diff --git a/src/invidious/channels/about.cr b/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
index 33613260..d48fd1fb 100644
--- a/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
     # if banner.includes? "channels/c4/default_banner"
     #  banner = nil
     # end
-    author_verified_badges = initdata["header"]?.try &.["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer"]?.try &.["badges"]?
+    # author_verified_badges = initdata["header"]?.try &.["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer"]?.try &.["badges"]?
+    author_verified_badge = initdata["header"].dig?("c4TabbedHeaderRenderer", "badges", 0, "metadataBadgeRenderer", "tooltip")
+    author_verified = (author_verified_badge && author_verified_badge == "Verified")
 
-    author_verified = (author_verified_badges && author_verified_badges.size > 0)
     description = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]?.try &.["description"]?.try &.as_s? || ""
     description_html = HTML.escape(description)
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/comments.cr b/src/invidious/comments.cr
index 5215122e..d94f213f 100644
--- a/src/invidious/comments.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/comments.cr
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ def fetch_youtube_comments(id, cursor, format, locale, thin_mode, region, sort_b
 
               content_html = node_comment["contentText"]?.try { |t| parse_content(t) } || ""
               author = node_comment["authorText"]?.try &.["simpleText"]? || ""
-              verified = (node_comment["authorCommentBadge"]? != nil)
-              json.field "verified", (verified || false)
+
+              json.field "verified", (node_comment["authorCommentBadge"]? != nil)
+
               json.field "author", author
               json.field "authorThumbnails" do
                 json.array do
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/serialized_yt_data.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/serialized_yt_data.cr
index 186bca25..3918bd13 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/serialized_yt_data.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/serialized_yt_data.cr
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ struct SearchPlaylist
       json.field "author", self.author
       json.field "authorId", self.ucid
       json.field "authorUrl", "/channel/#{self.ucid}"
+
       json.field "authorVerified", self.author_verified
+
       json.field "videoCount", self.video_count
       json.field "videos" do
         json.array do
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos.cr b/src/invidious/videos.cr
index bbf3afa2..66952c93 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos.cr
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ struct Video
   end
 
   def author_verified : Bool
-    info["authorVerified"].as_bool
+    info["authorVerified"].try &.as_bool || false
   end
 
   def sub_count_text : String
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
   end
 
   author_verified = (author_verified_badge && author_verified_badge.size > 0).to_s
+
   ucid = channel_info.try { |ci| HelperExtractors.get_browse_id(ci) }
 
   # "4,088,033 views", only available on compact renderer
@@ -1071,9 +1072,10 @@ def extract_video_info(video_id : String, proxy_region : String? = nil, context_
 
   author_info = video_secondary_renderer.try &.dig?("owner", "videoOwnerRenderer")
   author_thumbnail = author_info.try &.dig?("thumbnail", "thumbnails", 0, "url")
-  author_verified_badge = author_info.try &.["badges"]?
 
-  params["authorVerified"] = JSON::Any.new((author_verified_badge && author_verified_badge.size > 0) || false)
+  author_verified_badge = author_info.try &.dig?("badges", 0, "metadataBadgeRenderer", "tooltip")
+  params["authorVerified"] = JSON::Any.new((author_verified_badge && author_verified_badge == "Verified"))
+
   params["authorThumbnail"] = JSON::Any.new(author_thumbnail.try &.as_s || "")
 
   params["subCountText"] = JSON::Any.new(author_info.try &.["subscriberCountText"]?
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr b/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
index 197c636b..92f81ee4 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <div class="pure-u-2-3">
         <div class="channel-profile">
             <img src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(channel.author_thumbnail).request_target %>">
-            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
+            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1-3">
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/community.ecr b/src/invidious/views/community.ecr
index 10ac5f04..3bc29e55 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/community.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/community.ecr
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <div class="pure-u-2-3">
         <div class="channel-profile">
             <img src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(channel.author_thumbnail).request_target %>">
-            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
+            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1-3" style="text-align:right">
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/item.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/item.ecr
index 05478eeb..cc4ded74 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/item.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/item.ecr
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                         <img loading="lazy" style="width:56.25%" src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(item.author_thumbnail).request_target.gsub(/=s\d+/, "=s176") %>"/>
                     </center>
                 <% end %>
-                <p dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></p>
+                <p dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></p>
             </a>
             <p><%= translate_count(locale, "generic_subscribers_count", item.subscriber_count, NumberFormatting::Separator) %></p>
             <% if !item.auto_generated %><p><%= translate_count(locale, "generic_videos_count", item.video_count, NumberFormatting::Separator) %></p><% end %>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 <p dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.title) %></p>
             </a>
             <a href="/channel/<%= item.ucid %>">
-                <p dir="auto"><b><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.is_a?(InvidiousPlaylist) && !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></b></p>
+                <p dir="auto"><b><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.is_a?(InvidiousPlaylist) && !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></b></p>
             </a>
         <% when MixVideo %>
             <a href="/watch?v=<%= item.id %>&list=<%= item.rdid %>">
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                 <p dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.title) %></p>
             </a>
             <a href="/channel/<%= item.ucid %>">
-                <p dir="auto"><b><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.is_a?(MixVideo) && !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></b></p>
+                <p dir="auto"><b><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %></b></p>
             </a>
         <% when PlaylistVideo %>
             <a style="width:100%" href="/watch?v=<%= item.id %>&list=<%= item.plid %>&index=<%= item.index %>">
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
             <div class="video-card-row flexible">
                 <div class="flex-left"><a href="/channel/<%= item.ucid %>">
-                    <p class="channel-name" dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.is_a?(ChannelVideo) && !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></p>
+                    <p class="channel-name" dir="auto"><%= HTML.escape(item.author) %><% if !item.is_a?(ChannelVideo) && !item.author_verified.nil? && item.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></p>
                 </a></div>
 
                 <% endpoint_params = "?v=#{item.id}" %>
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr b/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
index 94d7a753..c8718e7b 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <div class="pure-u-2-3">
         <div class="channel-profile">
             <img src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(channel.author_thumbnail).request_target %>">
-            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
+            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1-3" style="text-align:right">
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
index bfd7821a..74a5e69f 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
                     <% if !video.author_thumbnail.empty? %>
                         <img src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(video.author_thumbnail).request_target %>">
                     <% end %>
-                    <span id="channel-name"><%= author %><% if !video.author_verified.nil? && video.author_verified %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></span>
+                    <span id="channel-name"><%= author %><% if !video.author_verified.nil? && video.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></span>
                 </div>
             </a>
 
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
                                 <h5 class="pure-g">
                                     <div class="pure-u-14-24">
                                         <% if rv["ucid"]? %>
-                                            <b style="width:100%"><a href="/channel/<%= rv["ucid"] %>"><%= rv["author"]? %><% if rv["author_verified"]? == "true" %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></a></b>
+                                            <b style="width:100%"><a href="/channel/<%= rv["ucid"] %>"><%= rv["author"]? %><% if rv["author_verified"]? == "true" %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></a></b>
                                         <% else %>
-                                            <b style="width:100%"><%= rv["author"]? %><% if rv["author_verified"]? == "true" %> <i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></b>
+                                            <b style="width:100%"><%= rv["author"]? %><% if rv["author_verified"]? == "true" %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></b>
                                         <% end %>
                                     </div>