diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
index 5f83c82b3..f3526fcec 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public interface Downloader {
 
     DownloadResponse head(String siteUrl) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
+    DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, Localization localization)
+            throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
+
     DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
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 38722fa52..9641d3931 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
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.grack.nanojson.JsonParserException;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandler;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler.YoutubeParsingHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItemsCollector;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.DonationLinkHelper;
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ public class YoutubeChannelExtractor extends ChannelExtractor {
     @Override
     public void onFetchPage(@Nonnull Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
         String channelUrl = super.getUrl() + CHANNEL_URL_PARAMETERS;
-        String pageContent = downloader.download(channelUrl);
-        doc = Jsoup.parse(pageContent, channelUrl);
+        final DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(channelUrl);
+        doc = YoutubeParsingHelper.parseAndCheckPage(channelUrl, response);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubePlaylistExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubePlaylistExtractor.java
index 98a4c4023..4480b38af 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubePlaylistExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubePlaylistExtractor.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.grack.nanojson.JsonParserException;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ public class YoutubePlaylistExtractor extends PlaylistExtractor {
 
     @Override
     public void onFetchPage(@Nonnull Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
-        String pageContent = downloader.download(getUrl());
-        doc = Jsoup.parse(pageContent, getUrl());
+        final String url = getUrl();
+        final DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(url);
+        doc = YoutubeParsingHelper.parseAndCheckPage(url, response);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSearchExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSearchExtractor.java
index 709e5f577..0a954607f 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSearchExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeSearchExtractor.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.InfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.InfoItemsSearchCollector;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.SearchExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.SearchQueryHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Localization;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler.YoutubeParsingHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -52,13 +54,9 @@ public class YoutubeSearchExtractor extends SearchExtractor {
 
     @Override
     public void onFetchPage(@Nonnull Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
-        final String site;
         final String url = getUrl();
-        //String url = builder.build().toString();
-        //if we've been passed a valid language code, append it to the URL
-        site = downloader.download(url, getLocalization());
-
-        doc = Jsoup.parse(site, url);
+        final DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(url, getLocalization());
+        doc = YoutubeParsingHelper.parseAndCheckPage(url, response);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
index a8a30013f..fa866cd5b 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.LinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ItagItem;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler.YoutubeParsingHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.*;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Localization;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser;
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             if (watch.size() < 1) {
                 return null;// prevent the snackbar notification "report error" on age-restricted videos
             }
-            
+
             collector.commit(extractVideoPreviewInfo(watch.first().select("li").first()));
             return collector.getItems().get(0);
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -611,23 +612,16 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     private String pageHtml = null;
 
-    private String getPageHtml(Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
-        final String verifiedUrl = getUrl() + VERIFIED_URL_PARAMS;
-        if (pageHtml == null) {
-            pageHtml = downloader.download(verifiedUrl);
-        }
-        return pageHtml;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void onFetchPage(@Nonnull Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
-        final String pageContent = getPageHtml(downloader);
-        doc = Jsoup.parse(pageContent, getUrl());
+        final String verifiedUrl = getUrl() + VERIFIED_URL_PARAMS;
+        final DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(verifiedUrl);
+        pageHtml = response.getResponseBody();
+        doc = YoutubeParsingHelper.parseAndCheckPage(verifiedUrl, response);
 
         final String playerUrl;
         // Check if the video is age restricted
-        if (pageContent.contains("<meta property=\"og:restrictions:age")) {
-            // do this if it is age gated
+        if (!doc.select("meta[property=\"og:restrictions:age\"").isEmpty()) {
             final EmbeddedInfo info = getEmbeddedInfo();
             final String videoInfoUrl = getVideoInfoUrl(getId(), info.sts);
             final String infoPageResponse = downloader.download(videoInfoUrl);
@@ -635,7 +629,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             playerUrl = info.url;
             isAgeRestricted = true;
         } else {
-            final JsonObject ytPlayerConfig = getPlayerConfig(pageContent);
+            final JsonObject ytPlayerConfig = getPlayerConfig();
             playerArgs = getPlayerArgs(ytPlayerConfig);
             playerUrl = getPlayerUrl(ytPlayerConfig);
             isAgeRestricted = false;
@@ -651,9 +645,9 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         }
     }
 
-    private JsonObject getPlayerConfig(String pageContent) throws ParsingException {
+    private JsonObject getPlayerConfig() throws ParsingException {
         try {
-            String ytPlayerConfigRaw = Parser.matchGroup1("ytplayer.config\\s*=\\s*(\\{.*?\\});", pageContent);
+            String ytPlayerConfigRaw = Parser.matchGroup1("ytplayer.config\\s*=\\s*(\\{.*?\\});", pageHtml);
             return JsonParser.object().from(ytPlayerConfigRaw);
         } catch (Parser.RegexException e) {
             String errorReason = getErrorMessage();
@@ -823,13 +817,6 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         // If the video is age restricted getPlayerConfig will fail
         if(isAgeRestricted) return Collections.emptyList();
 
-        final JsonObject playerConfig;
-        try {
-            playerConfig = getPlayerConfig(getPageHtml(NewPipe.getDownloader()));
-        } catch (IOException | ExtractionException e) {
-            throw new SubtitlesException("Unable to download player configs", e);
-        }
-
         final JsonObject captions;
         if (!playerResponse.has("captions")) {
             // Captions does not exist
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeTrendingExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeTrendingExtractor.java
index df75470e3..dc7cc7e69 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeTrendingExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeTrendingExtractor.java
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
 import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.kiosk.KioskExtractor;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler.YoutubeParsingHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItemsCollector;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Localization;
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ public class YoutubeTrendingExtractor extends KioskExtractor<StreamInfoItem> {
             url += "?gl=" + contentCountry;
         }
 
-        String pageContent = downloader.download(url);
-        doc = Jsoup.parse(pageContent, url);
+        final DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(url);
+        doc = YoutubeParsingHelper.parseAndCheckPage(url, response);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
index 4c3655340..120275caa 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler;
 
 
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 
 import java.net.URL;
 
@@ -30,6 +34,23 @@ public class YoutubeParsingHelper {
     private YoutubeParsingHelper() {
     }
 
+    private static final String[] RECAPTCHA_DETECTION_SELECTORS = {
+            "form[action*=\"/das_captcha\"]",
+            "input[name*=\"action_recaptcha_verify\"]"
+    };
+
+    public static Document parseAndCheckPage(final String url, final DownloadResponse response) throws ReCaptchaException {
+        final Document document = Jsoup.parse(response.getResponseBody(), url);
+
+        for (String detectionSelector : RECAPTCHA_DETECTION_SELECTORS) {
+            if (!document.select(detectionSelector).isEmpty()) {
+                throw new ReCaptchaException("reCAPTCHA challenge requested (detected with selector: \"" + detectionSelector + "\")", url);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return document;
+    }
+
     public static boolean isYoutubeURL(URL url) {
         String host = url.getHost();
         return host.equalsIgnoreCase("youtube.com") || host.equalsIgnoreCase("www.youtube.com")
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
index 1a7536ac4..3091c74bb 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Localization;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+
 /*
  * Created by Christian Schabesberger on 28.01.16.
  *
@@ -194,6 +196,14 @@ public class Downloader implements org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader {
         return new DownloadResponse(con.getResponseCode(), null, con.getHeaderFields());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, Localization localization) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
+        final Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders = new HashMap<>();
+        requestHeaders.put("Accept-Language", singletonList(localization.getLanguage()));
+
+        return get(siteUrl, new DownloadRequest(null, requestHeaders));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {