List of most-liked YouTube videos

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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 53 million likes as of August 2024^[update].

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 51 million likes as of August 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 over 30 million likes as of August 2024. 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.^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Most-liked videos

No.	Video name	Uploader / artist	Likes (millions)	Upload date	Notes
1.	"Despacito"[3]	Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee	53.64	January 12, 2017	[upper-alpha 2]
2.	"Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?"[5]	MrBeast	51.74	December 9, 2022	[upper-alpha 3]
3.	"Baby Shark Dance"[6]	Pinkfong	43.79	June 17, 2016	[upper-alpha 4]
4.	"See You Again"[7]	Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth	43.54	April 6, 2015	[upper-alpha 5]
5.	"Our MOST INTENSE Balloon Popping Race"[8]	How Ridiculous	40.99	April 19, 2022
6.	"If Cleaning Was a Timed Sport. Part 2"[9]	DanielLaBelle	38.69	October 18, 2022
7.	"Dynamite"[10]	BTS	37.67	August 21, 2020	[upper-alpha 6]
8.	"Giving iPhones Instead Of Candy on Halloween"[13]	MrBeast	36.27	November 2, 2022
9.	"OMG Best Teacher"[14]	Dednahype	35.14	December 21, 2021
10.	"For Young Sister a Bubbles Gun ~ mini wood toy - woodworking art skill /wood / hand crafts"[15]	What's Idea	33.54	May 30, 2023
11.	"Shape of You"[16]	Ed Sheeran	33.33	January 30, 2017	[upper-alpha 7]
12.	"Revenge"[17]	Lucas and Marcus	32.50	July 26, 2022
13.	"The Rock Vs MrBeast For $100,000"[18]	MrBeast	32.42	October 21, 2022
14.	"Home Alone in a Rush"[19]	DanielLaBelle	32.14	December 7, 2021
15.	"Real Life Transforming Cinderella Dress" [20]	Justinflom	31.18	November 8, 2022
16.	"How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti"[21]	dollarbill (re-uploader), Zach King (creator)	30.85	July 23, 2019	[upper-alpha 8]
17.	"Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube"[22]	MrBeast	30.31	January 16, 2019
18.	"Power Tools Racing is INTENSE"[23]	How Ridiculous	29.98	April 12, 2022
19.	"Rating Strangers Shots (Crazy Fail Compilation)"[24]	Tuvok	29.76	March 11, 2023
20.	"I drew Khaby Lame and Bella Poarch and gave it to them (crazy reaction!)"[25]	Devon Rodriguez	29.65	August 18, 2022
21.	"Gangnam Style"[26]	Psy	29.03	July 15, 2012	[upper-alpha 9]
22.	"Boy with Luv"[29]	BTS featuring Halsey	28.70	April 12, 2019	[upper-alpha 10]
23.	"Faded"[30]	Alan Walker	28.32	December 3, 2015	[upper-alpha 11]
24.	"The Greatest High Five in Sports History"[31]	OmarESPN	27.26	Feb 22, 2022
25.	"Lovely"[32]	Billie Eilish and Khalid	27.21	April 29, 2018	[upper-alpha 12]
26.	"Alone"[33]	Marshmello	25.69	July 2, 2016	[upper-alpha 13]
27.	"Kill This Love"[34]	Blackpink	25.63	April 4, 2019	[upper-alpha 14]
28.	"Baby"[35]	Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris	25.46	February 19, 2010	[upper-alpha 15]
29.	"Favorite Sound Effecting Mom Clips" [38]	PeetMontzingo	25.23	November 24, 2021
30.	"How You Like That"[39]	Blackpink	24.98	June 26, 2020	[upper-alpha 16]
As of August 10, 2024

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 (*)

Video name	Uploader	Likes[* 1]	Upload date	Date achieved	Days held	Ref	Notes
"Despacito"⁂[3]	Luis Fonsi	16,010,000	January 12, 2017	July 25, 2017	2656[† 1]	[40]	[upper-alpha 17]
"See You Again"[7]	Wiz Khalifa	11,210,000	April 6, 2015	August 27, 2016	332	[41]
"Gangnam Style"*[26]	Psy	1,570,000	July 15, 2012	September 13, 2012	1444	[27]	[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"[35]	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]
As of November 1, 2024

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 2024)

See also

• List of most-disliked YouTube videos
• List of most-viewed YouTube videos
• List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
• List of most-viewed YouTube channels
• List of most-viewed Indian YouTube videos
• List of most-viewed Pakistani YouTube videos
• List of most-viewed Arabic music videos on YouTube
• List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

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. "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" became the most liked non-music video on YouTube after surpassing "OMG best teacher" on June 7, 2023.
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;^[11] third and fastest video to reach 30 million likes on August 11, 2021, less than a year after release.^[12]
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;^[27] first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015;^[28] 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. "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. "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most-liked video on July 6, 2011.^[36][37] It is the sixteenth video to reach 20 million likes on December 23, 2021.
16. "How You Like That" is the tenth video to reach 20 million likes on May 2, 2021.
17. "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.
18. "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.^[28]
19. "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.
20. "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.
21. "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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31. "The Greatest High Five in Sports History". YouTube. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
32. "Billie Eilish, Khalid - lovely". YouTube. April 26, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
33. "Marshmello - Alone (Official Music Video)". YouTube. July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
34. "BLACKPINK - 'Kill This Love' M/V". YouTube. April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
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