YouTube Dislike Counter How to See Dislikes on YouTube Mobile
This is the question with the most disappointing honest answer on the whole site. If you want to see dislikes on YouTube mobile, the official apps cannot help you — but there are two real workarounds, and one of them works on any phone.
Why the YouTube app cannot show dislikes
Every public dislike figure today comes from a browser extension. Extensions are a browser feature: they need somewhere to inject code into the page. The YouTube app for Android and iOS is not a browser and does not load extensions, so there is no place for a dislike counter to attach itself.
This is not a limitation any developer can engineer around. An app that claimed to add dislikes inside the official YouTube app would either be lying or asking for your Google password — treat both as a reason to walk away.
What actually works on a phone
| Method | Works on | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| A web checker — paste a link | Any phone, any browser | None |
| Firefox for Android + extension | Android only | One-time setup |
| The official YouTube app | — | Not possible |
Option 1: paste the link into a checker
The quickest route needs no setup at all. Tap Share on the video, copy the link, and paste it into our dislike checker. It runs in any mobile browser and gives you the estimated count and the like/dislike ratio for that video.
This is the option that works on iPhone. It is a per-video lookup rather than something that appears automatically, but it needs nothing installed.
Option 2: a browser that supports extensions (Android)
Firefox for Android supports a subset of desktop extensions. Install it, add a dislike counter from the add-ons list, then open youtube.com in Firefox instead of the app. The count then appears in the button row exactly as it does on desktop.
- You have to browse YouTube in Firefox, not in the YouTube app.
- Background playback and picture-in-picture behave differently from the app.
- Kiwi Browser was a popular alternative for this; check whether it is still maintained before relying on it.
What about iPhone?
Safari on iOS does support web extensions, but no dislike counter is currently published for it, and iOS Chrome and Firefox both use Apple’s engine without extension support for this case. For now, iPhone means the web checker.
Things that do not work
- Apps promising dislike counts. They cannot read YouTube’s private data any more than anyone else can.
- Anything asking you to sign in with Google. No legitimate dislike tool needs your account.
- YouTube’s own settings. There is no hidden toggle; the number is not being withheld from you specifically.
Frequently asked questions
Will YouTube ever bring dislikes back to the app?
There has been no indication of it. The count has been private since November 2021 and the decision has not been revisited publicly.
Does the desktop site work in a mobile browser?
Requesting the desktop site does not help on its own — the missing piece is the extension, not the layout.
Is the mobile number the same as the desktop one?
Yes. Whether you use a checker on your phone or an extension on a laptop, the estimate comes from the same data.
Can I see the ratio on mobile too?
Yes — the checker shows the like/dislike percentage alongside the count.
In short: to see dislikes on YouTube mobile, paste the video link into a web checker on any phone, or switch to Firefox for Android if you want the number to appear automatically. The official app will not do it, and no app can.
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