Why can’t you suddenly see the likes-to-dislikes ratio on YT videos? Why was it removed, and how to see dislikes on YouTube again? Read along to find out two ways to see dislikes on YouTube videos.
Last year, Google disabled YouTube dislikes, which was great for creators. It protects YouTubers from public criticism and getting bogged down.
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Why Can’t I See Dislikes On YouTube?
YouTube turned off the like-to-dislike ratio because viewers were attacking some creators and mass disliked campaigns that had nothing to do with the quality of their content. This is a real worry, but the change also took away one of the only ways to tell how valuable a video is on the platform.
How To Check Dislikes On YouTube?
Even though not directly, there is a workaround that can help you to check YT dislikes. Here, we’ll show you how to use the Return YouTube Dislike extension for Google Chrome to see dislikes on YouTube. But first, let’s go through these steps.
- Open Chrome browser on your desktop.
- Find Return YouTube Dislike extension.
- Then, tap on Add to Chrome.
- From the pop-up, select Add extension to confirm your action.
- Now, click the jigsaw icon on the navigation bar, and look for the extension. Tap the pin icon next to it to pin the extension to Chrome.
- In the next step, Open YT and select any video. It will display the number of dislikes the video has received.
This is how to see YouTube dislikes on a video with the help of the extension. Also, if it interests you, find out the most disliked video on YouTube.
How To See Who Disliked Your YouTube Video?
Go to your videos in the YouTube app on your phone and click on the video for which you want to see dislikes. So, if you are a YouTuber, you do not need any extension; you can check how your video fares directly from the YT studio.
- Tap on the profile picture, and Select YT creator studio.
- From the content dashboard, you can see the likes-to-dislikes ratio of all your videos.
This is how to view dislikes on YouTube videos with the help of YT Studio.
Here, in the blog, we went through two ways to see dislikes on YouTube again.
But, overall, dislikes do not matter. It is not the only criterion to evaluate a video’s performance.
There are other parameters to grow your channel as you have complete control over how you manage the videos and metrics, like turning off comments on videos or adding subtitles to YT videos.