List of most-liked TikTok videos

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The most-liked video on TikTok, with over 61 million likes, was uploaded by Bella Poarch and features her lip-syncing and bobbing her head to the song "Sophie Aspin Send" (also known as "M to the B") by Millie B. [1]

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Top videos

The following table lists the 25 most-liked videos on TikTok.

The user with the most videos in the top 25 is Khaby Lame with six. The most used song on the list is "SugarCrash!" by ElyOtto, which is used in three of the most-liked videos.

RankAccountUploaderLikes
(millions)
Post descriptionPostFeatured musicUpload dateNotes
1 @bellapoarch Bella Poarch 61.0Lip syncing "M To The B (Soph Aspin Send)" by Millie B17 August 2020 [upper-alpha 1]
2 @jamie32bsh Jamie Big Sorrel Horse51.8Dancing in front of bathroom mirror "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado 28 January 2022 [upper-alpha 2]
3 @fredziownik_art Franek Bielak51.0Drawings of mouths "Deep End Freestyle" by Sleepy Hallow featuring Fousheé 28 December 2020
4 @thenickluciano Nick Luciano49.7Lip syncing "SugarCrash!" by ElyOtto 23 February 2021
5 @totouchanemu David Allen45.0Dancing filmed by a drone "Stay" by The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber 28 July 2021 [upper-alpha 3]
6 @mngnzls Mona Gonzales41.4Sang "Suave" by El Alfa "Suave" by El Alfa 4 March 2022 [upper-alpha 4]
7 @adrianchateau Adrian Chateau Wiles40.6Person barking at dog 10 November 2021
8 @billieeilish Billie Eilish 40.5"Time Warp Scan" filter 11 November 2020 [upper-alpha 5]
9 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame 37.9Peeling a banana "Chug Jug with You" by Leviathan13 April 2021
10 @britishpromise.cats British Promise Cats37.4Cat pawing at camera 17 June 2020
11 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame36.3Opening a car door "Knock Knock" by SoFaygo 30 June 2021
12 @chipmunksoftiktok Chipmunks of TikTok35.9Chipmunk eating nuts out of someone's hand 18 June 2021 [upper-alpha 6]
13 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame35.5Opening a door "Oops!" by Yung Gravy 9 June 2021
14 @daexo Demi, Dae, and Josh35.3Baby smiling "Mua Mua" by Miya2 December 2020
15 @enbiggen Enbiggen34.9 Spirited Away -themed animation "One Summer's Day" by Lucy Lou29 September 2021 [upper-alpha 7]
16 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame34.6Removing mask from cup handle "SugarCrash!" by ElyOtto12 April 2021
17 @cikiee Jalapeno33.5Chef saying a pick-up line "At My Worst" by Pink Sweat$ 14 June 2021
18 @derik.munson0 Derik Munson33.2Penguin jumps off of breaking ice piece "Pope Is a Rockstar" by Sales 6 January 2022
19 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame32.5Drinking a glass of water "Memories" by Ajay Stevens [23] 8 April 2021
@chipmunksoftiktok Chipmunks of TikTokChipmunk eating nuts out of someone's hand 25 February 2022
21 @ninachristine15 user128156777572332.3Kitten running "You Are So Beautiful" by Bug Hall 1 January 2021
22 @cacha.7.griselda cachita7gri32.0Woman dancing with clothes line Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine "Trap De Amarella (Амаделя Pinkipa7 Remix)" by Epidemic7713 July 2021
23 @roses_are_rosie Rosé 31.7Queens of Kpop dancing "Jiggle Jiggle" by Duke & Jones & Louis Theroux 28 May 2022
24 @tuvok12 Tuvok1231.0Playing basketball on the street "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow 2 October 2021
@jakeswolsky Jake SwolskyFrog croaking 29 June 2021
26 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame30.9Removing stuck t-shirt from car door "SugarCrash!" by ElyOtto12 May 2021
@my_aussie_gal Mary and SecretDog painting a flower "Everything Sucks" by vaultboy18 July 2021
As of 19 February 2023

Historical most-liked videos

The following table lists the last four videos that were once the most-liked post on TikTok, with the number of likes as they were when the top spot was reached.

  Current record
AccountUploaderLikes
(millions)
Post descriptionPostUpload dateDate achievedDays held
@bellapoarch Bella Poarch 32.8Lip syncing [1] 18 August 202015 September 2020938
@britishpromise.cats British Promise CatsCat pawing at camera [2] 17 June 2020July 20201444 [* 1]
@justmaiko Michael Le22.6Dancing on escalator [3] 11 March 2020May 20205081 [* 1]
@kisonkee Kison KeeFalling over with milk [4] 30 October 2019
As of 11 April 2023
  1. 1 2 The listed number of days this video had the most number of likes is an estimated range based on limited information.

See also

Notes

  1. "M to the B" by Blackpool-based grime rapper Millie B was released in December 2016 as a "send" or diss track aimed at fellow Blackpool-based grime rapper Sophie Aspin. [2] [3] Bella Poarch's video, in which she lip synced to the song using TikTok's "Face Zoom" filter, quickly became the most-liked video on the platform, [4] inspiring a number of deepfake-based memes. [5] [6]
  2. Jamie Big Sorrel Horse, a Blackfoot man, went viral in early 2022 with videos of him lip-syncing and dancing, including one in which he lip-syncs to Nelly Furtado's song "Say It Right" in his bathroom. [7]
  3. David Allen, a wedding photographer from Tyler, Texas, posted a video of himself dancing on a hilltop to the Justin Bieber and The Kid Laroi song "Stay", which was filmed with a drone circling around him and inspired by another dancing video by TikTok user Max Taylor. [8] [9] It was named the top video of 2021, both in the United States and globally, by TikTok. [10] [11] Allen later recreated the video with several public figures, including Jason Derulo, Phil McGraw, Paula Abdul, Lance Bass, and Bella Poarch, and also appeared on McGraw's talk show Dr. Phil to teach a guest how to go viral online. [8] [9]
  4. Filipino P-pop singer Mona Gonzales went viral on TikTok with a video of her singing the song "Suave" by El Alfa in 2022. Later that year, she won the award for TikTok Livestreamer of the Year at the TikTok Awards Philippines and signed with ShowBT Entertainment and Sony Music as a solo artist. [12]
  5. American singer Billie Eilish first joined TikTok in November 2020 with the username @coochiedestroyer5, soon changing it to @billieeilish. [13] [14] This video, her first posted to the platform, in which she puffs her cheeks to distort her nose as part of the "perfect nose" trend, quickly amassed hundreds of millions of views. [15] [16]
  6. Chipmunks of TikTok is an account dedicated to the Canadian chipmunks Spongebob, Boris, Bubba, Stinky, Mooshy, Dinky, and Squishy, the last of whom appears in this video filling his cheeks with walnuts. [17] [18] [19]
  7. David Scott, [20] known online as Enbiggen, is a digital artist who uses Cinema 4D to create realistic CGI-animated Rube Goldberg machines based around films and franchises such as Indiana Jones , Up , and Spirited Away . [21] [22]

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