YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike button

<figure> <img alt="An image showing the YouTube logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/acastro_STK092_04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, <a href="https://9to5google.com/2026/10/20/youtube-hidden-dislike-button-test/">as reported by <em>9to5Google</em></a>. At least <a href="https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/2112325481781494036">two</a> <a href="https://x.com/Samaytwt/status/2102041944314777842">users</a> on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now being placed in the three-dots submenu, and a user on Reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1x0hu8z/they_removed_dislikes_completely/">also shared</a> an image of the dislike button being absent for them.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Right now, for me, the dislike button sits right next to the like button under a video. Moving it to a submenu would make it considerably more of an effort to access, meaning that fewer people would likely use it.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YouTube keeps on getting worse…<br>First the dislike counter got removed,<br>then the button got removed on YouTube Shorts,<br>now the disli …</p></blockquote></div></figure> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1015099/youtube-dislike-button-hide-menu">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>