YouTube Engagement Statistics

Like and comment rates: what a normal engagement rate actually looks like.

Updated 49,530 sampled videos with views tracked

Median engagement rate

2.33%

likes + comments per view

Average engagement rate

3.88%

Average like rate

3.58%

Average comment rate

0.30%

Likes per video

19.3K

Comments per video

620

Likes per comment

31.1

viewers like far more than they comment

Shorts vs long-form

3.13%

long-form 4.19%

Engagement rate distribution

How many videos sit in each engagement band. Most videos come in under 5%.

Number of videos
6.7K5.0K3.3K1.7K0
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10%+

Likes and comments per view

Engagement by video length

The average engagement rate within each length band.

Likes and comments per view, by length of a video

  • < 1 min3.01
  • 1–5 min3.23
  • 5–10 min4.38
  • 10–20 min5.08
  • 20–60 min4.68
  • 60 min+4.9

Engagement by channel size

The average engagement rate within each subscriber range.

Likes and comments per view, by channel size

  • < 1K5.87
  • 1K–10K5.63
  • 10K–100K5.87
  • 100K–1M5.58
  • 1M–10M3.4
  • 10M+2.34

Engagement by category

The average engagement rate, for categories with 50 or more videos in the sample.

Likes and comments per view, by category

  • Christian14.38
  • Political10.65
  • Philosophy10.25
  • Paranormal9.36
  • Spiritual8.34
  • Military8.31
  • Horror8.28
  • Psychology8.13
  • Personal Finance7.95
  • Self Improvement7.44

+10 more in the table

Engagement rate here is (likes + comments) ÷ views, the definition most creator tools use. Videos with more likes than views (stale or partial counters) are excluded, as are videos with no views. Dislikes have not been public since 2021 and are not part of this.

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