Trending Podcasts returns no result (empty)

[rchltmedia]

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Affected version

0.28.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

Hamburger Menu, Click "trending podcasts"

Expected behavior

shows a list of podcast videos

Actual behavior

none shows up and shows a error instead. couldn't get channel name.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

Exception

• User Action: requested kiosk
• Request: Start loading: https://www.youtube.com/podcasts/popularepisodes
• Content Country: ID
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-08-02T13:43:31.385+07:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get channel name
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeChannelHelper.lambda$getChannelName$9(YoutubeChannelHelper.java:546)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeChannelHelper.$r8$lambda$zQ8MOULJmvcjDStDZrsgh-mtbrs(YoutubeChannelHelper.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeChannelHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.get(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.Optional.orElseThrow(SourceFile:408)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeChannelHelper.getChannelName(YoutubeChannelHelper.java:546)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.kiosk.YoutubeDesktopBaseKioskExtractor.getName(YoutubeDesktopBaseKioskExtractor.java:65)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.kiosk.YoutubeTrendingPodcastsEpisodesExtractor.getName(YoutubeTrendingPodcastsEpisodesExtractor.java:6)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.kiosk.KioskInfo.getInfo(KioskInfo.java:66)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.kiosk.KioskInfo.getInfo(KioskInfo.java:54)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getKioskInfo$12(ExtractorHelper.java:197)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$2ahwdH5zUG2IizC29Cvn0G0d-Ek(ExtractorHelper.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda6.call(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16144)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1156)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:651)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1119)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 13, One UI 5.1

Affected device model

Galaxy A51

Additional information

No response

[Kaladii]

Same issue here, all trending categories work fine except for podcasts, Using a vpn fixes it for me.

When I try to visit https://www.youtube.com/podcasts/popularepisodes without using a vpn I get this error:

So I assume podcasts are not supported in some regions.

[rchltmedia]

i suggest adding option to hide them altogether

[litetex]

Using a vpn fixes it for me

In what country are you located?