# Has this set a record for the most dislikes on YouTube **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967 "2018-12-31T06:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/1 "2018-12-31T06:27:10Z")
Behold the horrible [Pitbull cover of Toto’s Africa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfnTs0RZLs) featured in the thoroughly mediocre Aquaman movie. Currently sitting at 101,000 dislikes. Amazingly, 21,000 people, probably watching drunk, accidentally missed the dislike button and hit the thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/2 "2018-12-31T06:31:10Z")
No, I believe it’s YouTube’s own [YouTube Rewind 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJOTdZBX1g) that has the record, with 14 _million_ dislikes. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/3 "2018-12-31T06:36:52Z")
100,000 dislikes doesn’t even get it close to [the top (bottom?) fifty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-disliked_YouTube_videos). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/4 "2018-12-31T08:04:47Z")
Damn. Clearly I don’t spend nearly enough time hatesurfing YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/5 "2018-12-31T09:09:32Z")
I thought it was going to be the Youtube Rewind 2018 video when I saw this thread title. Normally I wouldn’t be aware of such a thing. I found out about it a couple weeks ago from a person who normally doesn’t pay attention to such corporate fluff either… They have more of an axe to grind with Google/Youtube than I do and it made for fodder to goof on. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/6 "2018-12-31T11:16:09Z")
I totally get why people dislike it, putting this shitty rap on top of a good song, as if they just faux-sampled Africa. But I like the way the chorus feels. If they’d do the song legit with that beat/groove and that chorus, I’d quite enjoy it. As is, I just kinda grooved while not listening to Pitbull’s lyrics at all. Maybe I just want Rhea’s version? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/7 "2018-12-31T11:26:19Z")
A true cover with Rhea singing would probably be great. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/8 "2018-12-31T12:04:24Z")
I’m also just into covers of Africa, though. Two I’ve listened to recently: [I went to AFRICA just to play this song... - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNn_Vlv3XWM) (I BASS the rains down in Africa) [Panic! At The Disco - Bohemian Rhapsody (Live) [from Sydney for the American Music Awards] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyc-a-DOKwk) (live performance) And, because it’s (still) that time of year: [Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/9 "2018-12-31T12:13:30Z")
Oops. Just realized I linked a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, the other song whose covers I’m on the lookout for. Here’s the recent live Africa I’ve watched: [Weezer performing "Africa" cover with Weird Al Yankovic at the Forum - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4l8BpYyMDQ) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967/10 "2018-12-31T13:00:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Oops. Just realized I linked a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, the other song whose covers I’m on the lookout for. Have you seen Lake Street Dive’s cover? I just looked for Jimmy Slonina’s (lip synch) cover, but it’s been taken down. Still, if you aren’t yet familiar with Slonina’s work, check him out.