Error in displaying the like count for YouTube videos with no likes

[Digitix08]

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Affected version

0.28.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open any unlisted video by typing an url in the search bar or by opening the link through the app

Expected behavior

No banner appears

Actual behavior

A "Could not parse website" banner appears

Screenshots/Screen recordings

The error

Logs

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: Some info not extracted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyYidgACxqM
• Content Country: RO
• Content Language: ro-
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2026-01-16T11:32:15.239+02:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.1
• OS: Linux samsung/a53xnaeea/a53x:16/BP2A.250605.031.A3/A536BXXUHGYI9:user/release-keys 16 - 36

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get like count
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getLikeCount(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:416)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractOptionalData(StreamInfo.java:262)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:82)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:72)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$bVfA-5gb6gDc8jcAgcGWG5oH0FE(ExtractorHelper.java:118)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.call(R8$$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$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16149)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:80)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:71)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$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)
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get like count from accessibility data
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.parseLikeCountFromLikeButtonRenderer(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:464)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getLikeCount(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:414)
	... 29 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 16 with One UI 8.0

Affected device model

Samsung Galaxy A53 5G (A536B)

Additional information

No response

[absurdlylongusername]

This is not due to it being an unlisted video, but to do with the likes, and is an instance of TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#1436.

I won't close this as duplicate however, just so that we can have a related issue on the NewPipe repo alongside the one on the extractor repo.

This is also present on 28.0

[Digitix08]

On version 0.28.3 I get the error on some videos with like count, maybe you can investigate what's the problem

[absurdlylongusername]

@Digitix08 Please link the URL of the video

[Digitix08]

Here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvpPBPxC71M but it seems to have fixed itself as I can no longer replicate that error on my phone

[Digitix08]

Got it to show on latest 0.28.4 version on video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4cPh7qTaM
The videohas 13 likes and 1 comment