diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor.java
index 17d934d24..b641ef86e 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor.java
@@ -327,9 +327,11 @@ public class YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor implements StreamInfoItemExtractor {
         // found in this case
 
         final String viewCountText = getTextFromObject(videoInfo.getObject("viewCountText"));
+        final boolean isReelItem =
+                videoInfo.getString("videoType", "").equals("REEL_VIDEO_TYPE_VIDEO");
         if (!isNullOrEmpty(viewCountText)) {
             try {
-                return getViewCountFromViewCountText(viewCountText, false);
+                return getViewCountFromViewCountText(viewCountText, isReelItem);
             } catch (final Exception ignored) {
             }
         }
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/downloader/DownloaderFactory.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/downloader/DownloaderFactory.java
index 9b1d5c6fe..611e6eeb1 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/downloader/DownloaderFactory.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/downloader/DownloaderFactory.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class DownloaderFactory {
 
     public static final String RESOURCE_PATH = "src/test/resources/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/";
 
-    private static final DownloaderType DEFAULT_DOWNLOADER = DownloaderType.RECORDING;
+    private static final DownloaderType DEFAULT_DOWNLOADER = DownloaderType.REAL;
 
     public static DownloaderType getDownloaderType() {
         try {