List of most-liked YouTube videos

This list of most-liked YouTube videos contains the top 30 videos with the most likes of all time, taken directly from the video page. The American video platform YouTube implemented a like and dislike button on these pages in March 2010, part of a major redesign of the site. This served as a replacement for their five-star rating system;[1] YouTube's designers found the previous system ineffective because the options to rate a video between two and four stars were rarely selected.[2]

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (left) featuring Daddy Yankee (right) has been the most liked video on YouTube since July 2017, with over 51 million likes as of April 2023.

The music video for LMFAO's song "Party Rock Anthem" stood as the most-liked video on YouTube in 2012, with 1.56 million likes, until the video for Psy's "Gangnam Style" surpassed it in September that year with more than 1.57 million likes. Following this accomplishment, "Gangnam Style" entered the Guinness World Records book as the most-liked video on YouTube and on the Internet as of 2012. Psy's video remained the most-liked on YouTube for nearly four years until August 27, 2016, when Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" featuring Charlie Puth surpassed it with 11.21 million likes. Less than a year later, on July 25, 2017, Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" featuring Daddy Yankee claimed the top spot with 16.01 million likes. Despacito became the first YouTube video to reach 50 million likes on 23 October 2022.

MrBeast holds the record for the most liked non-music video with "Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette". This video stands at 35 million likes as of June 2023. It is also the most-liked video uploaded under the YouTube Shorts banner.

The most liked non-music and non-short video is also held by MrBeast, with his video called "Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube" which has 26 million likes as of June 2023. He's been holding this record since May 2019, after surpassing PewDiePie's most liked non-music video.

Top videos

The following table lists the top 30 most-liked videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest ten thousand likes, uploader, and upload date.[upper-alpha 1]

Most-liked videos
No. Video name Uploader / artist Likes (millions) Upload date Notes
1."Despacito"[3]Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee51.74January 12, 2017[upper-alpha 2]
2."See You Again"[5]Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth41.34April 6, 2015[upper-alpha 3]
3."Baby Shark Dance"[6]Pinkfong40.62June 17, 2016[upper-alpha 4]
4."Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette?"[7]MrBeast36.63December 8, 2022[upper-alpha 5]
5."Dynamite"[8]BTS36.61August 21, 2020[upper-alpha 6]
6."OMG Best Teacher"[11]Dednahype35.64December 21, 2021
7."Shape of You"[12]Ed Sheeran31.71January 30, 2017[upper-alpha 7]
8."Our MOST INTENSE Balloon Popping Race"[13]How Ridiculous31.42April 19, 2022
9."How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti"[14]dollarbill (re-uploader), Zach King (creator)31.17July 23, 2019[upper-alpha 8]
10."If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2"[15]DanielLaBelle30.01October 18, 2022
11."Home Alone in a Rush"[16]DanielLaBelle28.43December 7, 2021
12."Boy with Luv"[17]BTS featuring Halsey27.94April 12, 2019[upper-alpha 9]
13."Gangnam Style"[18]Psy27.01July 15, 2012[upper-alpha 10]
14."Faded"[21]Alan Walker26.87December 3, 2015[upper-alpha 11]
15."Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube"[22]MrBeast26.37January 16, 2019
16."Lovely"[23]Billie Eilish and Khalid25.18April 29, 2018[upper-alpha 12]
17."Alone"[24]Marshmello24.64July 2, 2016[upper-alpha 13]
18."Kill This Love"[25]Blackpink24.60April 4, 2019[upper-alpha 14]
19."How You Like That"[26]Blackpink24.58June 26, 2020[upper-alpha 15]
20."Giving iPhones Instead Of Candy on Halloween"[27]MrBeast24.05November 2, 2022
21."Baby"[28]Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris23.76February 19, 2010[upper-alpha 16]
22."Power Tools Racing is INTENSE"[31]How Ridiculous23.52April 12, 2022
23."I drew Khaby Lame and Bella Poarch and gave it to them (crazy reaction!)"[32]Devon Rodriguez23.19August 18, 2022
24."Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"[33]Blackpink23.05June 15, 2018[upper-alpha 17]
25."Butter"[34]BTS22.95May 21, 2021[upper-alpha 18]
26."My Forever Sunshine/Don't touch me/Girl Revenge/Attidute girl/Thai drama whatsapp status tamil"[35]JK Editz22.92February 3, 2022
27."DNA"[36]BTS22.78September 18, 2017[upper-alpha 19]
28."Revenge"[37]Lucas and Marcus21.55July 26, 2022
29.Jiska koi nhi hota uska khuda hota hai [38]Azhan5star21.15November 19, 2021
30."The Rock Vs MrBeast For $100,000"[39]MrBeast21.12October 21, 2022
As of June 1, 2023

Historical most-liked videos

The following table lists the videos that became YouTube's most-liked video, from the implementation of the like button in March 2010 to the present.

  Current record (⁂)
  Former record (*)
Video name Uploader Likes[* 1] Upload date Date achieved Days held Ref Notes
"Despacito"⁂[3]Luis Fonsi16,010,000January 12, 2017July 25, 20172283[† 1][40][upper-alpha 20]
"See You Again"[5]Wiz Khalifa11,210,000April 6, 2015August 27, 2016332[41]
"Gangnam Style"*[18]Psy1,570,000July 15, 2012September 13, 20121444[19][upper-alpha 21]
"Party Rock Anthem"[44]LMFAO1,390,000March 8, 2011April 4, 2012162[45]
"Kony 2012"[46]Invisible Children1,350,000March 5, 2012March 17, 201218[47][upper-alpha 22]
"Party Rock Anthem"[44]LMFAO950,000March 8, 2011November 3, 2011135[48][upper-alpha 23]
"Baby"[28]Justin Bieber760,000February 19, 2010July 6, 2011120[52]
"Evolution of Dance"*[53]Judson Laipply620,000April 6, 2006March 31, 2010462[54][upper-alpha 24]
  1. As of October 25, 2023
  1. The approximate number of likes each video had when it became YouTube's most-liked video.

Timeline of most-liked videos (Mar 2010 – Jan 2021)

DespacitoSee You AgainGangnam StyleKONY 2012Party Rock AnthemBaby (Justin Bieber song)Evolution of Dance

See also

Notes
  1. Some videos may not be available worldwide due to YouTube's regional restrictions in certain countries.
  2. "Despacito" surpassed "See You Again" as the most-liked video on July 25, 2017; first video to reach 20 million likes on August 30, 2017;[4] first video to reach 30 million likes on September 29, 2018; first video to reach 40 million likes on September 24, 2020; and the first video to reach 50 million likes on October 23, 2022.
  3. "See You Again" surpassed "Gangnam Style" as the most-liked video on August 27, 2016; second video to reach 30 million likes on September 12, 2020.
  4. "Baby Shark Dance" is the fifth video to reach 20 million likes on August 31, 2020; fourth video to reach 30 million likes on August 21, 2021; third video to reach 40 million likes on April 19, 2023.
  5. "Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette?" became the most liked non-music video on youtube after surpassing "OMG best teacher" on June 7th 2023.
  6. "Dynamite" is the sixth and fastest video to reach 20 million likes, doing so on October 23, 2020, two months after release;[9] third and fastest video to reach 30 million likes on August 11, 2021, less than a year after release.[10]
  7. "Shape of You" is the third video to reach 20 million likes on June 12, 2019.
  8. "How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti" is the fourteenth video to reach 20 million likes on October 24, 2021.
  9. "Boy with Luv" is the eighth video to reach 20 million likes on December 2, 2020.
  10. "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Party Rock Anthem" as the most-liked video on September 13, 2012;[19] first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015;[20] seventh video to reach 20 million likes on December 7, 2020.
  11. "Faded" is the fourth video to reach 20 million likes on July 3, 2020.
  12. "Lovely" is the fifteenth video to reach 20 million likes on October 25, 2021.
  13. "Alone" is the ninth video to reach 20 million likes on March 31, 2021.
  14. "Kill This Love" is the eleventh video to reach 20 million likes on July 25, 2021.
  15. "How You Like That" is the tenth video to reach 20 million likes on May 2, 2021.
  16. "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most-liked video on July 6, 2011.[29][30] It is the sixteenth video to reach 20 million likes on December 23, 2021.
  17. "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" is the seventeenth video to reach 20 million likes on December 24, 2021.
  18. "Butter" is the thirteenth video to reach 20 million likes on October 15, 2021.
  19. "DNA" is the twelfth video to reach 20 million likes on August 2, 2021.
  20. "Despacito" became the first video to reach 20 million likes on August 30, 2017;[4] first video to reach 30 million likes on September 29, 2018; first video to reach 40 million likes on September 24, 2020; and the first video to reach 50 million likes on October 23, 2022.
  21. "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach 2 million likes on September 18, 2012,[42] 5 million likes on November 11, 2012,[43] and 10 million likes on November 3, 2015.[20]
  22. "Kony 2012" was a viral campaign by Invisible Children that aimed to raise support for Joseph Kony's arrest. In 12 days it became YouTube's most-liked video, only to be surpassed by "Party Rock Anthem" 18 days later.
  23. "Party Rock Anthem" was the first video to reach 1 million likes on November 15, 2011.[49][50][51] It is the only video on this list to hold the No. 1 spot on more than one occasion.
  24. "Evolution of Dance" was YouTube's first video to hold the No. 1 spot on this list. When the video was uploaded in 2006, YouTube still used the 5-star rating system. On March 31, 2010, when the rating system changed to likes and dislikes, all previous 1 star ratings were converted to dislikes and all 5 star ratings were converted to likes. This automatically made "Evolution of Dance" YouTube's most-liked video at the time.

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