YouTube ‘like’ button disappears when you press it

If you’ve tried hitting the YouTube “like” button today, you may have noticed that the thumbs up icon just…disappears. As seen previously by 9to5GoogleThe like counter still goes up when you press it, but what’s left is just an empty gray space where the thumbs up icon should be.

It appears this is a widespread problem. Several Users, including me and my colleagues, have detected the disappearance of the Like button on several YouTube videos and on different web browsers. Despite this, the dislike button still works well.

For me, the issue only appears when I access YouTube from the desktop site on my computer – not the YouTube Android app or browser on my phone. On the edge reached out to Google to see if it was aware of the issue, but did not immediately hear back.

It doesn’t appear that this is the first time that the YouTube Like button has disappeared. Some users on Reddit reported a similar issue months ago.