How to get the YouTube dislike count back
Image Credit: Return YouTube Dislike
Missing dislikes on YouTube? This extension brings back an estimated dislike count and ratio, just like the good old days.
Last month, Google announced they were removing the YouTube dislike count, to the dismay of most of the internet. This is an issue as it removes the glanceable information that shows whether a video is worth your time. Luckily there’s an extension for that.
Return YouTube Dislike is a web extension for Firefox and all Chromium browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Opera and Brave. Head here for other unsupported platforms and third party implementation on jailbroken iOS.
So how does it work? Until earlier this week, Return YouTube Dislike used YouTube’s Data API to gather the dislike numbers and display them to users. All of this data was saved by the extension’s database. Now the dislike count is removed from the API, the extension displays a combination of archived dislike stats, estimates extrapolated from extension user data and estimates based on view/like ratio. For this reason, the dislikes displayed aren’t 100% accurate, especially on newer and small videos with limited data, however it’s the best you’re getting until YouTube bring back the dislike count… You may be waiting a while.
