YouTube have insisted it’s ‘pleased’ with their 2018 Rewind video, despite it receiving 9 million dislikes and looking set to become the most disliked video of all time.

At least someone’s happy.

Everyone Controls Rewind, YouTube’s annual round-up video, has caused outrage among viewers, causing it to become the second most disliked video ever.


Harsh, guys.

However, YouTube aren’t bothered by the criticism, as they have insisted that it’s still ‘pleased with the results’.

We are prepared to call it YouTube Rewind 2018 will be come the most DISLIKED YouTube video of all time. With 7 mill dislikes in 4 days the only YouTube video with more dislikes is Justin Bieber baby with 9 mill but its over 8 years old! pic.twitter.com/0MsUMLs0RM — KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) December 10, 2018

‘Every year when we release our Rewind video, our number one goal is getting the community to engage with it,’ a spokesperson for YouTube told Metro.co.uk in a statement.



‘This includes liking and disliking the video. With millions of comments, millions of likes and dislikes, and more than 100M views, we’re pleased with the results.’

The video currently has more than 9.1 million dislikes after 6 days of it being live, less than a million behind the music video for Justin Bieber’s Baby, which was uploaded eight years ago.

Viewers were unimpressed for a multitude of reasons – some were irritated that the video included mainstream celebs like Will Smith at the expense of influential creators like PewDiePie, Shane Dawson, Daniel Howell and Phil Lester.

JaidenAnimations slipped small references into her section (Picture: Dean Noroozi)

Others were shocked that YouTube failed to mention influential events of the year, like the Logan Paul v KSI boxing match.

And some simply thought it was a bad video.

‘I think they just got a little political with it, made it less about YouTube as a platform,’ Logan Paul said in his podcast.

DramaAlert host Keemstar called the video ‘tone-deaf’, claiming: ‘Cliques have ruined rewind. All they have to do is invite youtubers that have had the most growth that year or stuck out.

‘And dont be tone def on the community. No reference to the @LoganPaul vs @KSIOlajidebt fight is so disrespectful to the core community.’

‘The problem is though, that people are disliking YouTube Rewind because Pewdiepie and Logal Paul aren’t in it, not because it’s a pointless, big budget, shitshow of a video with no clear direction, theme or message’ Hazel Hayes tweeted. ‘It’s the Suicide Squad of YouTube.’

Fans have found some relief, however, in spotting hidden Easter eggs drawn by JaidenAnimations in her section of the video.

Despite many creators not featuring in the video, she still managed to slip references to PewDiePie and Logan Paul v KSI in the background of her animations.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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