diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
index 9770f061be..aff1fbd93b 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ public String getUrl(final String id,
      * @return whether the value conform to short channel URLs
      */
     private boolean isCustomShortChannelUrl(@Nonnull final String[] splitPath) {
-        return splitPath.length == 1 && !EXCLUDED_SEGMENTS.matcher(splitPath[0]).matches();
+        return splitPath.length == 1 && !splitPath[0].isEmpty()
+                && !EXCLUDED_SEGMENTS.matcher(splitPath[0]).matches();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -99,15 +100,12 @@ public String getId(final String url) throws ParsingException, UnsupportedOperat
             // Remove leading "/"
             path = path.substring(1);
 
-            String[] splitPath = path.split("/");
+            final String[] splitPath = path.split("/");
 
-            if (isHandle(splitPath)) {
-                // Handle YouTube handle URLs like youtube.com/@yourhandle
+            if (isHandle(splitPath) || isCustomShortChannelUrl(splitPath)) {
+                // Handle YouTube handle URLs like youtube.com/@yourhandle and
+                // custom short channel URLs like youtube.com/yourcustomname
                 return splitPath[0];
-            } else if (isCustomShortChannelUrl(splitPath)) {
-                // Handle custom short channel URLs like youtube.com/yourcustomname
-                path = "c/" + path;
-                splitPath = path.split("/");
             }
 
             if (!path.startsWith("user/") && !path.startsWith("channel/")
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactoryTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactoryTest.java
index 62d7881c14..690ecd87c6 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactoryTest.java
@@ -53,12 +53,18 @@ void acceptUrlTest() throws ParsingException {
 
         // do not accept URLs which are not channels
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZViOEv90dI&t=100"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=uEJuoEs1UxY"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW5y1tjAOzI3orQNF1yGGVL5x-pR2K1d"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/playlist"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/embed/jZViOEv90dI"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/embed"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions?list=PLz8YL4HVC87WJQDzVoY943URKQCsHS9XV"));
-        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop&persist_app=1"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/feed"));
+        assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com"));
         assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://m.youtube.com/select_site"));
     }
 
@@ -88,5 +94,8 @@ void getIdFromUrl() throws ParsingException {
 
         assertEquals("@Gronkh", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/@Gronkh?ucbcb=1").getId());
         assertEquals("@YouTubeCreators", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/@YouTubeCreators/shorts").getId());
+
+        assertEquals("PewDiePie", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/PewDiePie").getId());
+        assertEquals("DreamTraps", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/DreamTraps").getId());
     }
 }