# What is the Highest Ratio of Like:Dislike In A YouTube Video You've Seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669 "2011-10-14T20:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/21 "2011-10-16T00:39:54Z")
> [@Postariti](#): > > I think the winner of this is going to be some unbelievably adorable animal video, or an obscure-ish music video, where only devoted fans are watching and scoring it. Ahem… > [@Covered\_In\_Bees!](#): > > Obviously an absurdly high ratio would be very simple for homemade videos where all the uploader’s friends like the video, so let’s set the mark at 2,000+ total ratings Although Aperture Science may have this thing locked up with that ungodly ratio **Choie** provided us. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/22 "2011-12-10T18:54:13Z")
Sorry to bump this thread, but we have a new winner: [Rick Perry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAJNntoRgA)’s ad with 3.4 million views. 16270 likes 557411 dislikes. Ratio: 0.0291 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/23 "2011-12-20T08:05:11Z")
Hm, not that surprising with hindsight that Rick Perry would manage to get such a terrible ratio. Sorry for the late reply, this must have gotten bumped when I was away from the internet for a few days or something, I don’t know how I otherwise would have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![dralle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@dralle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dralle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/24 "2011-12-26T12:51:40Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Wow, that second Active Child video is going to be hard to beat. > > For a high ratio in a more popular video, how about [Aperture Science Investment Opportunity #1](http://youtu.be/0qcED35LL8I), a _Portal_ trailer by Valve? With 1.2 million views, 6,361 likes and 27 dislikes, for a ratio (if my math is correct) of 233 : 1. > > Ooh! Wait, here’s one that’s even higher than the Active Child video. Another _Portal 2_ trailer, [Repulsion Gel](http://youtu.be/IaZ75vU112Q), with 446K views, 2,690 likes and 8 dislikes, giving it a ratio of **336.3 : 1**! Yowsa. Take a load of this then 😛 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q0qPWSs75Y0/hqdefault.jpg "Vancouver Island- Inception - Canon 5D Mark II - Glidecam HD 2000 | DEVINSUPERTRAMP") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0qPWSs75Y0) 2278 likes/5 dislikes (455.6 ratio) ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/25 "2011-12-26T16:00:01Z")
[Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Schratch and Sniff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ub7djHS_A) 281:1 - 68000 views [Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Big Country](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50xzhDO9lI) 125.5:1 - 430000 views [A Moment so Close - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0SZpvNM19M) infinite - 11000 views [Bela Fleck and Flecktones - Ah Sho Dekio (with Kongar-ol Ondar)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugeyOCrs_4M) infinite - 1500 views Does it show I really like this band? ---
**Author:** ![MikeyMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@MikeyMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeyMouse)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/26 "2013-02-06T19:04:41Z")
900:1 Gaseenhauer, I’m sure the 20 people miss-clicked [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TQ9_6W6bVoQ/hqdefault.jpg "Carl Orff - Gassenhauer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9_6W6bVoQ) ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/27 "2013-02-06T19:49:48Z")
Geez, and I thought I was going to do well with a 111.5:1 ratio for [The Secret City of London (Part 1)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc&list=SPqs5ohhass_QZtSkX06DmWOaEaadwmw_D&index=10) ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/28 "2013-02-06T20:34:10Z")
I should pay attention to whether strangers liked or disliked something I’m looking at? Because…? ---
**Author:** ![MikeyMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@MikeyMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeyMouse)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/29 "2013-02-07T09:55:49Z")
Because evolution (if you believe in it) has hardwired us to care about the opinions of our fellow members of society. Also, I think it’s really nice to find something that even angry tween trolls can’t help but give the thumbs up to. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mk69069](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@mk69069](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mk69069)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/30 "2013-07-26T10:19:40Z")
‘Freedom’ from the Django Unchained soundtrack has the greatest ratio for any kind of music I’ve heard on YouTube (with minimum view of 1mill): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_bdOTUocn5w/hqdefault.jpg ""Freedom" by Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton in "Django Unchained"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bdOTUocn5w) (~300:1) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669/31 "2013-07-26T11:41:17Z")
I’m not going to go comb over them all to find the most striking examples, but when I was watching lonelygirl15 a year or two ago, the amount of dislikes on all the videos that were posted after it was revealed that it was a produced web series and not real were absurdly high. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ratio-of-like-dislike-in-a-youtube-video-youve-seen/599669.md?page=1)