diff --git a/feedleware/youtube/youtube.py b/feedleware/youtube/youtube.py
index 14cbff7..92e2912 100644
--- a/feedleware/youtube/youtube.py
+++ b/feedleware/youtube/youtube.py
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import json
 import logging
 import urllib
 import urllib.request
-from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple
 from cachetools import cached, TTLCache
 from ..util import send_with_retry
 
 
+HTTPError = urllib.error.HTTPError
 HTTPRequest = urllib.request.Request
 HTTPResponse = http.client.HTTPResponse
 HTTPException = http.client.HTTPException
@@ -122,16 +123,22 @@ class APIClient:
         :returns: list of latest videos
         :throws HTTPException: if the query fails
         """
-        response = self._query(
-            url="https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems",
-            method="GET",
-            data=(
-                ("part", "snippet"),
-                ("part", "status"),
-                ("playlistId", playlist_id),
-                ("maxResults", 50),
+        try:
+            response = self._query(
+                url="https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems",
+                method="GET",
+                data=(
+                    ("part", "snippet"),
+                    ("part", "status"),
+                    ("playlistId", playlist_id),
+                    ("maxResults", 50),
+                )
             )
-        )
+        except HTTPError as err:
+            if err.code == 404:
+                return []
+
+            raise err
 
         return [
             item["snippet"]