How to Use Our YouTube Dislike Viewer
To use our YouTube Dislike Viewer, paste a video link into the box at the top of this page and press Show Dislikes. The tool reads the 11-character video ID, queries the public Return YouTube Dislike (RYD) archive, and shows the dislike count, like count, views, and the like-to-dislike ratio in seconds. No login, no extension, and no payment.
On Desktop
- Open the YouTube video in your browser.
- Copy the URL from the address bar.
- Paste the link into the viewer above.
- Click Show Dislikes to read the count.
On Mobile (iOS & Android)
- Tap Share under the video in the YouTube app.
- Tap Copy link.
- Open this page in your mobile browser.
- Paste the link and tap Show Dislikes.
The viewer works the same way on a computer, a tablet,
and a phone. You can paste a full watch URL, a short
youtu.be link, a Shorts link, an embed link,
or a raw video ID, and the result is identical.
What Does the Dislike Count Actually Tell You?
The dislike count tells you how many viewers pressed the dislike button on a video, which is a direct signal of audience sentiment. Paired with the like count, it shows whether the response to a video is positive, mixed, or negative before you spend time watching it.
For Viewers
For viewers, the dislike count answers 3 practical questions: is this tutorial reliable, does this product review match real experience, and is this clickbait. A cooking guide with 50,000 likes and 400 dislikes signals a trusted method. A repair tutorial with a heavy dislike share signals steps that did not work for other people.
For Content Creators
For content creators, the dislike count is raw feedback on what an audience rejects. Creators see their own dislike numbers inside YouTube Studio, yet our dislike checker lets them compare competitor videos that Studio does not expose. A rising dislike share on a series points to a format change, a pacing problem, or a topic the audience did not want.
What Is a Good Like-to-Dislike Ratio?
A good like-to-dislike ratio on YouTube is 90% likes or higher, which means at least 9 likes for every 1 dislike. The scale below groups common ratios by reception so you can read any video at a glance.
Read the ratio against the video type. A music video and a political clip carry different baselines, so a 88% ratio on a debate video can still mean a healthy response.
Why Did YouTube Remove the Dislike Count?
YouTube removed the public dislike count in November 2021 to reduce targeted dislike attacks against creators. The company stated that small channels were hit hardest by coordinated campaigns, where groups pressed dislike to damage a video rather than to give honest feedback.
The dislike button still works. Viewers can press it, and creators still see their own totals in YouTube Studio. The only change is that the number no longer appears under the video for the public. That single change is why a YouTube dislike viewer exists, because the data still lives in archives collected before and after the count was hidden.
YouTube replaced the 5-star rating with the like and dislike buttons.
The public dislike count was hidden across the platform in November.
Tools like this viewer surface the hidden counts through the RYD archive.
Most Disliked YouTube Videos of All Time
The most disliked YouTube video of all time is YouTube Rewind 2018, which collected roughly 20 million dislikes before the count was hidden. The table below lists 5 record-holding videos using archived figures captured before November 2021.
| # | Video | Type | Approx. Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YouTube Rewind 2018: "Everyone Controls Rewind" | Platform recap | ~20 million |
| 2 | Baby Shark Dance | Children's music | ~16 million |
| 3 | Sadak 2 Official Trailer | Film trailer | ~13.7 million |
| 4 | Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris | Music video | ~13 million |
| 5 | YouTube Rewind 2019: "For the Record" | Platform recap | ~10 million |
These figures are archived snapshots, not live counts. Wikipedia maintains a longer record of the most-disliked YouTube videos for anyone tracking YouTube dislike history in detail.
How Accurate Is the Dislike Count?
The dislike count is accurate for older videos that were archived before November 2021, and it is a statistical estimate for videos uploaded after that date. No third-party tool can show a 100% exact number, because only YouTube and the video owner hold the live figure. Our viewer draws reliable counts from 5 data sources:
- Historical like-to-dislike ratios recorded before YouTube hid the count.
- View-to-engagement patterns that estimate how many dislikes a video holds.
- Community feedback data from users who still press dislike through the extension.
- Creator-shared analytics that confirm real dislike totals.
- API data captured by the Return YouTube Dislike archive over time.
Creators can check the accuracy directly. Compare the number this tool shows against the real figure in YouTube Studio analytics, and the gap on archived videos is usually small.
Is This Tool Safe to Use?
Yes, this YouTube Dislike Viewer is safe to use. It needs no account, no password, and no browser extension, so there is nothing to install and no login to expose. The lookup runs from your browser against public data, the pasted URLs are not stored, and no search history is kept.
No sign-up
Check videos without handing over an email or password.
No installation
Runs in any browser, so there is no extension to trust.
No tracking
Pasted links are not logged, stored, or sold.