diff --git a/services/youtube/youtube-base.js b/services/youtube/youtube-base.js
index cd2552802a18d..603a47139aa04 100644
--- a/services/youtube/youtube-base.js
+++ b/services/youtube/youtube-base.js
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ const schema = Joi.object({
         Joi.object({
           viewCount: nonNegativeInteger,
           subscriberCount: nonNegativeInteger,
+        }),
+        Joi.object({
+          viewCount: nonNegativeInteger,
+          likeCount: nonNegativeInteger,
+          commentCount: nonNegativeInteger,
+          favoriteCount: nonNegativeInteger,
         })
       ),
     })
diff --git a/services/youtube/youtube-likes.service.js b/services/youtube/youtube-likes.service.js
index 94e2d7ae66264..6720e67113add 100644
--- a/services/youtube/youtube-likes.service.js
+++ b/services/youtube/youtube-likes.service.js
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@ export default class YouTubeLikes extends YouTubeVideoBase {
       id,
     })
     if (queryParams && typeof queryParams.withDislikes !== 'undefined') {
+      const likes = `${metric(statistics.likeCount)} 👍`
+      const dislikes =
+        statistics.dislikeCount !== undefined
+          ? `${metric(statistics.dislikeCount)} 👎`
+          : ''
       renderedBadge = {
         ...renderedBadge,
-        message: `${metric(statistics.likeCount)} 👍 ${metric(
-          statistics.dislikeCount
-        )} 👎`,
+        message: `${likes} ${dislikes}`,
       }
     }
     return renderedBadge
diff --git a/services/youtube/youtube-likes.tester.js b/services/youtube/youtube-likes.tester.js
index 8f6f8dc8fcac6..4584446fb8a55 100644
--- a/services/youtube/youtube-likes.tester.js
+++ b/services/youtube/youtube-likes.tester.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ t.create('video vote count')
   .expectBadge({
     label: 'likes',
     message: Joi.string().regex(
-      /^([1-9][0-9]*[kMGTPEZY]?|[1-9]\.[1-9][kMGTPEZY]) 👍 ([1-9][0-9]*[kMGTPEZY]?|[1-9]\.[1-9][kMGTPEZY]) 👎$/
+      /^([1-9][0-9]*[kMGTPEZY]?|[1-9]\.[1-9][kMGTPEZY]) 👍$/
     ),
     color: 'red',
     link: ['https://www.youtube.com/video/pU9Q6oiQNd0'],