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Dislike counts are estimates, not real YouTube data

Dislike counts are extrapolated from extension users rather than real YouTube data, so the numbers look made up and mislead viewers.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

13 public reports · first reported 2 March 2025 · last reported 9 August 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Many Firefox users of Return YouTube Dislike say the displayed dislike totals do not match YouTube and are not real.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 13 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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