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This list contains the top 30 tweets with the most likes on the social networking platform Twitter. Though Twitter does not provide a full official list, news and mainstream media often cover the topic. As of December 2024, the most-liked tweet has over 7 million likes and was tweeted from the account of American actor Chadwick Boseman, announcing his death from cancer. Four accounts have more than one of the most-liked tweets in the top 30: South Korean band BTS has nineteen, while former U.S. president Barack Obama, current U.S. president Joe Biden, and business magnate Elon Musk each have two.

List

The following table lists the top 30 most-liked tweets on Twitter, the account that tweeted it, the total number of likes rounded to the nearest hundred thousand, and the date it was originally tweeted. Tweets that have an identical number of likes are listed in date order with the most recent tweet ranked highest. The notes include the details surrounding the tweet.

See also

• List of most-retweeted tweets
• List of most-followed Twitter accounts
• List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
• List of most-liked YouTube videos
• List of most-disliked YouTube videos
• List of most-liked Instagram posts

Notes

1. Tweet announcing the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died after complications with colon cancer, which he had been diagnosed with four years prior; the diagnosis was only made public after his death. It became the most-liked tweet in the history of Twitter within 24 hours of its being posted, and was the most-liked tweet of 2020.
2. Following his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter a few days prior, Elon Musk jokingly announced that he would also purchase Coca-Cola in order to restore its now-illegal recipe.
3. This tweet was the first of three, by former US President Barack Obama, quoting a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in response to the 2017 Charlottesville attack. The accompanying picture, taken in 2011 by former White House photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama visiting a day care center in Bethesda, Maryland. Four days later, Twitter publicly confirmed that it had become the most-liked tweet on the platform ever, with over 3.3 million likes at the time of announcement. The tweet surpassed previous record holder Ariana Grande's Manchester tweet on August 15, 2017, when it reached 2.7 million likes three days after being posted.
4. President-elect Joe Biden posted this tweet on the day of his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States. According to Twitter's year-end review, it is the most-liked tweet of 2021.
5. Barack Obama wrote this tweet in tribute to American basketball player Kobe Bryant after news of his and his daughter Gianna's deaths in a helicopter crash surfaced. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the second most-liked tweet of 2020.
6. American comedian Andy Milonakis posted this tweet in response to the launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 by SpaceX on May 30, 2020 during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the third most-liked tweet of 2020.
7. Billionaire Elon Musk posted this tweet ahead of Twitter board unanimously accepting his buyout deal.
8. Twitter tweeted this on a day when Facebook, Inc.-owned social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, suffered a major, worldwide outage. According to Twitter's year-end review, it is the third most-liked tweet of 2021.
9. BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie featuring his newly-dyed blond hair. The tweet surpassed 1 million likes in 58 minutes. According to Twitter's year-end review, it is the second most-liked tweet of 2021.
10. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv. The tweet accumulated 1 million likes within two hours; it was additionally the fastest in 2020 to reach 1 million views.
11. The color is symbolic of the band's fandom.
12. BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie of him wearing a purple sweatshirt and a black beanie, with the caption "ARMY I miss you" in reference to the band's fans.
13. Vice president-elect Kamala Harris tweeted a video of herself congratulating president-elect Joe Biden over the phone after the pair won the 2020 United States presidential election. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the fifth most-liked tweet of 2020.
14. Joe Biden's first tweet after defeating Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election. It accumulated over 1 million likes in less than 30 minutes of being posted.
15. American actor Macaulay Culkin, best known for his role as young Kevin McAllister in the Home Alone and Home Alone 2 movies, posted this tweet a day after his 40th birthday. Intended as a joke to "make people feel old", the tweet elicited thousands of shocked responses from fans, many of whom still thought of Culkin as the film character. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the fourth most-liked tweet of 2020.
16. BTS member V posted a pair of selfies from behind-the-scenes of a photoshoot. In December 2020, Twitter revealed that his tweet was both the most-liked K-pop related tweet and the most-liked BTS tweet of the year with 3.2 million likes.
17. BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie with self-dyed blue hair.
18. BTS member V tweeted this video of him wishing bandmate Jungkook a happy birthday in Korean in celebration of the latter's 23rd birthday that day.
19. BTS posted two group selfies of the band celebrating the debut of its single "Butter" at number one on the Billboard Hot 100—it was the band's third number-one debut and fourth number-one song on the chart overall.
20. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing the BTS remix version of "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" by New Zealand music producer Jawsh 685 and American singer Jason Derulo.
21. BTS tweeted this video of the band celebrating in response to the news that their latest single "Dynamite", released on August 21, 2020, had remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.

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34. Moon, Wan-sik (April 12, 2021). 방탄소년단 정국 "아미 보고 싶다"..만찢남 비주얼에 '심멎' [BTS Jungkook "I miss you ARMY".. He looks like a cartoon character 'Heart-stopping']. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
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38. Biden, Joe (November 7, 2020). "America, I'm honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not. I will keep the faith that you have placed in me" (Tweet). Retrieved December 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
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44. Lee, Seung-hoon (August 17, 2020). "눈빛에 치인다"..방탄소년단 뷔, 할 말 잃게 만드는 '남신 비주얼' [★SHOT!] ["I'm struck by your eyes".. BTS V, a 'male god visual' that makes you speechless ]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
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