Initially, this may seem like a great idea for YouTube, but many YouTube users were infuriated as Will Smith cannot be considered a true YouTuber, and instead gathered his fame in the mainstream. In the opening scene, you are greeted by Will Smith, a mainstream celebrity. Some of these dislikes can be attributed to people simply wanting to see this be the most disliked YouTube video, simply for the irony that YouTube itself created it.īut a large number of people genuinely disliked the video and how YouTube went about making it this year. In fact, the dislikes have been exponentially increasing on these year-end YouTube videos since 2014.
The video is currently the most disliked video on the entire platform, surpassing Justin Bieber’s “Baby” music video in a matter of days.
However, viewers did not seem to appreciate YouTube’s video recap this year. It is meant to be a celebration, to applaud beloved creators of their platform. “Every second was worst than the last,” wrote another.Nearing the end of every year, YouTube releases a video commemorating the most popular YouTubers and trends of the year. But the worst part is that they painted it as ‘our’ rewind, but didn’t include people the vast majority wanted.” “Alot of huge events weren’t addressed, alot of large content creators weren’t featured (sic). “Definitely the worst rewind of all time,” wrote one Redditor. On the r/YouTube subreddit, conversation was more measured. Youtube 2018… linking to twitch streamers while banning youtubers for linking to twitch. While one user highlighted the irony of Ninja’s appearance. No demonitization, no Ali-a intro, no pewds vs t-series? Horrible YouTube rewind, not to mention there was absolutely no rhythm whatsoever “No demonitization, no Ali-a intro, no pewds vs t-series? Horrible YouTube rewind, not to mention there was absolutely no rhythm whatsoever,” tweeted one user. Where’s PewDiePie? He’s literally you’re biggest (His chair however receives some screen time thanks to Jaiden). Over on Twitter, the official YouTube account received some flack from the community for neglecting PewDiePie - the site’s most followed creator. And yeah, I was largely thinking the same thing. “OK!! Am I the only one who doesn’t know half of them?” asked one user. “If i remember correctly Ninja Is A Twitch Guy not YouTube,” poked another. “2017 is better even tho (sic) that one is bad as well,” read one comment. YouTube commenters - some 112 000 of them - were among the first to voice their disdain. (Almost) everyone hates YouTube Rewind 2018 On the face of it, the clip opens with Will Smith being Will Smith, features a shoehorned K-pop moment from BTS, a Fortnite homage, an ode to “In My Feelings”, and monologues focusing on 2018’s biggest political talking points.īut just two hours after the video’s debut, the eight minute clip has amassed more than 220 000 dislikes, and 184 000 likes. Two South African-born creators/personalities also feature in Caspar Lee and Trevor Noah. For one, animation YouTubers Domics, JaidenAnimations and Illymation among others got their time in the spotlight.