YouTube Rewind 2018: Recap Video of Entire Year May Become The Most Disliked Video Ever?
The video has been disliked 8.2 million times and the dislikes are only on the rise. YouTube users are leaving hateful comments on the video.
As the year comes to an end, different platforms take you through a recap of what's happened in the entire year. The video-sharing application YouTube is also among those which releases a recap of what trended the entire year. YouTube has been doing so continuously for 8 years and recently released the Rewind 2018. This video which takes one through the biggest annual moments of the year has become one of the least popular videos on the website. The video has been disliked 8.2 million times and the dislikes are only on the rise. YouTube users are leaving hateful comments on the video. Google Play Best Books of 2018: Know Top 5 Most Downloaded Books of This Year on Play Store.
The Rewind 2018 video starts with Will Smith checking a notification about the new YouTube Rewind video. The 8-minute long video is Fortnite-inspired theme with same creators who have been featured before. The reasons for the dislikes could be that the video misses on some of the most popular YouTube content creators. Vloggers Logan Paul, Shane Dawson and PewDiePie had no place in the video. Amit Bhadana Becomes the Most Subscribed YouTuber From India With Over 11 Million Subscribers, ‘Sanju’ Is the Most Trending Movie Trailer of the Year.
Check Video of Rewind 2018 Which Has Become Most Disliked Video
Some of the biggest YouTubers including PewDiePie have also expressed their displeasure at the video. PewDiePie himself released a separate video on his channel speaking about how disappointed Rewind 2018 is. In his video, he says, "I remember Rewind [was] something that seemed like an homage to the creators that year. It was something cool to be a part of. Now it’s like I’m almost glad I’m not in it, because it’s such a cringe video at this point. It’s so disconnected with the community and its creators."
YouTube Rewind videos have been criticized in the past but this time it has received the most number of dislikes. But the record of the most disliked video on YouTube is still not broken. Justin Bieber's classic song Baby featuring Ludacris is the most disliked video with 9.7 million dislikes. But the video also had a lot of likes as compared to YouTube Rewind 2018 which has just about 2 million likes. So an average comparison states that Rewind 2018 is the most disliked video.
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