YouTube Rewind

YouTube Rewind (stylized as YouTube ЯEWIND) was an annual video series that was produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive from 2010 to 2019. The videos were summaries of each year's viral videos, events, trends, and music. The series' annual installments were uploaded onto YouTube's official channel.

YouTube Rewind
GenreYear-in-review, video mashup, music mashup
Created byYouTube
Directed by
  • Kai Hasson (2011, 2013–2019)
  • Peter Furia (2012)
Composers
  • Jeff Kite (2012)
  • DJ Earworm (2013–2014)
  • The Hood Internet (2015–2019)
  • Avicii (original remix) (2015)
  • Major Lazer (original remix) (2016)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Lee Hunter, Michael Rucker, Kevin Allocca, Dom Elliott (2012)
  • Nate Houghteling, Zach Blume (2013–2019)
  • Kai Hasson (2014–2019)
Producers
  • Michael Rucker, Peter Furia and Beau Lewis (2012)
  • Jeffrey Sabin-Matsumoto and Finley Wise (2013–2017)
Running time1–8 minutes
Production companies
  • Portal A Interactive (2011, 2013–2019)
  • Seedwell (2012)
  • YouTube
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseDecember 12, 2010 (December 12, 2010) 
December 5, 2019 (December 5, 2019)

The 2018 installment of the series, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind, was panned by critics, YouTubers and viewers alike, garnering over 10 million dislikes in its first two weeks, and becoming the most disliked video of all time on YouTube. The next installment, YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record, also had a poor reception from viewers. YouTube forwent producing a Rewind installment for 2020, and announced the following year that the series would be discontinued.

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