Frazier Tharpe of GQ wrote "'Everybody' has all the makings of a party pleaser: high energy, an earworm of a sample, and deceptively simple lyrics, with Nicki and Uzi punching each line in on Junior Senior's all-too-familiar mewl of 'Everybody-y-y.'
"[7] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian wrote the song "is both a potential hit and annoying enough to make "Barbie World" sound understated – but they feel like outliers on an album less reliant on immediately recognisable hooks than moody atmospherics, creative production and Minaj's considerable skills on the microphone.
[9] Reviewing Pink Friday 2 for The New York Times, Jon Caramanica stated "In the last couple of years, instantly recognizable references have become cheat codes for pop and rap stars, but obvious sampling has also been a staple in emergent drill and club music scenes", before writing that on the song "Minaj is toying with the way those two approaches aren't so dissimilar.
[11] Nick Malone of PopMatters wrote "Interpolating Junior Senior's 'Move Your Feet' into an infectious and endless string of 'body' punchlines, it's uncharted territory for Minaj and dancefloor gold.
)"[5] Ben Devlin of MusicOMH stated the song "may be a blatant attempt to cash in on 'Just Wanna Rock', but its formula works and the Junior Senior chops are great fun, darting in between the booming Jersey Club beats courtesy of DJ Smallz 732.