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 c823621de..db4041ee4 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
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors;
 
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getTextFromObject;
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getThumbnailUrlFromInfoItem;
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getUrlFromNavigationEndpoint;
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.isNullOrEmpty;
-
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonArray;
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject;
-
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.DateWrapper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.TimeAgoParser;
@@ -18,12 +12,16 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamType;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.JsonUtils;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getTextFromObject;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getThumbnailUrlFromInfoItem;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getUrlFromNavigationEndpoint;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.isNullOrEmpty;
 
 /*
  * Copyright (C) Christian Schabesberger 2016 <chris.schabesberger@mailbox.org>
@@ -331,7 +329,37 @@ public class YoutubeStreamInfoItemExtractor implements StreamInfoItemExtractor {
             final String webPageType = videoInfo.getObject("navigationEndpoint")
                     .getObject("commandMetadata").getObject("webCommandMetadata")
                     .getString("webPageType");
-            return !isNullOrEmpty(webPageType) && webPageType.equals("WEB_PAGE_TYPE_SHORTS");
+
+            boolean isShort = !isNullOrEmpty(webPageType)
+                    && webPageType.equals("WEB_PAGE_TYPE_SHORTS");
+
+            if (!isShort) {
+                isShort = videoInfo.getObject("navigationEndpoint").has("reelWatchEndpoint");
+            }
+
+            if (!isShort) {
+                final JsonObject thumbnailTimeOverlay = videoInfo.getArray("thumbnailOverlays")
+                        .stream()
+                        .filter(JsonObject.class::isInstance)
+                        .map(JsonObject.class::cast)
+                        .filter(thumbnailOverlay -> thumbnailOverlay.has(
+                                "thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer"))
+                        .map(thumbnailOverlay -> thumbnailOverlay.getObject(
+                                "thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer"))
+                        .findFirst()
+                        .orElse(null);
+
+                if (!isNullOrEmpty(thumbnailTimeOverlay)) {
+                    isShort = thumbnailTimeOverlay.getString("style")
+                            .equalsIgnoreCase("SHORTS")
+                            || thumbnailTimeOverlay.getObject("icon")
+                            .getString("iconType")
+                            .toLowerCase()
+                            .contains("shorts");
+                }
+            }
+
+            return isShort;
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             throw new ParsingException("Could not determine if this is short-form content", e);
         }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItem.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItem.java
index 04117c38a..37adb475f 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItem.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItem.java
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ public class StreamInfoItem extends InfoItem {
         this.shortFormContent = shortFormContent;
     }
 
-
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "StreamInfoItem{"
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItemExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItemExtractor.java
index e70e6cc7e..27eb3066f 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItemExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamInfoItemExtractor.java
@@ -129,10 +129,13 @@ public interface StreamInfoItemExtractor extends InfoItemExtractor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check if the stream is a short-form content
+     * Whether the stream is a short-form content.
      *
-     * @return {@code true} if the stream is a short-form content
-     * @throws ParsingException thrown if there is an error in the extraction
+     * <p>
+     * Short-form contents are contents in the style of TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or Instagram Reels videos.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return whether the stream is a short-form content
      */
     default boolean isShortFormContent() throws ParsingException {
         return false;