diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/playlist/PlaylistFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/playlist/PlaylistFragment.java
index c3d3f0ea66c..006db3a6700 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/playlist/PlaylistFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/playlist/PlaylistFragment.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ListExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.playlist.PlaylistExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.playlist.PlaylistInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamType;
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
+import de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView;
 import io.reactivex.Flowable;
 import io.reactivex.Single;
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers;
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ public class PlaylistFragment extends BaseListInfoFragment<PlaylistInfo> {
     private TextView headerTitleView;
     private View headerUploaderLayout;
     private TextView headerUploaderName;
-    private ImageView headerUploaderAvatar;
+    private CircleImageView headerUploaderAvatar;
     private TextView headerStreamCount;
     private View playlistCtrl;
 
@@ -302,8 +301,19 @@ public void handleResult(@NonNull final PlaylistInfo result) {
 
         playlistCtrl.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 
-        IMAGE_LOADER.displayImage(result.getUploaderAvatarUrl(), headerUploaderAvatar,
-                ImageDisplayConstants.DISPLAY_AVATAR_OPTIONS);
+        String avatarUrl = result.getUploaderAvatarUrl();
+        if (avatarUrl.contains("upload.wikimedia.org")) {
+            // this is an auto-generated playlist (e.g. Youtube mixes) with an avatar
+            // that could be a trademark and thus not be safe to use
+            headerUploaderAvatar.setImageResource(
+                    ThemeHelper.resolveResourceIdFromAttr(requireContext(), R.attr.ic_radio));
+            headerUploaderAvatar.setBorderColor(
+                    getResources().getColor(R.color.transparent_background_color));
+        } else {
+            IMAGE_LOADER.displayImage(avatarUrl, headerUploaderAvatar,
+                    ImageDisplayConstants.DISPLAY_AVATAR_OPTIONS);
+        }
+
         headerStreamCount.setText(Localization
                 .localizeStreamCount(getContext(), result.getStreamCount()));