• Use the YouTube Dislike Viewer website to easily check a video’s like/dislike ratio.

• Install the Return YouTube Dislike browser extension on Chrome, Firefox and other browsers to restore the dislike count on YouTube videos.

• The Return YouTube Dislike API provides somewhat accurate data using cached data and extrapolated user behavior, but not exact dislike counts.

YouTube officially ditched the Dislike button in November 2021, but that doesn’t mean the feature is gone for good. Thanks to the efforts of the online community, you can restore preferences on any YouTube video based on historical data and user trends. Here’s how.

Check the dislike rate of any YouTube video

The easiest way to quickly view videos I like or dislike is to use the option I don’t like YouTube viewer website. Simply enter the URL of the YouTube video you want to check, paste it into the search box and click the “Show Dislikes” button.

The data displayed for each video is collected from the Return YouTube Dislike API (more on this soon).

Restore YouTube preferences with a browser extension

If you prefer to see “Dislikes” below every YouTube video, you can do so with a browser extension imaginatively called Return to YouTube I don’t like. The extension can be installed on Firefox, Chromium, Microsoft Edge, OperaAnd Brave.

The feature can also be installed on Android via ReVancedusing a fork of NewPipe for Android called Tubularand two versions for jailbroken iPhones, one on Chariz and another called you+.

Firefox and Chrome use their own native versions of the app, while the other browsers listed are all compatible with the Chrome version. Some browsers like Brave, Opera and Edge asks you to allow extensions from other stores First of all.

If you use another browser, all hope is not lost. There is a user script available for Tampermonkey add-on, which should allow the extension to work in the desktop version of Safari.

Once you’ve installed the extension in your browser of choice, simply open a YouTube video to see the like/dislike ratio.

Not a completely accurate count of dislikes

The extension works by using a combination of cached data that was scraped before YouTube disabled access to the Dislike feature in its API and extrapolating user behavior. This means that the number of dislikes on a given video won’t be correct, but the ratio should be somewhat accurate. The YouTube Dislike Viewer website uses the same API as the browser extension.

According to the FAQsupdating the count can take “between a few hours and a few days”.

Everyone who uses the extension provides data to help determine the ratio, which means the extension’s author collects information about the videos you watch. Only content creators can see the “real” number of likes and dislikes their videos receive and although it was always intended to allow creators to share this information with the extension author, this does not is not yet materialized.

The accuracy of this data over the long term depends on how many people use and contribute their data. LinusTechTips Technology YouTube Channel compared its own counts with the counts provided by the extension and found that they were mostly accurate.

That’s about all one can hope for when extrapolating values ​​based on behavior and historical data. This might help you avoid a scam or inaccurate procedures, which is one of the main concerns expressed by those who opposed YouTube’s decision to disable the ratio in the first place.

Evaluate video quality on YouTube

YouTube disabled like/dislike ratios in response to mob and mob campaigns against certain creators, not for content quality, but due to targeted attacks. While a valid concern, the move also removed one of the only metrics for gauging a video’s value on the platform.

YouTube now recommends that viewers use comments instead. It’s the platform that gave birth to the “never read comments” meme, and so many creators now disable comments on videos to fight against spam and hatred.

YouTube can be a valuable resource, but a few wrong clicks can completely decimate your recommendations. Learn to clean up your YouTube recommendations (And do the same for YouTube Music).