{"id":3811,"date":"2021-04-15T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:18:26","slug":"youtube-hides-dislike-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/youtube-marketing\/youtube-hides-dislike-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Tests &#8220;Hiding Dislike Counts&#8221; On Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since its launch in 2005, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> has been updating and enhancing its features to better its user experience. In 2021, YouTube has more than 2 billion users uploading thousands of hours of videos every minute. YouTube creators know the importance of every view, like, dislike, and subscriber on their videos and channel.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, along with other updates, YouTube announced that it would be testing an important change on its platform. Like every update, this will also go through a trial phase to see if it works well with the platform\u2019s user interface. This latest update states that <strong>YouTube will try hiding the dislike count on all videos from public view<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The platform isn\u2019t getting rid of the dislike button but simply hiding the count from the audience. Users might come across a new design for a while as a part of the experiment conducted by the platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is what YouTube\u2019s tweeted on Twitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3816\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/youtube-new-dislike-button.jpg\" alt=\"youtube-new-dislike-button\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/youtube-new-dislike-button.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/youtube-new-dislike-button-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/youtube-new-dislike-button-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/youtube-marketing\/youtube-hides-dislike-counts\/#How_does_this_affect_YouTube_creators_and_viewers\" title=\"How does this affect YouTube creators and viewers?\">How does this affect YouTube creators and viewers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/youtube-marketing\/youtube-hides-dislike-counts\/#How_to_increase_likes_on_your_YouTube_videos\" title=\"How to increase likes on your YouTube videos?\">How to increase likes on your YouTube videos?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_this_affect_YouTube_creators_and_viewers\"><\/span>How does this affect YouTube creators and viewers?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube creators need not worry about this update. Although their audience cannot see these numbers, creators have access to this data through their YouTube Studio account. YouTube introduced the dislike button to help YouTube\u2019s algorithm understand an individual\u2019s taste on the platform or for creators to use this information to improve their content. But lately, many users have been using it to advance their agenda or to troll creators.<\/p>\n<p>For new creators on YouTube, learn <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/tools\/how-to-use-youtube-creator-studio-to-your-benefit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to use Youtube Studio<\/a> through your beginner\u2019s guide.<\/p>\n<p>For viewers who are a part of this experiment can like and dislike the videos but cannot opt-out of the test. They can provide YouTube with their feedback which the platform will note.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_increase_likes_on_your_YouTube_videos\"><\/span>How to increase likes on your YouTube videos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3817\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/how-to-increase-likes-on-your-YouTube-videos.jpg\" alt=\"how-to-increase-likes-on-your-YouTube-videos\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/how-to-increase-likes-on-your-YouTube-videos.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/how-to-increase-likes-on-your-YouTube-videos-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/how-to-increase-likes-on-your-YouTube-videos-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>YouTube creators know how important it is to get likes on their videos and how dislikes can degrade their content\u2019s value and ranking. When a user dislikes a video, the algorithm makes sure no similar videos are recommended to that user in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips that will help you get more likes and views on your YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write eye-grabbing titles<\/li>\n<li>Add custom thumbnails<\/li>\n<li>Lure them with your video descriptions<\/li>\n<li>Add trending and relevant hashtags<\/li>\n<li>Understand your audience through YouTube Analytics<\/li>\n<li>Engage and interact with your audience<\/li>\n<li>Organize your videos using playlists<\/li>\n<li>Optimize your YouTube videos and channel<\/li>\n<li>Promote your videos on different platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are struggling to get likes and views on your YouTube videos despite all the effort, here\u2019s a way out. Like many other YouTube creators, you can use online promotional services like VeeFly to promote your videos. <a href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VeeFly<\/a> takes your videos directory to your target audience using the latest promotional strategies. The advantage of investing in such services is that you can focus more on your creation than promotion as a creator.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any queries or questions regarding this blog, please let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not want the world to show who hates you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[21,28,18],"class_list":["post-3811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youtube-marketing","tag-youtube-channel","tag-youtube-tips","tag-youtube-views"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YouTube Tests Hiding Dislike Counts From Creators Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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