell’s first entry on this list combined big room house with harder techno elements, a sound he has been sharpening since his return. Millions tuned in, and it wouldn’t be his biggest moment of the year. More on that further down.

8. Martin Garrix – UMF 2025 (3.5M Views)

Garrix delivered a visually stunning and explosive closing set at Ultra, debuting several highly anticipated IDs to a global fanbase that dissects every unreleased tune he plays. The stream became essential viewing for anyone tracking what he drops next.

7. Swedish House Mafia – Tomorrowland (4.1M Views)

The iconic trio’s return to Tomorrowland was a masterclass in festival spectacle, balancing the nostalgia of their classic anthems with a future-facing edge. It confirmed that their pull remains enormous, on the ground and on screens worldwide.

6. riria – Boiler Room Tokyo (4.2M Views)

One of the standout Boiler Room sessions of the year, riria’s Tokyo performance fused trance rhythms with hard groove techno in front of a heaving room. It proved that an underground stage can pull a global audience every bit as large as a festival mainstage.

5. Alok – Tomorrowland (4.2M Views)

Alok’s Brazilian bass-driven Tomorrowland set lit up the mainstage and racked up views at remarkable speed. It capped a huge year for the Brazilian star and for Latin American dance music’s growing footprint on Europe’s biggest stages.

4. David Guetta – Tomorrowland (4.3M Views)

Forever a titan of the mainstage, Guetta delivered a high-production set that expertly mixed his classic anthems with cutting-edge future rave and commercial hits. Three decades in, he is still one of the most watched artists in electronic music, full stop.

3. Skrillex – UMF 2025 (5.5M Views)

Skrillex demonstrated his genre-bending dominance with a thunderous set that jumped effortlessly between bass music, dubstep and pop-infused moments. It reaffirmed his position as one of dance music’s true innovators and became one of the defining streams of the year.

2. Hardwell – Ultra Japan (7.4M Views)

Hardwell secured the second spot with his monumental Ultra Japan appearance, a high-impact performance built on massive drops and powerful visuals. It dominated viewership across the Asian festival circuit and marked the peak of a huge year for the Dutchman.

1. ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U – Boiler Room (16M Views)

The most watched set of 2025 didn’t come from a festival mainstage at all. This Boiler Room session achieved viral status for its frenetic, genre-defying chaos, more than doubling the views of anything else on this list. It proved that deeply underground and experimental sounds can still capture a colossal global audience, and that a single room with one camera can outdraw the biggest productions in the world.

What 2025 Told Us About Live Electronic Music

From high-production festival spectacles to raw underground sessions, these were the performances that defined electronic music in 2025. The gap between the mainstage and the underground has never mattered less to viewers. Streams are now shaping how millions of fans experience dance music, from the world’s biggest stages to your TV and phone.