diff --git a/src/invidious/channels/about.cr b/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
index f92681a7..6114e8af 100644
--- a/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/channels/about.cr
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
     author_thumbnail = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]["avatar"]["thumbnails"][0]["url"].as_s
 
     ucid = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]["externalId"].as_s
-  
+
     # Raises a KeyError on failure.
     banners = initdata["header"]["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer"]?.try &.["banner"]?.try &.["thumbnails"]?
     banner = banners.try &.[-1]?.try &.["url"].as_s?
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
     # end
     badges = initdata["header"]["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer"]?.try &.["badges"]?
     if !badges.nil?
-      verified=true
+      verified = true
     end
     description = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]?.try &.["description"]?.try &.as_s? || ""
     description_html = HTML.escape(description)
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos.cr b/src/invidious/videos.cr
index 446e8e03..a5ecdeea 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos.cr
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ struct Video
     info["authorThumbnail"]?.try &.as_s || ""
   end
 
+  def author_verified : Bool
+    info["authorVerified"].as_bool
+  end
+
   def sub_count_text : String
     info["subCountText"]?.try &.as_s || "-"
   end
@@ -822,6 +826,7 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
     .try &.dig?("runs", 0)
 
   author = channel_info.try &.dig?("text")
+  authorVerified = channel_info.try &.dig?("ownerBadges") != nil 
   ucid = channel_info.try { |ci| HelperExtractors.get_browse_id(ci) }
 
   # "4,088,033 views", only available on compact renderer
@@ -845,6 +850,7 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
     "length_seconds"   => JSON::Any.new(length || "0"),
     "view_count"       => JSON::Any.new(view_count || "0"),
     "short_view_count" => JSON::Any.new(short_view_count || "0"),
+    "author_verified" => JSON::Any.new(authorVerified), 
   }
 end
 
@@ -1037,7 +1043,7 @@ 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")
-
+  params["authorVerified"] = JSON::Any.new(author_info.try &.["badges"]? != nil)
   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/watch.ecr b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
index 2e0aee99..8422fce0 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ 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 %></span>
+                    <span id="channel-name"><%= author %><% if video.author_verified %><i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></span>
                 </div>
             </a>