From: Lomanic <lomanic@hotmail.fr>

---
 extractors/video.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extractors/video.py b/extractors/video.py
index fe23de7..dfbde0e 100644
--- a/extractors/video.py
+++ b/extractors/video.py
@@ -219,7 +219,12 @@ def get_more_stuff_from_file(id, result):
 
 				yt_initial_data = extract_yt_initial_data(content)
 
-				main_video = yt_initial_data["contents"]["twoColumnWatchNextResults"]["results"]["results"]["contents"][0]["videoPrimaryInfoRenderer"]
+				# for some topics like COVID, the first "contents" element is not the one we are interested in
+				# but an "Information panel giving topical context" https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9004474
+				for c in yt_initial_data["contents"]["twoColumnWatchNextResults"]["results"]["results"]["contents"]:
+					if c.get("videoPrimaryInfoRenderer", False):
+						main_video = c["videoPrimaryInfoRenderer"]
+
 				views = main_video["viewCount"]["videoViewCountRenderer"]
 				result["second__viewCountText"] = get_view_count_text_or_recommended(views)
 				if "shortViewCount" in views:
-- 
2.32.0

Thanks for the heads up! I committed some code I wrote with the same
effect that I think is cleaner.