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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; YouTube's designers found the previous system ineffective because the options to rate a video between two and four stars were rarely selected.

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. 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.

As of September 2020, BTS are the only artists to have five videos in the top 30, while Blackpink have four and Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have two.

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.

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.

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

Timeline of most liked videos (Mar 2010 – Sep 2020)

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

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No. 1 most liked video (Jan 2012 – Sep 2020)

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See also

• List of most-disliked YouTube videos
• List of most-viewed YouTube videos
• List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours
• List of most-viewed online trailers in the first 24 hours
• List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
• List of most-viewed YouTube channels

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; first video to reach 30 million likes on September 29, 2018; most viewed video on YouTube with over 6.9 billion views as of September 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 second most viewed video on YouTube with over 6.6 billion views as of September 2020.
5. "Gangnam Style" surpassed "Party Rock Anthem" as the most liked video on September 13, 2012; first video to reach 10 million likes on November 3, 2015.
6. "Baby" surpassed "Evolution of Dance" as the most liked video on July 6, 2011.
7. "Despacito" became the first video to reach 20 million likes on August 30, 2017; first video to reach 30 million likes on September 29, 2018.
8. "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach 2 million likes on September 18, 2012, 5 million likes on November 11, 2012, and 10 million likes on November 3, 2015.
9. "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.
10. "Party Rock Anthem" was the first video to reach 1 million likes on November 15, 2011. It is the only video on this list to hold the No. 1 spot on more than one occasion.
11. "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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18. "BLACKPINK - 'How You Like That' M/V". YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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30. "J. Balvin, Willy William - Mi Gente (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
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32. "DJ Snake - Taki Taki ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B". YouTube. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
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37. "Justin Bieber - Sorry (PURPOSE : The Movement)". YouTube. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
38. "twenty one pilots: Stressed Out [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". YouTube. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
39. "BLACKPINK - 'Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)' M/V". YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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