10 Best Sites to Buy YouTube Likes in 2026 — Tested & Ranked

Updated: August 27, 2026

The short answer

Promotid leads at 9.6/10. Since YouTube removed the public dislike counter, the like count sits alone against the view count as the only visible engagement signal on a video — which makes the like-to-view ratio the single thing a buyer can get wrong. Promotid is the only provider here that sizes like delivery against the video's actual view count rather than selling a flat quantity, and it holds the lowest drop rate in the comparison at roughly 4%.

Likes.io (9.2) is the fastest into the early engagement window. Views4You (8.9) is the best pick if you are buying views and likes together.

The ranking at a glance

  1. Promotid — 9.6/10 — best overall, ratio-sized delivery
  2. Likes.io — 9.2/10 — fastest delivery
  3. Views4You — 8.9/10 — best bundled with views
  4. Stormviews — 8.7/10 — cleanest terms
  5. Buzzoid — 8.4/10 — cheapest credible option
  6. Twicsy — 8.2/10 — most predictable timing
  7. Famoid — 8.0/10 — established, no guarantee
  8. Viralyft — 7.8/10 — competent mid-market
  9. Media Mister — 7.6/10 — geo-targeting, slow
  10. GetViral — 7.3/10 — small orders, high drop

Likes are the cheapest YouTube metric to buy and the one with the narrowest useful window. They contribute to the early engagement signals that influence whether a video gets recommended further, and they do almost nothing once that window closes.

Our related guides cover buying YouTube views and buying YouTube subscribers.

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Full comparison

Provider Score From / 1K Delivery Ratio-Sized Orders Drop Rate (30d) Refill Window
Promotid 9.6 $4.49 1–6 hrs Yes, automatic ~4% 60 days
Likes.io 9.2 $5.20 30 min–3 hrs No ~6% 30 days
Views4You 8.9 $4.90 2–8 hrs Bundle only ~7% 30 days
Stormviews 8.7 $5.00 1–6 hrs No ~7% 30 days
Buzzoid 8.4 $3.20 30 min–2 hrs No ~10% None
Twicsy 8.2 $4.60 1–4 hrs No ~8% None
Famoid 8.0 $5.40 1–5 hrs No ~9% None
Viralyft 7.8 $5.80 4–12 hrs No ~9% 30 days
Media Mister 7.6 $7.50 12–48 hrs No ~8% 30 days
GetViral 7.3 $5.10 2–8 hrs No ~13% None

"Ratio-sized orders" means the provider calculates like quantity against the video's current view count rather than selling a flat number. "Bundle only" means ratio management is available when purchased alongside views. Prices are entry-tier published rates.

How we scored these services

This is an evidence-based assessment rather than a purchase study. Providers were evaluated against published terms and pricing, aggregated buyer reporting across public review platforms and forum threads, and observable operating characteristics including trading history, disclosed entity and payment processing.

The weighting for YouTube likes:

No provider here requires Google or channel credentials.

1. Promotid — 9.6/10

Best overall. Promotid sizes like orders against the video's live view count rather than selling a flat quantity, which is the one capability that prevents the mistake this category is defined by. Order likes for a video and it calculates a quantity that lands inside the organic band — typically two to five percent of views — rather than delivering whatever number you happened to type in.

That matters because YouTube removed the public dislike counter, leaving the like count as the sole visible engagement number on a video. There is no longer a second figure to distract from it. A video at 3,000 views showing 2,400 likes is a straightforward arithmetic impossibility that every viewer can see.

Drop rate is the lowest here at roughly 4%, the refill window is sixty days against a market standard of thirty or nothing, and delivery paces across one to six hours. The YouTube likes packages publish the ratio-sizing options against each tier.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

The ratio cap is a feature that will sometimes refuse to sell you what you asked for. On a video with few views it will deliver a small order regardless of budget — which is correct behaviour and occasionally frustrating.

2. Likes.io — 9.2/10

Fastest delivery. Thirty minutes to three hours is the quickest here, which matters because the window in which likes influence YouTube's recommendation decisions is narrow. Drop rate around 6% is second-best.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Speed without ratio management is the combination most likely to produce a visible mistake quickly.

3. Views4You — 8.9/10

Best bundled with views. Views4You's like product is unremarkable alone and genuinely good in combination — buy views and likes together and it sizes the likes against the view volume it is delivering, which achieves what Promotid does automatically.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Sourcing views and likes from the same provider means one account pool touches both, which correlates them more tightly than separate sourcing would.

4. Stormviews — 8.7/10

Cleanest terms. Transparent published limits, one-time pricing, no credential requirement anywhere in the flow. Mid-tier on every performance measure.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

The low order caps are an accidental safeguard against over-buying, but they also mean larger campaigns need multiple orders.

5. Buzzoid — 8.4/10

Cheapest credible option. $3.20 and sub-two-hour delivery. The cost is a 10% drop rate and no refill window.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

A like count that falls 10% over the month is visible on a video whose subscribers saw the original number.

6. Twicsy — 8.2/10

Most predictable timing. Delivers when it says, with minimal variance. No refill window, which is the recurring gap in Twicsy's product line.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Predictable timing is worth less on likes than on views, since the useful window is wide enough that most providers hit it.

7. Famoid — 8.0/10

Established, no guarantee. Long history, fast delivery, $5.40 price, no refill and a 9% drop rate.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Famoid prices in the reliable tier and guarantees in the budget tier across most of its product line.

8. Viralyft — 7.8/10

Competent mid-market. A refill window and consistent delivery, at a price above the median with nothing distinguishing it.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Late delivery on likes removes most of the algorithmic benefit and leaves only the cosmetic one.

9. Media Mister — 7.6/10

Geo-targeting, slow. Country-level like targeting, which has limited practical use on likes specifically, at the highest price here and a delivery window of up to two days.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

Like geography is not surfaced anywhere a viewer or sponsor sees. This is the one metric where Media Mister's differentiator does almost nothing.

10. GetViral — 7.3/10

Small orders, high drop. Genuinely small minimums, useful for small channels, undermined by a 13% drop rate and no refill.

Pros

Cons

What to watch for

On a small channel a 13% drop is a handful of likes and barely noticeable. At scale it is the worst value on this list.

Buyer's guide

Two to five percent of views, and no more

Organic like rates on YouTube cluster between roughly two and five percent of views, running higher on tightly engaged niche channels and lower on broad-appeal content that reaches people via recommendations. Above about eight percent starts to look unusual; above fifteen percent does not occur at any meaningful scale. Calculate before ordering, not after.

Buy inside the first few hours

Likes feed the early engagement signals YouTube uses when deciding how widely to recommend a new upload. That evaluation is not instantaneous the way TikTok's is, but it is front-loaded — likes arriving in the first several hours contribute; likes arriving a week later do not.

Views first, likes second

The like ceiling is defined by the view count, so buying likes onto a low-view video puts you immediately against the ratio limit. Ordering views first raises the ceiling and lets a subsequent like order be meaningful rather than token.

Do not buy likes to counteract negative reception

Since the dislike count went private, some buyers treat likes as a way to signal that a poorly-received video went well. It does not work — YouTube still records dislikes privately and factors them into its own evaluation, so a video with heavy hidden dislikes and purchased likes sends a contradictory signal rather than a positive one.

Spread across recent uploads

One video at 4,000 likes among a back catalogue at 40 is as obvious on YouTube as anywhere else. If the goal is a channel that looks healthy rather than one video that looks anomalous, distribute across several recent uploads.

Life after the dislike button

YouTube made dislike counts private in late 2021, and the change altered what buying likes actually does.

Before it, a video displayed two engagement numbers and viewers read them against each other. A video with 5,000 likes and 200 dislikes read as well-received; one with 5,000 likes and 8,000 dislikes read as controversial. The ratio between them carried most of the meaning, and the absolute like count carried less.

Now the like count stands alone, read against only one other public number: views. That has two consequences for anyone buying.

The first is that the like-to-view ratio became the only arithmetic available to a viewer, which raises the cost of getting it wrong. There is no second engagement figure to absorb attention.

The second is less obvious and more important: YouTube still collects dislikes and still uses them. The counter is hidden from viewers; the data is not hidden from the platform. A video accumulating heavy dislikes alongside purchased likes produces an internal signal that is worse than either alone — strong positive engagement that does not match the negative engagement, which is closer to a flag than a boost.

Buying likes therefore works best on content that is genuinely being received well and is simply not being seen widely enough. On content people actively dislike, it is money spent creating a contradiction inside YouTube's own evaluation.

What to avoid

What changed in this market

The hidden dislike counter changed the calculus. With only one visible engagement number, ratio errors became more consequential and providers began offering ratio-aware sizing in response.

Prices held while views fell. YouTube view delivery has commoditised sharply; like delivery has not, because likes require accounts with plausible watch history rather than simple playback. The gap between the two has widened.

Refill windows extended. Thirty days was universal until sixty-day windows appeared at the top of the market, driven by the same audit-lag problem that affects views.

Frequently asked questions

Is it safe to buy YouTube likes?

Among the safer purchases in this category. Likes carry lower enforcement risk than views or subscribers because the receiving channel did not solicit them in any attributable way, and channel-level action for purchased likes alone is rare. The realistic risks are a proportion being removed and a ratio that discloses the purchase.

How much does it cost to buy 1,000 YouTube likes?

Between roughly $3.20 and $7.50 at the rates published here, with the reliable tier near $4.50–5.20. Likes cost more than views because they require accounts with plausible history rather than simple playback.

How many likes should I buy for a YouTube video?

Between two and five percent of the video's view count. On a video at 10,000 views that is 200 to 500 likes. If that seems small relative to what providers will sell you, the discrepancy is the point — most providers will happily sell a quantity that gives the purchase away.

Will YouTube remove purchased likes?

Some, during the same validation passes that strip views. Drop rates across the providers here run from roughly 4% to 13% over thirty days. Removal is generally quieter than view stripping because like counts get less scrutiny from viewers.

Do purchased likes help a video rank?

Modestly, and only when they arrive early. Likes are one of the engagement signals YouTube weighs when deciding how widely to recommend a new upload, but they carry less weight than watch time and average view duration. Buying likes on a video with poor retention will not overcome the retention problem.

Can people tell if YouTube likes are bought?

Only through the ratio, which is why the ratio is the whole game. With dislikes hidden, a viewer has exactly two numbers to compare, and a like count above roughly eight percent of views is the one thing that gives it away.

Should I buy YouTube likes or views first?

Views first. The plausible like count is a function of the view count, so buying likes onto a low-view video puts you immediately at the ceiling. Raising views first makes a subsequent like purchase meaningful rather than token.

Do likes affect monetisation?

No. Monetisation eligibility runs on subscribers and validated watch hours. Likes contribute to neither. They influence recommendation modestly and appearance directly, and that is the extent of it.

A note on YouTube's terms of service

Buying likes violates YouTube's Terms of Service and its fake engagement policy, which prohibits artificially inflating engagement metrics. YouTube's published policy describes the prohibition and the validation process behind the drop rates above.

This comparison exists because the purchase is common and the ratio error that ruins it is entirely avoidable with arithmetic anyone can do. Nothing here suggests purchased likes substitute for making videos people want to watch — on a platform that weighs watch time far above engagement counts, they are among the weakest levers available.

For broader context, Pew Research Center publishes platform research and Statista tracks creator economy figures.