List of most-liked YouTube videos

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The "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" short by MrBeast (above) has been the most-liked video on YouTube since January 2025, with over 54 million likes as of January 2025.

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]

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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.

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. [A]

  Entries with a yellow background color indicate that the upload is not a music video.
Most-liked videos
No.Video nameUploader / artistLikes (millions)Upload dateNotes
1."Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" [3] MrBeast 54.41December 9, 2022 [B]
2."Despacito" [4] Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee 54.39January 12, 2017 [C]
3."Baby Shark Dance" [6] Pinkfong 44.89June 17, 2016 [D]
4."See You Again" [7] Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 44.43April 6, 2015 [E]
5."Our MOST INTENSE Balloon Popping Race" [8] How Ridiculous 43.46April 19, 2022
6."For Young Sister a Bubbles Gun ~ mini wood toy - woodworking art skill /wood / hand crafts" [9] What's Idea42.88May 30, 2023
7."If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2" [10] DanielLaBelle39.30October 18, 2022
8."Giving iPhones Instead Of Candy on Halloween" [11] MrBeast 39.14November 2, 2022
9."Dynamite" [12] BTS 38.02August 21, 2020 [F]
10."Katana Vs Bullet" [15] MrBeast 35.51September 7, 2023
11."OMG Best Teacher" [16] Dednahype34.93December 21, 2021
12."The Rock Vs MrBeast For $100,000" [17] MrBeast 34.71October 21, 2022
13."Shape of You" [18] Ed Sheeran 33.94January 30, 2017 [G]
14."Home Alone in a Rush" [19] DanielLaBelle33.07December 7, 2021
15."Revenge" [20] Lucas and Marcus 32.42July 26, 2022
16."Rating Strangers Shots (Crazy Fail Compilation)" [21] Tuvok32.12March 11, 2023
17."Real Life Transforming Cinderella Dress" [22] Justinflom31.80November 8, 2022
18."I drew Khaby Lame and Bella Poarch and gave it to them (crazy reaction!)" [23] Devon Rodriguez 31.49August 18, 2022
19."Power Tools Racing is INTENSE" [24] How Ridiculous31.18April 12, 2022
20."How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti" [25] dollarbill (re-uploader), Zach King (creator)30.70July 23, 2019 [H]
21."Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube" [26] MrBeast 30.37January 16, 2019
22."Gangnam Style" [27] Psy 29.86July 15, 2012 [I]
23."Boy with Luv" [30] BTS featuring Halsey 28.90April 12, 2019 [J]
24."Faded" [31] Alan Walker 28.84December 3, 2015 [K]
25."Lovely" [32] Billie Eilish and Khalid 27.64April 29, 2018 [L]
26."The Greatest High Five in Sports History" [33] OmarESPN27.42February 22, 2022
27."Baby" [34] Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris 26.28February 19, 2010 [M]
28."Alone" [37] Marshmello 26.06July 2, 2016 [N]
29."Kill This Love" [38] Blackpink 25.91April 4, 2019 [O]
30."Favorite Sound Effecting Mom Clips" [39] PeetMontzingo25.46November 24, 2021
As of January 27, 2025

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 of days held (⁂)
  Former record of days held (*)
  Indicates a non-music video.
Video nameUploaderLikes [* 1] Upload dateDate achievedDays heldRefNotes
"Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" [3] MrBeast 54,389,000December 9, 2022January 27, 20251
"Despacito"⁂ [4] Luis Fonsi 16,010,000January 12, 2017July 25, 20172,740 [40] [P]
"See You Again" [7] Wiz Khalifa 11,210,000April 6, 2015August 27, 2016332 [41]
"Gangnam Style"* [27] Psy 1,570,000July 15, 2012September 13, 20121,444 [28] [Q]
"Party Rock Anthem" [44] LMFAO 1,390,000March 8, 2011April 4, 2012162 [45]
"Kony 2012" [46] Invisible Children 1,350,000March 5, 2012March 17, 201218 [47] [R]
"Party Rock Anthem" [44] LMFAO 950,000March 8, 2011November 3, 2011135 [48] [S]
"Baby" [34] Justin Bieber 760,000February 19, 2010July 6, 2011120 [52]
"Evolution of Dance"* [53] Judson Laipply 620,000April 6, 2006March 31, 2010462 [54] [T]
As of January 28, 2025
  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 2025)

DespacitoSee You AgainGangnam StyleKONY 2012Party Rock AnthemBaby (Justin Bieber song)Evolution of DanceList of most-liked YouTube videos

See also

Notes

  1. Some videos may not be available worldwide due to YouTube's regional restrictions in certain countries.
  2. "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" surpassed "Despacito" as the most-liked video on January 27, 2025.
  3. "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; [5] 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.
  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. "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.
  6. "Dynamite" is the sixth and fastest video to reach 20 million likes, doing so on October 23, 2020, two months after release; [13] third and fastest video to reach 30 million likes on August 11, 2021, less than a year after release. [14]
  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. "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Party Rock Anthem" as the most-liked video on September 13, 2012; [28] first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015; [29] seventh video to reach 20 million likes on December 7, 2020.
  10. "Boy with Luv" is the eighth video to reach 20 million likes on December 2, 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. "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most-liked video on July 6, 2011. [35] [36] It is the sixteenth video to reach 20 million likes on December 23, 2021.
  14. "Alone" is the ninth video to reach 20 million likes on March 31, 2021.
  15. "Kill This Love" is the eleventh video to reach 20 million likes on July 25, 2021.
  16. "Despacito" became the first video to reach 20 million likes on August 30, 2017; [5] 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.
  17. "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. [29]
  18. "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.
  19. "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.
  20. "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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