More than eight million views in one day: that's how many people viewed in to watch the live stream video of the death-defying sky-diving space jump performed by Felix Baumgartner.

The live video broke the record for the most watched live event in YouTube history, the site stated on Sunday, Oct. 14.

YouTube said that at its peak, more than 8 million concurrent livestream viewers were watching the unprecedented jump on Sunday, in which Baumgartner broke the speed of sound after jumping from a platform 128,100 feet high, the highest ever attempted by a human.

"We congratulate Felix Baumgartner and the entire Red Bull Stratos team for their successful mission, and for creating a livestream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube," YouTube said in a statement. The jump was also broadcast on the Discovery Channel.

Watch the entire spectacular jump below:

The 43-year-old Austrian skydiver set three world records with his death-defying feat: top speed during free fall, free fall from the highest altitude and highest manned balloon flight.

After a 4:19 minute free fall reaching an estimated speed of 834.37 mph, Baumgartner landed safely near Roswell, New Mexico.

He said the following at a press conference held after his jump, posted on the Red Bull Stratos website:

"Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive."

He also told reporters that he almost lost consciousness.

"The exit was perfect but then I started spinning slowly. I thought I'd just spin a few times and that would be that, but then I started to speed up. It was really brutal at times. I thought for a few seconds that I'd lose consciousness.

"I didn't feel a sonic boom because I was so busy just trying to stabilize myself. We'll have to wait and see if we really broke the sound barrier. It was really a lot harder than I thought it was going to be."

Watch the entire jump video here.

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