diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/exceptions/SignInConfirmNotBotException.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/exceptions/SignInConfirmNotBotException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29e4c8be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/exceptions/SignInConfirmNotBotException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Content can't be extracted because the service requires logging in to confirm the user is not a
+ * bot. Can usually only be solvable by changing IP (e.g. in the case of YouTube).
+ */
+public class SignInConfirmNotBotException extends ParsingException {
+    public SignInConfirmNotBotException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
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 b2b3dc270..eb050fd13 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
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PaidContentException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PrivateContentException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.YoutubeMusicPremiumContentException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SignInConfirmNotBotException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.LinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.ContentCountry;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.DateWrapper;
@@ -901,7 +902,14 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             }
         }
 
-        throw new ContentNotAvailableException("Got error: \"" + reason + "\"");
+        // "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot"
+        if (reason != null && reason.contains("a bot")) {
+            throw new SignInConfirmNotBotException(
+                    "YouTube probably temporarily blocked this IP, got error "
+                            + status + ": \"" + reason + "\"");
+        }
+
+        throw new ContentNotAvailableException("Got error " + status + ": \"" + reason + "\"");
     }
 
     private void fetchHtml5Client(@Nonnull final Localization localization,