Highlights the most worthwhile videos on YouTube. In addition to a ratings bar, there's also a blue "Power Meter" which measures people's enthusiasm for videos.
As of
The script is currently not working correctly. YouTube changed something behind the scenes and I'm currently looking into it. Sorry for the inconvenience.
This script places a ratings bar beneath video thumbnails and it indicates the enthusiasm viewers have for
videos with an additional blue bar. This blue "Power Meter" is based on the ratio of 'Likes' and total views.
In other words, it gives you an idea of how often people have hit the 'Like' button instead doing nothing or
hitting 'Dislike'. Even a list of videos that all have 100% 'Likes' will have different Power Meter scores,
pointing out the cream of the crop.
If you want to customize the thickness of the bar, the colors, the animations, or put the bar above the
thumbnails, check out this UserStyle:
http://userstyles.org/styles/102386/youtube-ratings-bar-with-power-meter-userscript
If you want detailed information about the ratings or want a better look at the ratings bar, hover over the
thumbnail. The blue number is the Power Meter score out of 100. This is followed by the number of likes
and dislikes in green and red.
This is a not-too-common case when the Power Meter is larger than the green 'Likes' bar. This can happen
when the subject of a video is controversial and people are spamming 'Dislike' as a response to the
controversy rather than the objective quality of the video itself. The Power Meter acts as a filter in these
cases, helping you find the best videos about unpopular subjects.
The Power Meter needs an accurate view count to work. If YouTube has paused the view count (301+) or
the script can't make sense of the view count YouTube provides (more votes than views), then the bar
will have green/yellow stripes and the label will say "Views Paused".
I just recently remade the script from scratch, based on something I did a year ago called "YouTube
Ratings Bar with Like Strength." I use this script myself so, even if just for my own benefit, I'll try to keep it
updated. Every now and then the ratings won't show up, but I think that's more of a YouTube problem
than the script; YouTube has a similar issue with just loading thumbnail images lately. Normally all
you've got to do is wait a few seconds and then scroll around the page a bit to get them back.
