- The most liked TikTok video is Leah Halton's 12-second lip sync to "Praise Jah in the Moonlight", with 80.1 million likes and 1.3 billion views on 5 October 2026.
- Julien Cohen's Paris flashmob of 100 musicians is second with 62.7 million likes, and Van Toan's train station piano and violin duet is third with 58.4 million.
- The most viewed TikTok video is Zach King's broomstick illusion from 2019, with about 2.4 billion views but only 29.5 million likes.
- Lists that still name Bella Poarch's "M to the B" as number one are out of date: Leah Halton passed it, and Bella Poarch's video would not load on TikTok in September 2026.
- The top 10 are short (the middle one runs 14 seconds), almost wordless, built on a song or live music, and mostly posted in 2020 to 2022.
The most liked TikTok video is Leah Halton's 12-second lip sync to "Praise Jah in the Moonlight", with 80.1 million likes and 1.3 billion views. That is 17.4 million more likes than the second most liked video, Julien Cohen's Paris flashmob, at 62.7 million.
Every video below was opened on TikTok, one by one, and ranked by the like and view counts TikTok itself shows, with the top 13 counted again on 5 October 2026. Some well-known lists are already out of date, and one famous record video would not load at all. Details below.
What are the 10 most liked TikTok videos?
Here is the ranking by likes. "Views" is the play count TikTok shows under the video. Seven of the ten are 15 seconds or shorter.
| # | Creator and what happens | Likes | Views | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah Halton (@looooooooch) Lip syncs to YG Marley's "Praise Jah in the Moonlight" using TikTok's Inverted filter | 80,100,000 | 1,300,000,000 | 6 Feb 2024 |
| 2 | Julien Cohen (@juliencohen_piano) A flashmob of 100 musicians plays a new orchestral "Carol of the Bells" in Paris | 62,700,000 | 572,300,000 | 24 Nov 2025 |
| 3 | Van Toan (@vantoan___) A pianist at a train station plays "River Flows in You" and an 8-year-old girl joins in on violin | 58,400,000 | 525,900,000 | 26 Oct 2023 |
| 4 | Nick Luciano (@thenickluciano) A drone shot set to "SugarCrash!", captioned "no it's not a green screen" | 58,100,000 | 381,500,000 | 24 Feb 2021 |
| 5 | Jamie Big Sorrel Horse (@jamie32bsh) Dances in his bathroom mirror to a sped-up "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado | 54,500,000 | 462,400,000 | 28 Jan 2022 |
| 6 | gabs (@pr4yforgabs) Chocolate-covered strawberries, set to "What You Won't Do for Love" | 52,600,000 | 481,300,000 | 5 Feb 2024 |
| 7 | Franek Bielak (@franekbielak_art) A drawing he calls "one of my best", set to "Deep End" | 52,100,000 | 308,500,000 | 28 Dec 2020 |
| 8 | MONA (@mngnzls) A 9-second clip captioned "It's time to wake up the neighbors", with her own sound | 46,300,000 | 346,100,000 | 4 Mar 2022 |
| 9 | ToTouchAnEmu (@totouchanemu) A drone shot set to "STAY" by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber | 45,700,000 | 337,200,000 | 29 Jul 2021 |
| 10 | Billie Eilish (@billieeilish) Tries TikTok's Time Warp Scan filter | 43,300,000 | 400,100,000 | 12 Nov 2020 |
Data: TikTok video details, 5 October 2026 (first, 27 September 2026). TikTok shows likes and views this large rounded (80.1M, not an exact figure). Descriptions come from each video's caption, sound and the lists named below. Only videos we could open are ranked. Open the 5 October snapshot, which also holds saves, comments, shares and length for each video.
Just behind the top 10 are three videos with 41 to 43 million likes: a 7-second clip by Natalie Reynolds (42.9 million, March 2026), a firefighter comedy clip from the Philippines (42.8 million, October 2025) and Emilio Piano's video of a 2-year-old singing "Let It Go" (41.2 million, May 2026). Natalie Reynolds gained about 100,000 likes between our two checks, so she is the most likely to reach the top 10 next.
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Why do other lists show a different number one?
Many pages still say Bella Poarch's August 2020 lip sync to "M to the B" is the most liked TikTok, with 60 to 70 million likes. KOLSprite's 2026 update says so, and Wikipedia called it the second most liked.
That is out of date in two ways. First, Leah Halton's count is higher than the last published count for it: her video had 80.1 million likes on 5 October 2026. Second, Bella Poarch's video would not load when we asked TikTok for it on 27 September 2026, on two tries, so it is left out.
The July 2026 top 10 from RouteNote is closer, and it already has Leah Halton first. It misses Julien Cohen's flashmob, which is now second, and its counts have moved since: Leah Halton was at 78.7 million in July. If a list does not say the day it was checked, assume it is behind.
Like counts only go up, and new videos keep entering the top 10. A number from a 2024 article can be tens of millions short. Quote the count with the date you saw it, and open the video itself if the number matters.
What are the most viewed TikTok videos?
Views and likes tell different stories. The most viewed TikTok video is Zach King's broomstick illusion from December 2019, where he appears to fly on a broom like Harry Potter. It has about 2.4 billion views but only 29.5 million likes.
| # | Creator | What happens in it | Views | Likes | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach King (@zachking) | Rides a broom through the air, a camera illusion | about 2.4 billion | 29,500,000 | 9 Dec 2019 |
| 2 | James Charles (@jamescharles) | "Welcome to the Sisters Christmas Party", a short holiday clip | 1,700,000,000 | 9,600,000 | 8 Dec 2019 |
| 3 | Leah Halton (@looooooooch) | The Inverted filter lip sync, also the most liked | 1,300,000,000 | 80,100,000 | 6 Feb 2024 |
Data: TikTok video details, 27 September 2026 (Leah Halton's likes, 5 October 2026). TikTok returned Zach King's view count as a broken negative number; corrected, it reads 2.4 billion, which matches Dexerto's September 2025 count. Dexerto also lists two other Zach King illusions near 1 billion views that we did not check. Snapshot.
Both of the top two date from December 2019, and both got about 1 like per 100 views or fewer. The top 10 by likes got 10.8 per 100. A video that is watched a lot is not the same as one people loved enough to tap.
What do the most liked TikTok videos have in common?
Ten videos is a small group, so read this as a pattern, not a rule. Here is what the numbers and a plain look at each video show.
They are short. The middle video in the top 10 runs 14 seconds. Seven of ten are 15 seconds or less, and the shortest, Jamie's dance, is 8. The two long ones are both live music: the flashmob runs 2 minutes 59 and the train station duet 1 minute 41.
Almost nobody talks. At least eight of the ten have no talking at all: a lip sync, a dance, two pieces of live music, a drawing, strawberries and two drone shots. The other two use the creator's own sound. You do not need any particular language to get them, which matters on an app used around the world. TikTok lists the ten as posted from Australia, France, the US, Canada, Hungary, Poland and the Philippines.
They loop. A 9 to 15 second video with no story ends where it began, so it runs straight into itself again and is easy to watch twice. That is our observation. TikTok has not published how replays count toward views.
Four use a camera trick or filter. Leah Halton's Inverted filter, Billie Eilish's Time Warp Scan and two drone shots. The most viewed video of all, Zach King's broom, is a pure illusion.
Sound does a lot of the work. Six of the ten are set to a released song or remix, and two more are live music. Jamie's "Say It Right" dance started a trend of its own in early 2022, with people recreating it in their own mirrors, as Know Your Meme records.
They are old. Six of the ten were posted in 2020 to 2022. Only one, the flashmob, is from the last year. A record needs years to collect likes, which is why a new video in a list like this stands out.
What is the most liked TikTok of 2026 so far?
No 2026 video we found has made the top 10 yet. The most liked from this year is Natalie Reynolds' 7-second clip from 10 March, captioned "they are so obsessed with me…", with 42.9 million likes on 5 October 2026. That is 400,000 short of tenth place. Emilio Piano's "Let It Go" video from 26 May has 41.2 million, and FIFA's clip of the 2026 World Cup-winning goal, posted 19 July, had 26.2 million on 27 September.
TikTok does not publish an official most-liked list for the year, so this is the best of the 2026 videos we could find, not a full census.
How do you find the most liked videos in your own topic?
The all-time list is fun, but the useful version is the one for your niche. In the app, search a word, tap Filters and set Sort by to Most liked. Our guide to searching TikTok walks through it.
Know the limit. TikTok's most-liked sort favours recent videos, not all-time records. When we searched "zach king" sorted by most liked, the top result had 13.9 million likes. His broom video, with 29.5 million, was not in the first ten.
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How we got these numbers
We built a list of record candidates from published rankings (RouteNote, July 2026; Virlo, April 2026; Dexerto, September 2025; Know Your Meme; Wikipedia). On 27 September 2026 we looked up 18 of them one by one with TokConnect's video details, which returns the counts TikTok shows on the video: likes, views, saves, comments, shares, length and sound. On 5 October 2026 we looked up the top 10 and the next three again and re-ranked them.
TikTok rounds likes and views above 10 million to the nearest 100,000, so two videos can tie, and the last digit can move between checks. Saves are exact.
Videos that did not appear in any published list, or that TikTok would not load, could not be ranked, so a video nobody has written about could be missing. The most viewed table and the FIFA clip were from 27 September only. Counts only go up, so check the date before you quote one. The snapshots list each video's id so you can open it yourself: 5 October recheck and 27 September pull.
Key statistics
Leah Halton's lip sync to "Praise Jah in the Moonlight" was the most liked TikTok video on 5 October 2026, with 80.1 million likes and 1.3 billion views.
The most liked TikTok video had 17.4 million more likes than the second, Julien Cohen's Paris flashmob (62.7 million likes), on 5 October 2026.
The median length of the 10 most liked TikTok videos is 14 seconds, and 7 of the 10 run 15 seconds or less, as of 5 October 2026.
All 5 statistics
The 10 most liked TikTok videos got 10.8 likes per 100 views between them on 5 October 2026, against about 1.2 for the most viewed TikTok video, Zach King's broomstick illusion.
The most liked TikTok video posted in 2026 that we found is Natalie Reynolds' 7-second clip from 10 March 2026, with 42.9 million likes on 5 October 2026, just outside the all-time top 10.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most liked TikTok video?
Leah Halton's lip sync to YG Marley's "Praise Jah in the Moonlight", filmed with TikTok's Inverted filter and posted on 6 February 2024. It had 80.1 million likes on 5 October 2026, 17.4 million more than the second most liked video, Julien Cohen's Paris flashmob.
What is the most viewed TikTok video?
Zach King's broomstick illusion, posted on 9 December 2019, where he appears to fly on a broom like Harry Potter. It has about 2.4 billion views. James Charles' "Sisters Christmas Party" clip is second with 1.7 billion and Leah Halton's lip sync third with 1.3 billion.
How many likes does the most liked TikTok have?
80.1 million on 5 October 2026. TikTok rounds counts this large, so the exact figure is a little higher or lower. It was 78.7 million in RouteNote's July 2026 list, so it is still growing by roughly half a million a month.
Who has the most liked TikTok?
Leah Halton (@looooooooch), an Australian creator. Her February 2024 lip sync passed Bella Poarch's "M to the B", which held the record from 2020. Bella Poarch's video would not load on TikTok in September 2026.
What is the most liked TikTok of 2026?
A 7-second clip by Natalie Reynolds posted on 10 March 2026, with 42.9 million likes on 5 October 2026. Emilio Piano's video of a 2-year-old singing "Let It Go", posted in May, has 41.2 million. No 2026 video we found has entered the all-time top 10 yet, and TikTok does not publish an official list for the year.
How do I see the most liked videos on TikTok?
Search a word in the app, tap Filters and set Sort by to Most liked. That shows the most liked videos for your search, mostly recent ones, not all-time records: a search for "zach king" sorted this way did not show his 29.5 million-like broom video in the first ten. Our guide to searching TikTok walks through the filters.
Sources and data
- Top 10 all-time most-liked TikTok videos in 2026 (RouteNote, July 2026)
- Most watched TikToks: top 10 most viewed videos (Dexerto, updated September 2025)
- Most liked TikToks leaderboard (Virlo, April 2026)
- Who has the most liked TikTok video? (KOLSprite, 2026 update)
- M to the B (Wikipedia)
- Jamie Big Sorrel Horse (Know Your Meme)
- Record-candidate videos checked one by one, 27 September 2026 (snapshot)
- Top 13 videos 5 October 2026 (snapshot)
