BTS's "Fake Love" Confirmed As MV With 3rd Highest Views Within 24 Hours In YouTube History

May 21, 2018

BTS’s “Fake Love” MV not only set a record by earning the highest number of views in the first 24 hours among K-pop groups, it also came in No. 3 among all music videos on YouTube!

“Fake Love” was released on May 18 at 6 p.m. KST, and it was viewed an amazing number of times within the first 24 hour after its release. According to Billboard, YouTube has stated that “Fake Love” reached 35.9 million views within just one day. YouTube has also verified that the group’s previous MV for “DNA” hit 22.3 million views in the first 24 hours.

This means that BTS’s “Fake Love” is No. 3 on the list of music videos with the highest 24 hour views. Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” reached 43.2 million views in 2017 within one day, while PSY’s “Gentleman” garnered 36 million views in its first 24 hours back in 2013. “Fake Love” therefore achieved the highest views on an MV within the first 24 hours so far in 2018.

YouTube states that “Fake Love” even reached 4.8 million views within the first hour after its release. “Fake Love” also broke a record for the most likes in a day in YouTube history after it racked up 3.9 million likes on May 18. On the ranking of single-day likes on YouTube, BTS’s “DNA” comes in at No. 2 with 2.3 million likes and their “MIC Drop (Remix)” MV in No. 3 with 2.3 million likes.

Check out the list of the top 10 24-hour MV views records on YouTube below!

1. Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” — 43.2 million

2. PSY’s “Gentleman” — 36 million

3. BTS’s “Fake Love” — 35.9 million

4. Nicky Jam and J. Balvin’s “X (EQUIS)” – 29.7 million

5. Adele’s “Hello” – 26.3 million

6. Daddy Yankee, RedOne, French Montana and Dinah Jane’s “Boom Boom” – 24.1 million

7. Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” – 22.6 million

8. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito (Remix Audio) ft. Justin Bieber” – 22.4 million

9. BTS’s “DNA” – 22.3 million

10. Major Lazer’s “Sua Cara (feat. Anitta and Pabllo Vittar)” – 20.2 million

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