List of most-liked YouTube videos

This list of most-liked YouTube videos contains the top 30 videos with the most likes of all time. The like count is taken directly from the page of the video itself. 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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"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (left) featuring Daddy Yankee (right) has been the most liked video on YouTube since July 2017, with over 42 million likes as of February 2021.

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.

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, like percentage and upload date.[upper-alpha 1]

Most liked videos[3]
No. Video name Uploader / artist Likes (millions) Like percentage Upload date Notes
1."Despacito"[4]Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee42.6289.65%January 12, 2017[upper-alpha 2]
2."See You Again"[6]Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth32.4597.17%April 6, 2015[upper-alpha 3]
3."Shape of You"[7]Ed Sheeran25.8095.14%January 30, 2017[upper-alpha 4]
4."Baby Shark Dance"[8]Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories25.1668.79%June 17, 2016[upper-alpha 5]
5."Dynamite"[9]BTS24.2594.69%August 21, 2020[upper-alpha 6]
6."Faded"[11]Alan Walker22.1897.44%December 3, 2015[upper-alpha 7]
7."Boy with Luv"[12]BTS featuring Halsey20.9594.72%April 12, 2019[upper-alpha 8]
8."Gangnam Style"[13]Psy20.7988.57%July 15, 2012[upper-alpha 9]
9."Alone"[16]Marshmello19.4396.53%July 2, 2016
10."How You Like That"[17]Blackpink18.9894.60%June 26, 2020
11."Girls Like You"[18]Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B18.2596.04%May 31, 2018
12."DNA"[19]BTS17.9995.04%September 18, 2017
13."Kill This Love"[20]Blackpink17.9794.18%April 4, 2019
14."Señorita"[21]Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello17.1297.07%June 21, 2019
15."Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube"[22]MrBeast16.7198.52%January 16, 2019
16."Baby"[23]Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris16.6758.09%February 19, 2010[upper-alpha 10]
17."Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"[26]Blackpink16.6094.59%June 15, 2018
18."Hello"[27]Adele16.3595.01%October 22, 2015
19."Uptown Funk"[28]Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars15.8994.49%November 19, 2014
20."Believer"[29]Imagine Dragons15.8097.24%March 7, 2017
21."Bad Guy"[30]Billie Eilish15.6893.92%March 29, 2019
22."Ice Cream"[31]Blackpink and Selena Gomez15.5893.11%August 28, 2020
23."Lovely"[32]Billie Eilish and Khalid15.4898.61%April 26, 2018
24."Taki Taki"[33]DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B15.2994.35%October 9, 2018
25."Rap God"[34]Eminem15.2897.05%November 27, 2013
26."Fake Love"[35]BTS15.2596.50%May 18, 2018
27."Mi Gente"[36]J Balvin and Willy William15.1394.30%June 29, 2017
28."Idol"[37]BTS15.0295.02%August 24, 2018
29."Perfect"[38]Ed Sheeran14.6596.43%November 9, 2017
30."Stressed Out"[39]Twenty One Pilots14.3596.75%April 27, 2015
As of February 8, 2021

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 (⁂)
  Former record (*)
Video name Uploader Likes[* 1] Upload date Date achieved Days held Ref Notes
"Despacito"[4]Luis Fonsi16,010,000January 12, 2017July 25, 20171294[† 1][40][upper-alpha 11]
"See You Again"[6]Wiz Khalifa11,210,000April 6, 2015August 27, 2016332[41]
"Gangnam Style"⁂[13]Psy1,570,000July 15, 2012September 13, 20121,444[14][upper-alpha 12]
"Party Rock Anthem"[44]LMFAO1,390,000March 8, 2011April 4, 2012162[45]
"Kony 2012"[46]Invisible Children1,350,000March 5, 2012March 17, 201218[47][upper-alpha 13]
"Party Rock Anthem"[44]LMFAO950,000March 8, 2011November 3, 2011135[48][upper-alpha 14]
"Baby"[23]Justin Bieber760,000February 19, 2010July 6, 2011120[52]
"Evolution of Dance"*[53]Judson Laipply620,000April 6, 2006March 31, 2010462[54][upper-alpha 15]
  1. As of February 8, 2021
  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 2021)

DespacitoSee You AgainGangnam StyleKONY 2012Party Rock AnthemBaby (Justin Bieber song)Evolution of Dance

No. 1 most liked video (Mar 2010 – Sep 2012)

No. 1 most liked video (Jan 2012 – Jan 2021)

See also

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;[5] first video to reach 30 million likes on September 29, 2018; first video to reach 40 million likes on September 24, 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "Shape of You" is the third video to reach 20 million likes on June 12, 2019.
  5. "Baby Shark Dance" is the fifth video to reach 20 million likes on August 31, 2020.
  6. "Dynamite" is the sixth and fastest video to reach 20 million likes, doing so on October 23, 2020, two months after release.[10]
  7. "Faded" is the fourth video to reach 20 million likes on July 3, 2020.
  8. "Boy with Luv" is the eighth video to reach 20 million likes on December 2, 2020.
  9. "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Party Rock Anthem" as the most liked video on September 13, 2012;[14] first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015;[15] seventh video to reach 20 million likes on November 21, 2020.
  10. "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most liked video on July 6, 2011.[24][25]
  11. "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.
  12. "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.[15]
  13. "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.
  14. "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.
  15. "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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