diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
index dfe2e161f..ff2b736d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public abstract class VideoExtractor {
     protected abstract String getDescription();
     protected abstract String getUploader();
     protected abstract int getLength();
-    protected abstract int getViews();
+    protected abstract long getViews();
     protected abstract String getUploadDate();
     protected abstract String getThumbnailUrl();
     protected abstract String getUploaderThumbnailUrl();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeVideoExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeVideoExtractor.java
index 94a1cb151..bb8338909 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeVideoExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeVideoExtractor.java
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ public class YoutubeVideoExtractor extends VideoExtractor {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getViews() {
+    public long getViews() {
         try {
             String viewCountString = doc.select("meta[itemprop=interactionCount]").attr("content");
-            return Integer.parseInt(viewCountString);
+            return Long.parseLong(viewCountString);
         } catch (Exception e) {//todo: find fallback method
             Log.e(TAG, "failed to number of views");
             e.printStackTrace();