Season 9

On December 6, 2018, "YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind" was uploaded onto the "YouTube Spotlight" Channel. The video made cultural references to various trends in 2018, including BlocBoy JB's Shoot Dance, Flossing, Will Smith's Grand Canyon bungee jump, the "In My Feelings" Challenge, PewDiePie chair memes, the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, ASMR, Japanese Foil Ball Challenge, Mukbang Challenge, melting lipsticks, the match between Portugal and Spain in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the viral video by a boy in a Walmart store yodelling. The video also highly references the controversial online video game Fortnite. As of December 13, 2018, Everyone Controls Rewind became the most disliked video on the platform and is also the first video to surpass 16 million dislikes.