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" 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.
MrBeast holds the record for the most liked non-music video with "Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette". This video stands at 44 million likes as of January 2024. 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 29 million likes as of December 2023. 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. [upper-alpha 1]
No. | Video name | Uploader / artist | Likes (millions) | Upload date | Notes |
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1. | "Despacito" [3] | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | 52.67 | January 12, 2017 | [upper-alpha 2] |
2. | "Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette?" [5] | MrBeast | 44.01 | December 8, 2022 | [upper-alpha 3] |
3. | "See You Again" [6] | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | 42.43 | April 6, 2015 | [upper-alpha 4] |
4. | "Baby Shark Dance" [7] | Pinkfong | 42.16 | June 17, 2016 | [upper-alpha 5] |
5. | "Our MOST INTENSE Balloon Popping Race" [8] | How Ridiculous | 37.73 | April 19, 2022 | |
6. | "If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2" [9] | DanielLaBelle | 37.55 | October 18, 2022 | |
7. | "Dynamite" [10] | BTS | 37.09 | August 21, 2020 | [upper-alpha 6] |
8. | "OMG Best Teacher" [13] | Dednahype | 35.46 | December 21, 2021 | |
9. | "Shape of You" [14] | Ed Sheeran | 32.45 | January 30, 2017 | [upper-alpha 7] |
10. | "Giving iPhones Instead Of Candy on Halloween" [15] | MrBeast | 31.90 | November 2, 2022 | |
11. | "Home Alone in a Rush" [16] | DanielLaBelle | 31.47 | December 7, 2021 | |
12. | "How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti" [17] | dollarbill (re-uploader), Zach King (creator) | 31.04 | July 23, 2019 | [upper-alpha 8] |
13. | "Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube" [18] | MrBeast | 29.61 | January 16, 2019 | |
14. | "Revenge" [19] | Lucas and Marcus | 28.38 | July 26, 2022 | |
15. | "Boy with Luv" [20] | BTS featuring Halsey | 28.37 | April 12, 2019 | [upper-alpha 9] |
16. | "Power Tools Racing is INTENSE" [21] | How Ridiculous | 28.26 | April 12, 2022 | |
17. | "Gangnam Style" [22] | Psy | 28.00 | July 15, 2012 | [upper-alpha 10] |
18. | "The Rock Vs MrBeast For $100,000" [25] | MrBeast | 27.98 | October 21, 2022 | |
19. | "I drew Khaby Lame and Bella Poarch and gave it to them (crazy reaction!)" [26] | Devon Rodriguez | 27.66 | August 18, 2022 | |
20. | "Faded" [27] | Alan Walker | 27.65 | December 3, 2015 | [upper-alpha 11] |
21. | "Rating Strangers Shots (Crazy Fail Compilation)" [28] | Tuvok | 27.42 | March 11, 2023 | |
22. | "Lovely" [29] | Billie Eilish and Khalid | 26.31 | April 29, 2018 | [upper-alpha 12] |
23. | "The Greatest High Five in Sports History" [30] | OmarESPN | 25.37 | Feb 22, 2022 | |
24. | "Kill This Love" [31] | Blackpink | 25.22 | April 4, 2019 | [upper-alpha 13] |
25. | "Alone" [32] | Marshmello | 25.18 | July 2, 2016 | [upper-alpha 14] |
26. | "How You Like That" [33] | Blackpink | 24.84 | June 26, 2020 | [upper-alpha 15] |
27. | "Baby" [34] | Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris | 24.64 | February 19, 2010 | [upper-alpha 16] |
28. | "Favorite Sound Effecting Mom Clips" [37] | PeetMontzingo | 24.50 | November 24, 2021 | |
29. | Jiska koi nhi hota uska khuda hota hai [38] | Azhan5star | 24.30 | November 19, 2021 | |
30. | Real Life Transforming Cinderella Dress [39] | Justinflom | 24.17 | November 8, 2022 | |
As of January 6, 2024 |
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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"Despacito"⁂ [3] | Luis Fonsi | 16,010,000 | January 12, 2017 | July 25, 2017 | 2409 [† 1] | [40] | [upper-alpha 17] |
"See You Again" [6] | Wiz Khalifa | 11,210,000 | April 6, 2015 | August 27, 2016 | 332 | [41] | |
"Gangnam Style"* [22] | Psy | 1,570,000 | July 15, 2012 | September 13, 2012 | 1444 | [23] | [upper-alpha 18] |
"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] | [upper-alpha 19] |
"Party Rock Anthem" [44] | LMFAO | 950,000 | March 8, 2011 | November 3, 2011 | 135 | [48] | [upper-alpha 20] |
"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] | [upper-alpha 21] |
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Timeline of most-liked videos (Mar 2010 – Jan 2021)
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