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]
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" music video featuring Daddy Yankee claimed the top spot with 16.01 million likes. Despacito became the first YouTube video to reach 50 million likes on October 23, 2022. "Despacito" remained the most-liked video for over seven years until January 27, 2025, when MrBeast's "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" video surpassed it with 54.39 million likes. 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 over 30 million likes as of January 2025. He has held this record since May 2019, after surpassing PewDiePie's most liked non-music video.
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. [A]
No. | Video name | Uploader / artist | Likes (millions) | Upload date | Notes |
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1. | "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" [3] | MrBeast | 54.41 | December 9, 2022 | [B] |
2. | "Despacito" [4] | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | 54.39 | January 12, 2017 | [C] |
3. | "Baby Shark Dance" [6] | Pinkfong | 44.89 | June 17, 2016 | [D] |
4. | "See You Again" [7] | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | 44.43 | April 6, 2015 | [E] |
5. | "Our MOST INTENSE Balloon Popping Race" [8] | How Ridiculous | 43.46 | April 19, 2022 | |
6. | "For Young Sister a Bubbles Gun ~ mini wood toy - woodworking art skill /wood / hand crafts" [9] | What's Idea | 42.88 | May 30, 2023 | |
7. | "If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2" [10] | DanielLaBelle | 39.30 | October 18, 2022 | |
8. | "Giving iPhones Instead Of Candy on Halloween" [11] | MrBeast | 39.14 | November 2, 2022 | |
9. | "Dynamite" [12] | BTS | 38.02 | August 21, 2020 | [F] |
10. | "Katana Vs Bullet" [15] | MrBeast | 35.51 | September 7, 2023 | |
11. | "OMG Best Teacher" [16] | Dednahype | 34.93 | December 21, 2021 | |
12. | "The Rock Vs MrBeast For $100,000" [17] | MrBeast | 34.71 | October 21, 2022 | |
13. | "Shape of You" [18] | Ed Sheeran | 33.94 | January 30, 2017 | [G] |
14. | "Home Alone in a Rush" [19] | DanielLaBelle | 33.07 | December 7, 2021 | |
15. | "Revenge" [20] | Lucas and Marcus | 32.42 | July 26, 2022 | |
16. | "Rating Strangers Shots (Crazy Fail Compilation)" [21] | Tuvok | 32.12 | March 11, 2023 | |
17. | "Real Life Transforming Cinderella Dress" [22] | Justinflom | 31.80 | November 8, 2022 | |
18. | "I drew Khaby Lame and Bella Poarch and gave it to them (crazy reaction!)" [23] | Devon Rodriguez | 31.49 | August 18, 2022 | |
19. | "Power Tools Racing is INTENSE" [24] | How Ridiculous | 31.18 | April 12, 2022 | |
20. | "How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti" [25] | dollarbill (re-uploader), Zach King (creator) | 30.70 | July 23, 2019 | [H] |
21. | "Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube" [26] | MrBeast | 30.37 | January 16, 2019 | |
22. | "Gangnam Style" [27] | Psy | 29.86 | July 15, 2012 | [I] |
23. | "Boy with Luv" [30] | BTS featuring Halsey | 28.90 | April 12, 2019 | [J] |
24. | "Faded" [31] | Alan Walker | 28.84 | December 3, 2015 | [K] |
25. | "Lovely" [32] | Billie Eilish and Khalid | 27.64 | April 29, 2018 | [L] |
26. | "The Greatest High Five in Sports History" [33] | OmarESPN | 27.42 | February 22, 2022 | |
27. | "Baby" [34] | Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris | 26.28 | February 19, 2010 | [M] |
28. | "Alone" [37] | Marshmello | 26.06 | July 2, 2016 | [N] |
29. | "Kill This Love" [38] | Blackpink | 25.91 | April 4, 2019 | [O] |
30. | "Favorite Sound Effecting Mom Clips" [39] | PeetMontzingo | 25.46 | November 24, 2021 | |
As of January 27, 2025 |
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.
Video name | Uploader | Likes [* 1] | Upload date | Date achieved | Days held | Ref | Notes |
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"Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" [3] | MrBeast | 54,389,000 | December 9, 2022 | January 27, 2025 | 1† | ||
"Despacito"⁂ [4] | Luis Fonsi | 16,010,000 | January 12, 2017 | July 25, 2017 | 2,740 | [40] | [P] |
"See You Again" [7] | Wiz Khalifa | 11,210,000 | April 6, 2015 | August 27, 2016 | 332 | [41] | |
"Gangnam Style"* [27] | Psy | 1,570,000 | July 15, 2012 | September 13, 2012 | 1,444 | [28] | [Q] |
"Party Rock Anthem" [44] | LMFAO | 1,390,000 | March 8, 2011 | April 4, 2012 | 162 | [45] | |
"Kony 2012" [46] | Invisible Children | 1,350,000 | March 5, 2012 | March 17, 2012 | 18 | [47] | [R] |
"Party Rock Anthem" [44] | LMFAO | 950,000 | March 8, 2011 | November 3, 2011 | 135 | [48] | [S] |
"Baby" [34] | Justin Bieber | 760,000 | February 19, 2010 | July 6, 2011 | 120 | [52] | |
"Evolution of Dance"* [53] | Judson Laipply | 620,000 | April 6, 2006 | March 31, 2010 | 462 | [54] | [T] |
†As of January 28, 2025 |
Timeline of most-liked videos (Mar 2010 – Jan 2025)
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