YouTube Rewind 2018 is already the most dislikes video in history

Beat a record on your own platform sounds positive. The problem is when that record is for having the most dislikes video in history, something YouTube just got.

Everything pointed to this happening very quickly, since this week has been accumulating dislikes by leaps and bounds. Finally all the predictions have been fulfilled and he has snatched this title from Justin Bieber's 'Baby'.



Currently it already adds more than 10 million "I do not like" (data from LikesCounter), while that of Justin Bieber slightly exceeds 9.9 million dislikes.

We can ask ourselves why this video is generating so much rejection by users. Marques Brownlee (better known as MKBHD), one of the most important YouTubers on the planet (with a very important role in this year's Rewind), uploaded a video a few hours ago to explain his version of events:

Brownlee says that YouTube is too stubborn to show all "how nice and clean YouTube is" to advertisers, omitting people, trends and videos that have been important in 2018.
Promotional videos with too much content and in which there are important absences

In addition, MKBHD says the last Rewinds have opted for an excessive assembly, trying to condense too many songs, people and moments in a single clip.

We can see how much these videos have changed if we see the Rewind of 2011. To begin with, it is presented by one person (Rebecca Black), lasts just over two minutes and shows the Top 10 of the year.

What is clear is that the YouTube community has turned its back on the Rewind we know, and surely the platform will bet on another type of promotional video in 2019.

    New record !! Oh ... wait. pic.twitter.com/hgmHkV8tK5
    - YouTube (@YouTube) December 13, 2018

Update 14/12 (09:00): YouTube has posted a tweet in which they make fun of themselves for having stolen Justin Bieber's dislikes record. In a second tweet they make clear that they have learned from what happened:

    "Thanks to the creators who participated in Rewind and the community that responded, we heard what you are saying, and we want to make next year better for all of you."

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