diff --git a/UI/window-youtube-actions.cpp b/UI/window-youtube-actions.cpp
index 3dbe0317c..cf792ea0b 100644
--- a/UI/window-youtube-actions.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-youtube-actions.cpp
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ OBSYoutubeActions::OBSYoutubeActions(QWidget *parent, Auth *auth)
 	this->setWindowTitle(channel.title);
 
 	QVector<CategoryDescription> category_list;
-	if (!apiYouTube->GetVideoCategoriesList(
-		    channel.country, channel.language, category_list)) {
+	if (!apiYouTube->GetVideoCategoriesList(category_list)) {
 		blog(LOG_DEBUG, "Could not get video category for country; %s.",
 		     channel.country.toStdString().c_str());
 		ShowErrorDialog(
diff --git a/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.cpp b/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.cpp
index c32a94d99..18e9d8875 100644
--- a/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.cpp
+++ b/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ bool YoutubeApiWrappers::GetBroadcastsList(Json &json_out, const QString &page,
 }
 
 bool YoutubeApiWrappers::GetVideoCategoriesList(
-	const QString &country, const QString &language,
 	QVector<CategoryDescription> &category_list_out)
 {
 	lastErrorMessage.clear();
@@ -313,13 +312,28 @@ bool YoutubeApiWrappers::GetVideoCategoriesList(
 		"?part=snippet"
 		"&regionCode=%1"
 		"&hl=%2";
-	const QString url =
-		url_template.arg(country.isEmpty() ? "US" : country,
-				 language.isEmpty() ? "en" : language);
+	/*
+	* All OBS locale regions aside from "US" are missing category id 29
+	* ("Nonprofits & Activism"), but it is still available to channels
+	* set to those regions via the YouTube Studio website.
+	* To work around this inconsistency with the API all locales will
+	* use the "US" region and only set the language part for localisation.
+	* It is worth noting that none of the regions available on YouTube
+	* feature any category not also available to the "US" region.
+	*/
+	QString url = url_template.arg("US", QLocale().name());
+
 	Json json_out;
 	if (!InsertCommand(QT_TO_UTF8(url), "application/json", "", nullptr,
 			   json_out)) {
-		return false;
+		if (lastErrorReason != "unsupportedLanguageCode" &&
+		    lastErrorReason != "invalidLanguage")
+			return false;
+		// Try again with en-US if YouTube error indicates an unsupported locale
+		url = url_template.arg("US", "en_US");
+		if (!InsertCommand(QT_TO_UTF8(url), "application/json", "",
+				   nullptr, json_out))
+			return false;
 	}
 	category_list_out = {};
 	for (auto &j : json_out["items"].array_items()) {
diff --git a/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.hpp b/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.hpp
index 220c1af74..871ea77b8 100644
--- a/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.hpp
+++ b/UI/youtube-api-wrappers.hpp
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ public:
 	bool GetBroadcastsList(json11::Json &json_out, const QString &page,
 			       const QString &status);
 	bool
-	GetVideoCategoriesList(const QString &country, const QString &language,
-			       QVector<CategoryDescription> &category_list_out);
+	GetVideoCategoriesList(QVector<CategoryDescription> &category_list_out);
 	bool SetVideoCategory(const QString &video_id,
 			      const QString &video_title,
 			      const QString &video_description,