When it comes to YouTube, view counts are everything!
But what happens when getting a ton of views comes with getting a ton of dislikes?
From Bieber to Baby Shark, even the most viral videos can’t escape the almighty thumbs
down.
So, which popular videos received the most downvotes?
Let’s get into it!
Infamous YouTuber James Charles’ return to YouTube wasn’t exactly a warm homecoming.
In fact, after spending months out of the spotlight, his post scandal comeback has seen
his once infamous beauty tutorials among the most disliked on YouTube.
James had been MIA after allegations that he’d been inappropriately messaging minors
surfaced.
His first upload since taking a hiatus since April was a 30-minute video where he denied
the allegations and called the claims against him a quote “important wake up call.”
Fans didn’t seem to accept his apology though, since according to social media tracking firm
Newswhip, at the time of its posting it was YouTube’s most disliked video of the week.
The video currently has 137,000 dislikes and counting.
And, unfortunately for James, he’s actually
made our list for top disliked videos twice.
His most recent video titled “Baking My
Own Crumbl Cookies!” seemed innocent enough.
And since he was literally just baking cookies, what’s not to like?
Well, apparently a lot because the video already has 24,000 dislikes.
It seems viewers just aren’t ready to move
on from the scandal.
One video commenter shared, quote, “So we are just gonna let him off the hook like that.
Okay.”
Then added a clown emoji.
Maybe James should have learned from fellow
YouTuber Logan Paul.
His attempt at an apology video back in 2018 that he aptly titled “So Sorry”, landed
him with 2.5 million dislikes.
And, judging by the comments the video caused
more viewers to just laugh as opposed to feeling sympathy.
One video that we’re not exactly surprised
landed on the list is Baby Shark.
The infectious, contagious, and definitely not in a good way, song had all the kids singing
the same words on repeat.
We’re pretty sure many of those thumbs down
came by way of parents, teachers, or innocent bystanders who heard the song and couldn’t
get it out of their heads.
Speaking of songs that get stuck in your head,
who can forget Rebecca Black’s track Friday?
The response to the song was very negative to put it nicely, with multiple artists and
comedians poking fun at the teenager's attempt at stardom.
Last we checked the video had nearly 4 million
dislikes.
In an interview with Washington Post earlier
this year Rebecca talked about the resentment she carried after the backlash the song Friday
received.
But now that she’s kicking off another solo singing career, looks like she’s ready to
put those dislikes behind her.
True Beliebers will likely be surprised to find out that the video for Justin Bieber's
smash hit song Baby has somehow amassed nearly 12 million down votes.
We’re not sure why, I mean who wouldn't
love an adorable young Bieber dancing in a bowling alley?
According to tech site Digital Trends the video is an outlier, since, with it’s more
than 2 billion views the number of dislikes and likes are still super close.
Seems that even after a decade of Beliebing viewers are still split on the break out song.
If you’re a fan of these artists, songs, or YouTubers don’t let the dislikes get
you down!
Some of the biggest songs and videos out there have gotten the thumbs down treatment.
This includes mega hits, like Taylor Swifts’ Look What You Made Me Do that received 1.3
million dislikes, Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda that got nearly 2 million dislikes, and even
Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball which has received 1.6 million down votes and counting.
We’ll be sure to keep our eyes out for any
other videos worthy of an add to this list.
But, for viral clips you’ll actually like, click right over here for another Clevver
video.
Then hop to the comments and let me know, do you think these videos deserve all those
dislikes or would you have given them a thumbs up?
As always, I’m your host Renee Ariel, you can find me on Instagram @ReneeAriel, and
I’ll see ya next time!