diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index da73e130c2f..e61157bfafc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1589,9 +1589,9 @@ def remove(s, i):
             elif re.match(r'^"[^"]*",', datac):
                 el, datac = find_first(r'(?s)^"([^"]*)",\s*(.*)$', datac, groups=True)
             # Integer input data
-            elif re.match(r'^-?\d+,', datac):
+            elif re.match(r'^-?\d+(?:E\d+)?,', datac):
                 el, datac = find_first(r"(?s)^(.*?),\s*(.*)$", datac, groups=True)
-                el = int(el)
+                el = int(float(el) if 'E' in el else el)
             # Reference to "n" parameter array
             elif re.match('^b,', datac):
                 el = n