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 a5cb04b45..6e273fd98 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
@@ -417,28 +417,88 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     @Override
     public long getLikeCount() throws ParsingException {
         assertPageFetched();
+
+        // If ratings are not allowed, there is no like count available
+        if (!playerResponse.getObject("videoDetails").getBoolean("allowRatings")) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         String likesString = "";
+
         try {
-            likesString = getVideoPrimaryInfoRenderer()
+            final JsonArray topLevelButtons = getVideoPrimaryInfoRenderer()
                     .getObject("videoActions")
                     .getObject("menuRenderer")
-                    .getArray("topLevelButtons")
-                    .getObject(0)
-                    .getObject("toggleButtonRenderer")
-                    .getObject("defaultText")
-                    .getObject("accessibility")
+                    .getArray("topLevelButtons");
+
+            // Try first with the new video actions buttons data structure
+            JsonObject likeToggleButtonRenderer = topLevelButtons.stream()
+                    .filter(JsonObject.class::isInstance)
+                    .map(JsonObject.class::cast)
+                    .map(button -> button.getObject("segmentedLikeDislikeButtonRenderer")
+                            .getObject("likeButton")
+                            .getObject("toggleButtonRenderer"))
+                    .filter(toggleButtonRenderer -> !isNullOrEmpty(toggleButtonRenderer))
+                    .findFirst()
+                    .orElse(null);
+
+            // Use the old video actions buttons data structure if the new one isn't returned
+            if (likeToggleButtonRenderer == null) {
+                /*
+                In the old video actions buttons data structure, there are 3 ways to detect whether
+                a button is the like button, using its toggleButtonRenderer:
+                - checking whether toggleButtonRenderer.targetId is equal to watch-like;
+                - checking whether toggleButtonRenderer.defaultIcon.iconType is equal to LIKE;
+                - checking whether
+                  toggleButtonRenderer.toggleButtonSupportedData.toggleButtonIdData.id
+                  is equal to TOGGLE_BUTTON_ID_TYPE_LIKE.
+                */
+                likeToggleButtonRenderer = topLevelButtons.stream()
+                        .filter(JsonObject.class::isInstance)
+                        .map(JsonObject.class::cast)
+                        .map(topLevelButton -> topLevelButton.getObject("toggleButtonRenderer"))
+                        .filter(toggleButtonRenderer -> toggleButtonRenderer.getString("targetId")
+                                .equalsIgnoreCase("watch-like")
+                                || toggleButtonRenderer.getObject("defaultIcon")
+                                .getString("iconType")
+                                .equalsIgnoreCase("LIKE")
+                                || toggleButtonRenderer.getObject("toggleButtonSupportedData")
+                                .getObject("toggleButtonIdData")
+                                .getString("id")
+                                .equalsIgnoreCase("TOGGLE_BUTTON_ID_TYPE_LIKE"))
+                        .findFirst()
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new ParsingException(
+                                "The like button is missing even though ratings are enabled"));
+            }
+
+            // Use one of the accessibility strings available (this one has the same path as the
+            // one used for comments' like count extraction)
+            likesString = likeToggleButtonRenderer.getObject("accessibilityData")
                     .getObject("accessibilityData")
                     .getString("label");
 
+            // Use the other accessibility string available which contains the exact like count
             if (likesString == null) {
-                // If this kicks in our button has no content and therefore ratings must be disabled
-                if (playerResponse.getObject("videoDetails").getBoolean("allowRatings")) {
-                    throw new ParsingException(
-                            "Ratings are enabled even though the like button is missing");
-                }
-                return -1;
+                likesString = likeToggleButtonRenderer.getObject("accessibility")
+                        .getString("label");
             }
 
+            // Last method: use the defaultText's accessibility data, which contains the exact like
+            // count too, except when it is equal to 0, where a localized string is returned instead
+            if (likesString == null) {
+                likesString = likeToggleButtonRenderer.getObject("defaultText")
+                        .getObject("accessibility")
+                        .getObject("accessibilityData")
+                        .getString("label");
+            }
+
+            // If ratings are allowed and the likes string is null, it means that we couldn't
+            // extract the (real) like count from accessibility data
+            if (likesString == null) {
+                throw new ParsingException("Could not get like count from accessibility data");
+            }
+
+            // This check only works with English localizations!
             if (likesString.toLowerCase().contains("no likes")) {
                 return 0;
             }
@@ -448,10 +508,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             throw new ParsingException("Could not parse \"" + likesString + "\" as an Integer",
                     nfe);
         } catch (final Exception e) {
-            if (getAgeLimit() == NO_AGE_LIMIT) {
-                throw new ParsingException("Could not get like count", e);
-            }
-            return -1;
+            throw new ParsingException("Could not get like count", e);
         }
     }