List of most liked YouTube videos

Wiz Khalifa performing in Toronto in July 2016. "See You Again" has been the most liked video on YouTube since August 2016, with over 12 million likes as of November 2016.

This list of most liked YouTube videos contains the top 40 videos with the most likes of all time, as derived from YouTube charts.[1] 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;[2] YouTube's designers found the previous system ineffective because the options to rate a video between two and four stars were rarely selected.[3] Of the 40 videos in this list, 29 also appear in the list of most viewed YouTube videos and 15 appear in the list of most disliked YouTube videos. All videos in this list are music videos.

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, yielding more than 1.57 million likes.[4] 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.[5] 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.

As of November 2016, Justin Bieber is the only person to have four videos in the top 40, while Taylor Swift has three videos in the top 40. Katy Perry, Eminem, Psy and Fifth Harmony each have two of their videos in the top 40.[1]

Top videos

The following table lists the top 40 most liked videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest ten thousand likes, as well as the creator, like percentage and date of publication to YouTube.[upper-alpha 1]

  Indicates a video that is not a Vevo video
Rank Video name Uploader / artist Likes (millions) Like percentage Upload date Notes
1.
 "See You Again"[6] Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 12.33 97.06% April 6, 2015 [upper-alpha 2]
2.
 "Gangnam Style"[7] Psy 11.63 87.64% July 15, 2012 [upper-alpha 3]
3.
 "Hello"[10] Adele 10.93 94.99% October 22, 2015
4.
 "Uptown Funk"[11] Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 7.30 94.64% November 19, 2014
5.
 "Sorry"[12] Justin Bieber 7.25 89.04% October 22, 2015
6.
 "Lean On"[13] Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ 6.34 95.56% March 22, 2015
7.
 "Blank Space"[14] Taylor Swift 6.23 92.45% November 10, 2014
8.
 "Sugar"[15] Maroon 5 5.72 96.16% January 14, 2015
9.
 "Roar"[16] Katy Perry 5.45 92.59% September 5, 2013
10.
 "Baby"[17] Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris 5.44 43.59% February 19, 2010 [upper-alpha 4]
11.
 "Thinking Out Loud"[21] Ed Sheeran 5.43 96.36% October 7, 2014
12.
 "Shake It Off"[22] Taylor Swift 5.36 89.54% August 18, 2014
13.
 "All About That Bass"[23] Meghan Trainor 5.13 89.87% June 11, 2014
14.
 "Love Me like You Do"[24] Ellie Goulding 5.08 95.69% January 22, 2015
15.
 "Chandelier"[25] Sia 4.99 93.72% May 6, 2014
16.
 "What Do You Mean?"[26] Justin Bieber 4.97 88.13% August 30, 2015
17.
 "Counting Stars"[27] OneRepublic 4.90 96.49% May 31, 2013
18.
 "Dark Horse"[28] Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 4.89 87.83% February 20, 2014
19.
 "Faded"[29] Alan Walker 4.76 97.63% December 3, 2015
20.
 "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"[30] Silentó 4.69 88.72% June 25, 2015
21.
 "Bad Blood"[31] Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar 4.62 91.75% May 17, 2015
22.
 "Stressed Out"[32] Twenty One Pilots 4.61 96.73% April 27, 2015
23.
 "Hotline Bling"[33] Drake 4.55 91.56% October 26, 2015
24.
 "Worth It"[34] Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink 4.52 94.59% March 28, 2015
25.
 "Work"[35] Rihanna featuring Drake 4.52 90.99% February 22, 2016
26.
 "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)"[36] Ylvis 4.50 89.88% September 3, 2013
27.
 "Thrift Shop"[37] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz 4.43 95.82% August 29, 2012
28.
 "Let Her Go"[38] Passenger 4.41 97.02% July 25, 2012
29.
 "Drag Me Down"[39] One Direction 4.39 96.65% August 20, 2015 [upper-alpha 5]
30.
 "Work from Home"[41] Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign 4.27 92.97% February 26, 2016
31.
 "All of Me"[42] John Legend 4.24 96.93% October 2, 2013
32.
 "Party Rock Anthem"[43] LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock 4.21 95.09% March 8, 2011 [upper-alpha 6]
33.
 "The Hills"[49] The Weeknd 4.15 94.96% May 27, 2015
34.
 "Stitches"[50] Shawn Mendes 4.15 96.82% June 24, 2015
35.
 "Not Afraid"[51] Eminem 4.08 97.19% June 4, 2010
36.
 "This Is What You Came For"[52] Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna 4.02 94.69% June 16, 2016
37.
 "Love the Way You Lie"[53] Eminem featuring Rihanna 4.01 96.34% August 5, 2010
38.
 "Gentleman"[54] Psy 4.01 84.74% April 13, 2013
39.
 "Love Yourself"[55] Justin Bieber 3.98 93.18% November 14, 2015
40.
 "Animals"[56] Martin Garrix 3.92 96.19% June 17, 2013
As of November 30, 2016

Historical most liked videos

The following table lists the last 7 videos to become 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* Upload date Reign Days held Ref(s) Notes
"See You Again"[6] Wiz Khalifa 11,210,000 Apr 6, 2015 Aug 27, 2016 – present 100
"Gangnam Style"[7] officialpsy 1,570,000 Jul 15, 2012 Sep 13, 2012 – Aug 27, 2016 1,444 [upper-alpha 7]
"Party Rock Anthem"[43] LMFAOVEVO 1,390,000 Mar 8, 2011 Apr 4, 2012 – Sep 13, 2012 162
"KONY 2012"[59] Invisible Children 1,350,000 Mar 5, 2012 Mar 17, 2012 – Apr 4, 2012 18 [upper-alpha 8]
"Party Rock Anthem"[43] LMFAOVEVO 950,000 Mar 8, 2011 Nov 3, 2011 – Mar 17, 2012 135 [upper-alpha 9]
"Baby"[17] JustinBieberVEVO 760,000 Feb 19, 2010 Jul 6, 2011 – Nov 3, 2011 120
"Evolution of Dance"[60] Judson Laipply 620,000 Apr 6, 2006 Mar 31, 2010 – Jul 6, 2011 462 [upper-alpha 10]
As of December 5, 2016

*The approximate number of likes each video had when it became YouTube's most liked video.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Some videos may not be available worldwide due to YouTube's regional restrictions in certain countries.
  2. ↑ "See You Again" surpassed "Gangnam Style" as the most liked video on August 27, 2016. It is also the second most viewed video on YouTube with over 2 billion views.
  3. ↑ "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Party Rock Anthem" to become YouTube's most liked video in September 2012;[4] first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015;[8] most viewed video on YouTube since November 2012[9] with over 2.6 billion views as of November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Baby" surpassed the previously top-ranked "Evolution of Dance" in July 2011;[18][19][20] currently the most disliked video on YouTube with over 7 million dislikes.
  5. ↑ Within 21 hours of its release, "Drag Me Down" broke the record for the fastest video to reach 1 million likes.[40]
  6. ↑ "Party Rock Anthem" surpassed "Baby" in November 2011;[44][45] first video to reach 1 million likes on November 15, 2011.[46][47][48]
  7. ↑ "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach 2 million likes on September 18, 2012.[57] It was also the first video to reach 5 million likes on November 11, 2012.[58] It currently holds the record for the longest reign as YouTube's most liked video with 1,444 days.
  8. ↑ "KONY 2012" was a viral campaign by Invisible Children that aimed to raise support for Joseph Kony's arrest. Within 10 days the video received 80 million views (35 million of which were accumulated in its third day alone). In 12 days it became YouTube's most liked video, only to be surpassed by "Party Rock Anthem" 18 days later.
  9. ↑ "Party Rock Anthem" is the only video on this list to hold the № 1 spot on more than one separate occasion.
  10. ↑ "Evolution of Dance" was YouTube's first video to hold the № 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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    39. ↑ "One Direction - Drag Me Down". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
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    42. ↑ "John Legend - All of Me". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
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    50. ↑ "Shawn Mendes - Stitches (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
    51. ↑ "Eminem - Not Afraid". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
    52. ↑ "Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For (Official Video) ft. Rihanna". YouTube. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
    53. ↑ "Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
    54. ↑ "PSY - GENTLEMAN M/V". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
    55. ↑ "Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (PURPOSE : The Movement)". YouTube. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
    56. ↑ "Martin Garrix - Animals (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
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