This list of most-disliked YouTube videos contains the top 42 videos with the most dislikes of all time, as derived from the American video platform, YouTube's, charts. [2] The dislike count was taken directly from the page of the video itself. YouTube implemented a like and dislike button on video pages from 2010 as part of a major site redesign. The feature served as a replacement for the previous five-star rating system, [3] which was found to be ineffective because of the rare selection of ratings from two to four stars. [4] Of the 42 videos in this list, 6 also appear in the list of most-viewed YouTube videos and 4 appear in the list of most-liked YouTube videos. Note that the dislike count does not indicate the true unpopularity of a video, which is better represented by dislike percentage, also provided in the table. For instance "Despacito", "Baby Shark Dance", and "Gangnam Style" all appear on this list, but also appear in the list of most-liked YouTube videos. As of December 2021 [update] , Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes has the most videos in the top 50 with thirteen, while YouTube and Jingle Toons have two.
On December 13, 2018, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind became the most disliked video on the video sharing platform with 15 million dislikes, rapidly surpassing the music video for Justin Bieber's song "Baby", [1] which previously entered the Guinness World Records book as the most disliked video on YouTube and on the Internet. [5] As of July 9, 2021, YouTube Rewind 2018 has over 7.1 million more dislikes than Justin Bieber's Baby.
In March 2011, "Baby", which then had 1.17 million dislikes, was surpassed by the video for Rebecca Black's "Friday", yielding more than 1.2 million dislikes. [6] "Friday" amassed over three million dislikes before the video was taken down in June 2011. The video was reinstated three months later and has not been taken down since. [7]
Measurement of dislikes on YouTube has been of academic and political interest. Following its immediate negative reception, Rick Perry's 2012 presidential campaign advertisement "Strong" garnered over 600,000 dislikes within five days. [8] This phenomenon was seen by Mike Barthel of The Village Voice as a reason not to judge entertainment and politics by the same standard of online publicity; he opined that the only time people are going to care more about politics than entertainment is when there is a clear and immediate threat to their well-being. [9] Recently, many videos from news channels and corporations have been dislike bombed when they talk about topics like the 2020 election or the COVID-19 pandemic.[ citation needed ]
Music videos, including children's music videos, made up a majority of the most disliked uploads to YouTube. "Baby Shark Dance" is the most disliked "made for kids" video,[ failed verification ] with over 13.3 million dislikes. 2016 showed the most disliked video game trailer, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare , which stands at over three million dislikes. [10] [11] It became YouTube's second-most-disliked video within two weeks of being released. [12] In 2016, PewDiePie achieved a video in the top 3 by explicitly asking his own viewers to dislike his video. [13]
In August 2020, the Indian film Sadak 2 's trailer became the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube. In the first two days after its release, the trailer received 5.3 million dislikes and currently has over 12 million dislikes. [14] On August 18, at about 18:00 UTC, it surpassed Justin Bieber's "Baby" to become the second most-disliked video with 13.24 million dislikes. As of October 2021, more than half of the top 50 most-disliked videos are music videos for children, with 31 of these 50 videos (62%) being set as "made for kids" according to YouTube's changes in policy on January 6, 2020, to comply with COPPA.
On November 10, 2021, YouTube made dislike counts on videos private, purportedly to "reduce harassment associated with targeted dislike attacks." [15] The announcement and update was widely criticized by members of the YouTube community, including from creators and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, [16] [17] [18] [19] due to visible dislikes allowing users to immediately spot videos that are fraudulent, unhelpful, dangerous, explicit, discriminatory or generally poor-quality. However, there are some browser extensions which allow the user to view estimations of current dislikes on videos. [20] [21] [22] [23]
The following table lists the top 42 most disliked videos on YouTube, with the final visible dislike counts being rounded to the nearest thousand, as well as the creator, dislike percentage and date of publication to YouTube. On December 13, 2021, YouTube removed public dislike counts on all videos. [upper-alpha 1] The amount of dislikes just before they were hidden is shown below, taken from the night of December 12, 2021.
Rank | Video name | Uploader / artist | Dislike count (millions) | Dislikes (%) [upper-alpha 2] | Upload date | Type of video (Style) | Notes |
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1 | "YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind" [25] | YouTube | 19.943 | 86.6% | December 6, 2018 | YouTube Rewind | [upper-alpha 3] |
2 | "Baby Shark Dance" [26] | Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories | 14.972 | 31.7% | June 17, 2016 | Music video for children | [upper-alpha 4] |
3 | " Sadak 2 Trailer" [27] | Star Studios | 13.667 | 94.86% | August 12, 2020 | Movie trailer | [upper-alpha 5] |
4 | "Baby" [31] | Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris | 12.476 | 38.26% | February 19, 2010 | Music video | [upper-alpha 6] |
5 | "Johny Johny Yes Papa" [33] | LooLoo Kids | 11.954 | 40.76% * | October 8, 2016 | Music video for children | [upper-alpha 7] |
6 | "YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record" [34] | YouTube | 9.587 | 73.3% | December 5, 2019 | YouTube Rewind | |
7 | "Bath Song" [35] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 8.941 | 41.87% | May 2, 2018 | Music video for children | |
8 | "Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm" [36] | Мирошка ТВ | 8.436 | 39.78% | February 27, 2018 | Educational video for children | [upper-alpha 8] |
9 | "Lakdi ki kathi" [37] | Jingle Toons | 7.244 | 42.75% | June 14, 2018 | Music video for children | [upper-alpha 9] |
10 | "Wheels on the Bus" [38] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 6.900 | 40.7% | May 24, 2018 | Music video for children | |
11 | "Humpty the train on a fruits ride" [39] | Kiddiestv Hindi | 6.194 | 43.01% | January 26, 2018 | Educational video for children | |
12 | "Old MacDonald Had a Farm – Kids nursery rhymes" [40] | Bounce Patrol – Kids Songs | 6.153 | 43.33% | November 12, 2013 | Music video for children | |
13 | "Keysha Play Filling Water in Balloons Daddy Finger Nursery Rhymes | Learn Colors With Balloons" [41] | Zuni and Family | 5.773 | 41.32% | April 21, 2019 | Educational video for children | |
14 | "Can this video get 1 million dislikes?" [42] | PewDiePie | 5.720 | 93.72% | December 24, 2016 | Comedy | [upper-alpha 10] |
15 | "Flores" [43] | Vitão and Luísa Sonza | 5.534 | 69.15% | June 11, 2020 | Music video | [upper-alpha 11] |
16 | "Baa Baa Black Sheep" [44] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 5.528 | 43.12% | June 25, 2018 | Music video for children | |
17 | "It's Everyday Bro" [45] | Jake Paul featuring Team 10 | 5.462 | 63.56% | May 30, 2017 | Music video | |
18 | "Chal Chal Gurram" [46] | Infobells Telugu | 5.425 | 44.19% | November 18, 2016 | Music video for children | |
19 | "Despacito" [47] | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | 5.216 | 9.97% | January 12, 2017 | Music video | [upper-alpha 12] |
20 | "Dame Tu Cosita" [48] | El Chombo featuring Cutty Ranks | 5.173 | 25.64% | April 5, 2018 | Music video | |
21 | "D Billions – Shake, shake your body! Clap, Clap, Cha Cha Cha!" [49] | D Billions | 4.485 | 43.89% | January 12, 2020 | Music video for children | |
22 | "Wheels on the Bus | Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video" [50] | Mother Goose Club Playhouse | 4.442 | 45.2% | August 18, 2011 | Music video for children | |
23 | "Masha and the Bear: Recipe for Disaster" [51] | Get Movies | 4.273 | 35.59% | January 31, 2012 | Children's television series | [upper-alpha 13] |
24 | "Friday" [52] | Rebecca Black | 4.078 | 74.56% | September 16, 2011 | Music video | |
25 | "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Reveal Trailer" [53] | Call of Duty | 3.965 | 85.93% | May 2, 2016 | Video game trailer | [upper-alpha 14] |
26 | "Yes Yes Vegetables Song" [55] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.946 | 39.62% | August 10, 2018 | Music video for children | |
27 | "Mr. Faisu’s Exploring Shillong" [56] | Faisal Shaikh | 3.830 | 86.3% | May 14, 2020 | Vlog | [57] |
28 | "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" [58] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.728 | 43.87% | December 6, 2017 | Music video for children | |
29 | "LA VACA LOLA canciones infantiles" [59] | toycantando | 3.629 | 37.33% | April 12, 2016 | Music video for children | |
30 | "This Is The Way" [60] | Super Simple Songs | 3.570 | 42.35% | June 8, 2016 | Music video for children | |
31 | "Bath Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs" [61] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.351 | 40.74% | June 4, 2018 | Music video for children | |
32 | "Baby Shark" [62] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.343 | 41.27% | November 21, 2017 | Music video for children | |
33 | "Yes Yes Vegetables Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs – CoComelon" [63] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.340 | 40.13% | September 7, 2018 | Music video for children | |
34 | "How It Is (Wap Bap …)" [64] | Bianca Claßen | 3.314 | 84.54% | May 5, 2017 | Music video | [upper-alpha 15] |
35 | "Yummy Fruits & Vegetables | D Billions Kids Songs" [68] | D Billions | 3.099 | 41.63% | September 16, 2020 | Music video for children | |
36 | "Nani Teri Morni Ko Mor Le Gaye" [69] | Jingle Toons | 3.088 | 39.66% | March 11, 2016 | Music video for children | |
37 | "Beach Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs" [70] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.070 | 39.66% | August 2, 2019 | Music video for children | |
38 | "Wheels on the Bus + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs" [71] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 3.030 | 41.04% | June 28, 2018 | Music video for children | |
39 | "Gangnam Style" [72] | Psy | 2.899 | 10.99% | July 15, 2012 | Music video | [upper-alpha 16] |
40 | "UPA CAVALINHO" [73] | Galinha Pintadinha | 2.871 | 32.76% | July 7, 2017 | Music video | |
41 | "No No Bedtime Song" [74] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 2.775 | 42.38% | July 12, 2017 | Music video for children | |
42 | "Yes Yes Playground Song" [75] | Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes | 2.564 | 41.36% | October 23, 2018 | Music video for children |
The following table lists the last 4 videos known to have become YouTube's most disliked video, from the implementation of the dislike button in March 2010 to December 2021.
Title | Uploader | Dislikes* | Upload date | Date achieved | Days held | Ref(s) | Notes |
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"~YouTube Worst Video of All Time~ vote 1 star, leave comment" [76] | donotasyoudo | ~195,000 | October 3, 2007 | March 31, 2010 | ~143 | [77] | [upper-alpha 17] |
"Baby" [31] | Justin Bieber | ~200,000 | February 19, 2010 | ~August 21, 2010 | ~220 | [78] [79] [80] [81] | |
"Friday" [7] | trizzy66 | 1,200,000 | February 10, 2011 | March 29, 2011 | 79 | [6] [82] | [upper-alpha 18] |
"Baby" [31] | Justin Bieber | 1,450,000 | February 19, 2010 | June 16, 2011 | 2,737 | [83] [5] | |
"YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind" [25] | YouTube | 9,882,000 | December 6, 2018 | December 13, 2018 | 1,096 | [1] | [upper-alpha 19] |
As of December 13, 2021 |
*The approximate number of dislikes each video had when it became YouTube's most-disliked video.
Timeline of Most Disliked Videos (March 2010 – December 2021)
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