The video led YouTube's weekly chart for two consecutive weeks in November 2017, ending Luis Fonsi's 35-week run at number one with "Despacito".[10][11][12] It surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube within five months of its 18 August 2017 release and was the most watched music video by a female artist in 2017.[6][13] "Criminal" is one of the 50 most viewed videos and eight most viewed Spanish-language videos on YouTube,[14][15] having received over 2.0 billion views.[16] It is also both Natasha and Ozuna's most watched music video on the platform.[16][17] Natasha said YouTube provided her with "the opportunity to reach other parts of the world, when before we depended on a label for that. It's definitely an achievement not only for me, but for Latina women. Before we did not have that reach."[10] Billboard included "Criminal" at number 11 in its list of Top 25 Sexiest Latin Music Videos.[18] Tommy Calle of Hoy wrote that Natasha's "sensuality and beauty" in the video "stands out to the eye".[19]