TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

1. Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity (2006): 13 409 417 views
2. Jill Bolte Taylor‘s stroke of insight (2008): 10 409 851
3. Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9 223 263
4. David Gallo‘s underwater astonishments (2007): 7 879 541
5. Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (2009): 7 467 580
6. Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do (2006): 6 879 488
7. Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action (2010): 6 050 294
8. Steve Jobs on how to live before you die (2005): 5 444 022
9. Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 4 966 643
10. Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability (2010): 4 763 038
11. Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation (2009): 4 706 241
12. Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic (2005): 4 658 425
13. Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your genius (2009): 4 538 037
14. Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy? (2004): 4 269 082
15. Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe (2008): 4 153 105
16. Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3 891 251
17. Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3 869 417
18. Keith Barry does brain magic (2004): 3 847 893
19. Mary Roach 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 3 810 630
20. Vijay Kumar demos robots that fly like birds (2012): 3 535 340

[Source: TED Blog]