diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/playlist/PlaylistInfo.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/playlist/PlaylistInfo.java
index 87fcb947f..f8c307380 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/playlist/PlaylistInfo.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/playlist/PlaylistInfo.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.ExtractorHelper;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class PlaylistInfo extends ListInfo<StreamInfoItem> {
 
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ public class PlaylistInfo extends ListInfo<StreamInfoItem> {
                 extractor.getServiceId(),
                 extractor.getLinkHandler(),
                 extractor.getName());
+        // collect uploader extraction failures until we are sure this is not
+        // just a playlist without an uploader
+        List<Throwable> uploaderParsingErrors = new ArrayList<Throwable>(3);
 
         try {
             info.setOriginalUrl(extractor.getOriginalUrl());
@@ -64,23 +69,31 @@ public class PlaylistInfo extends ListInfo<StreamInfoItem> {
         try {
             info.setUploaderUrl(extractor.getUploaderUrl());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            info.addError(e);
+            info.setUploaderUrl("");
+            uploaderParsingErrors.add(e);
         }
         try {
             info.setUploaderName(extractor.getUploaderName());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            info.addError(e);
+            info.setUploaderName("");
+            uploaderParsingErrors.add(e);
         }
         try {
             info.setUploaderAvatarUrl(extractor.getUploaderAvatarUrl());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            info.addError(e);
+            info.setUploaderAvatarUrl("");
+            uploaderParsingErrors.add(e);
         }
         try {
             info.setBannerUrl(extractor.getBannerUrl());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             info.addError(e);
         }
+        // do not fail if everything but the uploader infos could be collected
+        if (uploaderParsingErrors.size() > 0 &&
+                (!info.getErrors().isEmpty() || uploaderParsingErrors.size() < 3)) {
+            info.addAllErrors(uploaderParsingErrors);
+        }
 
         final InfoItemsPage<StreamInfoItem> itemsPage = ExtractorHelper.getItemsPageOrLogError(info, extractor);
         info.setRelatedItems(itemsPage.getItems());