The most disliked video on YouTube is "YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind", with over 20 million dislikes, followed by Pinkfong's "Baby Shark Dance" and the trailer for India's "Sadak 2", though content creators often use browser extensions to see dislike counts since YouTube removed public dislike numbers in late 2021. The high dislikes for Rewind 2018 were due to its unpopular content, while "Baby Shark" and kids' songs rack up dislikes from general viewership and parental frustration with screen time.
This is a list of of most-disliked YouTube videos as of As of 27 January 2025 . YouTube Rewind 2018 is the single most disliked video on YouTube, receiving over 19 million dislikes since its upload on December 6, 2018.
The #1 most viewed video on YouTube is "Baby Shark Dance" by Pinkfong, with over 15 billion views, far surpassing other popular videos like "Despacito" and "Wheels on the Bus," with the top videos consistently being children's songs and music videos.
They accused the company of using Rewind to promote a version of YouTube that would appeal to corporate advertisers while giving short shrift to certain creators and trends that were important to YouTube culture. YouTube 'Rewind' was supposed to celebrate 2018. It's now the most disliked video in the site's history.
On December 13, 2021, YouTube removed public dislike counts on all videos. The amount of dislikes just before they were hidden is shown below, taken from the night of December 12, 2021.
YouTube opted to not produce a Rewind video in 2020, before announcing the series' cancellation the following year. All videos were unlisted in December 2025.
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Here are the most disliked YouTube videos in 2022:
The YouTube Partner Program requires 4,000 watch hours within a 12-month evaluation period, showing consistent viewer engagement. Private, unlisted, or deleted videos don't count toward watch hours. Only Shorts views from the Shorts shelf apply to the 10 million goal.
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Other criticisms included what viewers had seen as the video's overuse of some trends, many of them being seen as outdated or unpopular among the YouTube community, including Fortnite, as well as the lack of variety in references.
Her main point was that she had a toxic relationship to Youtube during her journey as a content creator and needed to work out her connection with Youtube.
YouTube originally utilized a five-star system for rating videos. However, in March 2010, this was changed to the current like/dislike system as part of a major redesign of YouTube.