Table of Contents

Top videos
Historical most-disliked videos
Timeline
See also
Notes
References

List of most disliked YouTube videos

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YouTube Rewind 2018 was the single most disliked video on YouTube, receiving over 19 million dislikes since its upload on December 6, 2018, until it got privated.

This list of most-disliked YouTube videos contains the top 42 videos with the most dislikes as of December 12, 2021, as derived from the American video platform, YouTube's, charts. 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, which was found to be ineffective because of the rare selection of ratings from two to four stars. 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 2021-12, Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes has the most videos in the top 50 with thirteen, while YouTube and Jingle Toons have two.

YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind surpassed "Baby" to become the most-disliked YouTube video within a week of being uploaded.

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", which previously entered the Guinness World Records book as the most disliked video on YouTube and on the Internet. 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. "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.

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. 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. 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.

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, 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. It became YouTube's second-most-disliked video within two weeks of being released. In 2016, PewDiePie achieved a video in the top 3 by explicitly asking his own viewers to dislike his video.

In August 2020, the Indian film Sadak 2s 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. 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." The announcement and update was widely criticized by members of the YouTube community, including from creators and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, due to visible dislikes allowing users to immediately spot videos that are fraudulent, helpless, dangerous, explicit, discriminatory, or generally poor-quality. However, there are some browser extensions which allow the user to view estimated dislikes on videos; YouTube removed the actual dislike data from its API on December 13, 2021.

Top videos

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. The amount of dislikes just before they were hidden is shown below, taken from the night of December 12, 2021.

1"YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind"YouTube20.358December 6, 2018YouTube Rewind๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2"Baby Shark Dance"Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories14.972June 17, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
3"Sadak 2 Trailer"Star Studios13.667August 12, 2020Movie trailer๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
4"Baby"Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris12.476February 19, 2010Music video๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
5"Johny Johny Yes Papa"LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs11.954October 8, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด
6"YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record"YouTube9.587December 5, 2019YouTube Rewind๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
7"Bath Song"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes8.941May 2, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
8"Learning Colors โ€“ Colorful Eggs on a Farm"ะœะธั€ะพัˆะบะฐ ะขะ’8.436February 27, 2018Educational video for children๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
9"Lakdi ki kathi"Jingle Toons7.244June 14, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
10"Wheels on the Bus"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes6.900May 24, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
11"Humpty the train on a fruits ride"Kiddiestv Hindi6.194January 26, 2018Educational video for children๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
12"Old MacDonald Had a Farm โ€“ Kids nursery rhymes"Bounce Patrol โ€“ Kids Songs6.153November 12, 2013Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ
13"Keysha Play Filling Water in Balloons Daddy Finger Nursery Rhymes | Learn Colors With Balloons"Zuni and Family5.773April 21, 2019Educational video for children๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ
14"Can this video get 1 million dislikes?"PewDiePie5.720December 24, 2016Comedy๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
15"Flores"Vitรฃo and Luรญsa Sonza5.534June 11, 2020Music video๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
16"Baa Baa Black Sheep"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes5.528June 25, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
17"It's Everyday Bro"Jake Paul featuring Team 105.462May 30, 2017Music video๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
18"Chal Chal Gurram"Infobells Telugu5.425November 18, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
19"Despacito"Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee5.216January 12, 2017Music video๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
20"Dame Tu Cosita"El Chombo featuring Cutty Ranks5.173April 5, 2018Music video๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
21"D Billions โ€“ Shake, shake your bodyClap, Clap, Cha Cha Cha"D Billions4.485January 12, 2020Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
22"Wheels on the Bus | Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video"Mother Goose Club Playhouse4.442August 18, 2011Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
23"Masha and the Bear: Recipe for Disaster"Get Movies4.273January 31, 2012Children's television series๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
24"Friday"Rebecca Black4.078September 16, 2011Music video๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
25"Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Reveal Trailer"Call of Duty3.965May 2, 2016Video game trailer๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
26"Yes Yes Vegetables Song"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.946August 10, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
27"Exploring Shillong | Shoot Diaries | Mr. Faisu"Faisal Shaikh3.830May 14, 2020Vlog๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
28"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.728December 6, 2017Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
29"ยซLA VACA LOLA canciones infantilesยป"toycantando3.629April 12, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด
30"This Is The Way"Super Simple Songs3.570June 8, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
31"Bath Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.351June 4, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
32"Baby Shark"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.343November 21, 2017Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
33"Yes Yes Vegetables Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs โ€“ CoComelon"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.340September 7, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
34"How It Is (Wap Bap โ€ฆ)"BibisBeautyPalace3.314May 5, 2017Music video๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
35"Yummy Fruits & Vegetables | D Billions Kids Songs"D Billions3.099September 16, 2020Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
36"Nani Teri Morni Ko Mor Le Gaye"Jingle Toons3.088March 11, 2016Music video for children๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
37"Beach Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.070August 2, 2019Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
38"Wheels on the Bus + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes3.030June 28, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
39"Gangnam Style"Psy2.899July 15, 2012Music video๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
40"Upa Cavalinho"Galinha Pintadinha2.871July 7, 2017Music video๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
41"No No Bedtime Song"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes2.775July 12, 2017Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
42"Yes Yes Playground Song"Cocomelon โ€“ Nursery Rhymes2.564October 23, 2018Music video for children๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Historical most-disliked videos

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. The Music video for the Justin Bieber Baby is the only video to have been the most disliked YouTube video twice.

TitleUploaderDislikesUpload dateDate achievedDays heldRef(s)Notes
As of December 13, 2021
"~YouTube Worst Video of All Time~ vote 1 star, leave comment"donotasyoudo~195,000~143
"Baby" (1)Justin Bieber~200,000~~220
"Friday"trizzy661,200,00079
"Baby" (2)Justin Bieber1,450,0002,737
"YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind"YouTube9,882,0001,096

Timeline


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See also


Notes

References


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