diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeChannelExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeChannelExtractor.java
index 624cba670d..9ac93deec0 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeChannelExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeChannelExtractor.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 public class YoutubeChannelExtractor extends ChannelExtractor {
     /*package-private*/ static final String CHANNEL_URL_BASE = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/";
     private static final String CHANNEL_FEED_BASE = "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=";
-    private static final String CHANNEL_URL_PARAMETERS = "/videos?view=0&flow=list&sort=dd&live_view=10000";
+    private static final String CHANNEL_URL_PARAMETERS = "/videos?view=0&flow=list&sort=dd&live_view=10000&gl=US&hl=en";
 
     private Document doc;
 
@@ -135,10 +135,11 @@ public String getFeedUrl() throws ParsingException {
 
     @Override
     public long getSubscriberCount() throws ParsingException {
-        final Element el = doc.select("span[class*=\"yt-subscription-button-subscriber-count\"]").first();
+        final String el = doc.select("span[class*=\"yt-subscription-button-subscriber-count\"]")
+                .first().attr("title");
         if (el != null) {
             try {
-                return Long.parseLong(Utils.removeNonDigitCharacters(el.text()));
+                return Utils.mixedNumberWordToLong(el);
             } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                 throw new ParsingException("Could not get subscriber count", e);
             }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Utils.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Utils.java
index 3dd01c49c5..ecf4017d1c 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Utils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,35 @@ public static String removeNonDigitCharacters(String toRemove) {
         return toRemove.replaceAll("\\D+", "");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>Convert a mixed number word to a long.</p>
+     * <p>Examples:</p>
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li>123 -&gt; 123</li>
+     *     <li>1.23K -&gt; 1230</li>
+     *     <li>1.23M -&gt; 1230000</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * @param numberWord string to be converted to a long
+     * @return a long
+     * @throws NumberFormatException
+     * @throws ParsingException
+     */
+    public static long mixedNumberWordToLong(String numberWord) throws NumberFormatException, ParsingException {
+        String multiplier = "";
+        try {
+            multiplier = Parser.matchGroup("[\\d]+([\\.,][\\d]+)?([KMkm])+", numberWord, 2);
+        } catch(ParsingException ignored) {}
+        double count = Double.parseDouble(Parser.matchGroup1("([\\d]+([\\.,][\\d]+)?)", numberWord));
+        switch (multiplier.toUpperCase()) {
+            case "K":
+                return (long) (count * 1e3);
+            case "M":
+                return (long) (count * 1e6);
+            default:
+                return (long) (count);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if the url matches the pattern.
      *
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelExtractorTest.java
index f124bed7c4..9e87377221 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelExtractorTest.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public void testFeedUrl() throws Exception {
         @Test
         public void testSubscriberCount() throws Exception {
             assertTrue("Wrong subscriber count", extractor.getSubscriberCount() >= 0);
+            assertTrue("Subscriber count too small", extractor.getSubscriberCount() >= 4e6);
         }
     }
 
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ public void testFeedUrl() throws Exception {
         @Test
         public void testSubscriberCount() throws Exception {
             assertTrue("Wrong subscriber count", extractor.getSubscriberCount() >= 0);
+            assertTrue("Subscriber count too small", extractor.getSubscriberCount() >= 10e6);
         }
 
     }