# YouTube previews no longer have video length

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858 "2021-12-10T21:49:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/1 "2021-12-10T21:49:58Z")

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I’d swear that they did this morning when I was watching stuff but they don’t now.

There’s no way to know if you’re clicking on a :30 second or a 30 minute video now until the page begins to load and it displays in the video window.

I don’t think this is a positive development.

The new changes are a shame; I really used to enjoy using YouTube.

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### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/2 "2021-12-10T21:53:22Z")

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I just went to [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) and got a page full of videos, and all of them had the running times in the lower right corner.

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### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/3 "2021-12-10T21:56:48Z")

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…and they’re back.

That was weird.

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### Author: ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/4 "2021-12-10T21:57:45Z")

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I’m seeing those, but not the number of dislikes. That was a terrible change, IMO.

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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/5 "2021-12-10T22:02:15Z")

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> [@Kimera757](#):
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> but not the number of dislikes

Thread about that here:

> [@Youtube eliminates dislike counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-eliminates-dislike-counter/955405):
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> I knew this was in the works, but they just made it live a day or two ago. Where before Youtub would display a counter of both likes and dislikes, now they are only showing the likes count. It’s a free product so they can do what they want, but I’m just noticing how annoying the change is. I used to filter stuff like recipe videos by comparing the ratio of dislikes to likes to get a quick sense of whether the recipe is judged as trustworthy or good by viewers, but now I don’t have that. I discov…