diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 545246bcd..7ccb875a5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ class YoutubeUserIE(YoutubeChannelIE):
 
 class YoutubeLiveIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com live streams'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<base_url>https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user|channel|c)/(?P<id>[^/]+))/live'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<base_url>https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:user|channel|c)/)?(?P<id>[^/]+))/live'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:live'
 
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -2204,6 +2204,9 @@ class YoutubeLiveIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/CommanderVideoHq/live',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/live',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):