"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (left) featuring Daddy Yankee (right) has been the most liked video on YouTube since July 2017, with over 46 million likes as of October 2021.

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. 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.

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.[A]

Most liked videos
No. Video name Uploader / artist Likes (millions) Like percentage Upload date Notes
1. "Despacito"[3] Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee 46.18 89.94% January 12, 2017 [B]
2. "See You Again"[5] Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 35.90 97.26% April 6, 2015 [C]
3. "Baby Shark Dance"[6] Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories 31.09 68.51% June 17, 2016 [D]
4. "Dynamite"[7] BTS 31.01 94.62% August 21, 2020 [E]
5. "Shape of You"[10] Ed Sheeran 28.14 95.29% January 30, 2017 [F]
6. "Boy with Luv"[11] BTS featuring Halsey 24.38 94.97% April 12, 2019 [G]
7. "Faded"[12] Alan Walker 24.05 97.45% December 3, 2015 [H]
8. "Gangnam Style"[13] Psy 22.88 88.89% July 15, 2012 [I]
9. "How You Like That"[16] Blackpink 21.92 94.81% June 26, 2020 [J]
10. "Alone"[17] Marshmello 21.75 96.48% July 2, 2016 [K]
11. "Kill This Love"[18] Blackpink 20.86 94.46% April 4, 2019 [L]
12. "DNA"[19] BTS 20.59 95.22% September 18, 2017 [M]
13. "Butter"[20] BTS 20.00 97.89% May 21, 2021 [N]
14. "Lovely"[21] Billie Eilish and Khalid 19.88 98.56% April 29, 2018
15. "Girls Like You"[22] Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B 19.52 96.08% May 31, 2018
16. "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"[23] Blackpink 19.34 94.78% June 15, 2018
17. "Baby"[24] Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris 19.30 60.91% February 19, 2010 [O]
18. "Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube"[27] MrBeast 18.62 98.58% January 16, 2019
19. "How Zach King Gets Away With Doing Graffiti"[28] Zach King 18.60 94.79% July 23, 2019
20. "Señorita"[29] Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello 18.29 97.10% June 21, 2019
21. "Fake Love"[30] BTS 18.14 96.82% May 18, 2018
22. "Believer"[31] Imagine Dragons 17.98 97.18% March 7, 2017
23. "Idol"[32] BTS 17.96 95.48% August 24, 2018
24. "Uptown Funk"[33] Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 17.52 94.69% November 19, 2014
25. "Ice Cream"[34] Blackpink and Selena Gomez 17.51 93.39% August 28, 2020
26. "Hello"[35] Adele 17.12 95.10% October 22, 2015
27. "Bad Guy"[36] Billie Eilish 16.83 94.01% March 29, 2019
28. "Rap God"[37] Eminem 16.76 97.16% November 27, 2013
29. "Mic Drop"[38] BTS 16.75 97.72% November 24, 2017
30. "Taki Taki"[39] DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 16.73 94.51% October 9, 2018
As of October 15, 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"⁂[3] Luis Fonsi 16,010,000 January 12, 2017 July 25, 2017 1545[† 1] [40] [P]
"See You Again"[5] Wiz Khalifa 11,210,000 April 6, 2015 August 27, 2016 332 [41]
"Gangnam Style"*[13] Psy 1,570,000 July 15, 2012 September 13, 2012 1444 [14] [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"[24] 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]
  1. ^ As of October 17, 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

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;[4] 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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Dynamite" is the sixth and fastest video to reach 20 million likes, doing so on October 23, 2020, two months after release;[8] third and fastest video to reach 30 million likes on August 11, 2021, less than a year after release.[9]
  6. ^ "Shape of You" is the third video to reach 20 million likes on June 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "Boy with Luv" is the eighth video to reach 20 million likes on December 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Faded" is the fourth video to reach 20 million likes on July 3, 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. ^ "How You Like That" is the tenth video to reach 20 million likes on May 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alone" is the ninth video to reach 20 million likes on March 31, 2021.
  12. ^ "Kill This Love" is the eleventh video to reach 20 million likes on July 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "DNA" is the twelfth video to reach 20 million likes on August 2, 2021.
  14. ^ "Butter" is the thirteenth video to reach 20 million likes on October 15, 2021.
  15. ^ "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most liked video on July 6, 2011.[25][26]
  16. ^ "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.
  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.[15]
  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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  29. ^ "Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Señorita". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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  32. ^ "BTS (방탄소년단) 'IDOL' Official MV". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  33. ^ "Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  34. ^ "BLACKPINK - 'Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)' M/V". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  35. ^ "Adele - Hello". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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  38. ^ "BTS (방탄소년단) 'MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)' Official MV". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  39. ^ "DJ Snake - Taki Taki ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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