Dislike counts on YouTube won't be coming back, as the CEO stands behind the decision to remove them. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki defends the removal of dislike counts on videos in her annual letter outlining the company's priorities for the year.
YouTube stopped displaying dislikes on videos in 2021. Since then, viewers of a video have only been able to see the like count, with dislikes only being available for the poster of the video.
Update 2 (May 9, 2023) 08:36 am (IST): It seems that the latest Chrome update totally disabled the 'Return YouTube Dislike' extension. So, it's not working anymore even after granting access to its website (1, 2).
According to Wojcicki and internal YouTube research, dislikes don't have a meaningful impact on viewership—and there are real-world examples supporting the findings.
This is quite a contrast from how a YouTube co-founder feels about the decision, saying it was a bad move. Wojcicki repeats much of what we've heard before from YouTube spokespeople, saying dislikes were removed because they were sometimes a reflection of viewers' opinion of the channel and not the video itself.
Earlier this week YouTube announced its decision to remove dislike counts across the board. The dislike button will remain, but the total number of people who clicked on it won't be shown publicly. YouTube's Creator Liaison, Matt Koval, announced the change while claiming it's a positive move for creators.
Learn more. Ratings (ie likes/dislikes) are anonymous. You can NOT find out who liked or disliked your videos.
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1. Return YouTube Dislike. Return YouTube Dislike is a Chrome extension that helps you show the dislike count on a video. All you need to do is, install the extension on your Chrome browser, visit any video on YouTube, and you should be able to see the dislikes count once again.
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