diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
index 322ac42e..3e55b412 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Channels
     page = env.params.query["page"]?.try &.to_i?
     page ||= 1
 
-    count, search_results = channel_search(query, page, ucid)
+    search_results = channel_search(query, page, ucid)
     JSON.build do |json|
       json.array do
         search_results.each do |item|
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
index a3b6c795..0b0853b1 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
       return error_json(400, ex)
     end
 
-    count, search_results = search(query, search_params, region).as(Tuple)
+    search_results = search(query, search_params, region)
     JSON.build do |json|
       json.array do
         search_results.each do |item|
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
index 7a502a05..9c73874e 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
@@ -247,15 +247,13 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Playlists
     query = env.params.query["q"]?
     if query
       begin
-        search_query, count, items, operators = process_search_query(query, page, user, region: nil)
+        search_query, items, operators = process_search_query(query, page, user, region: nil)
         videos = items.select(SearchVideo).map(&.as(SearchVideo))
       rescue ex
         videos = [] of SearchVideo
-        count = 0
       end
     else
       videos = [] of SearchVideo
-      count = 0
     end
 
     env.set "add_playlist_items", plid
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/search.cr b/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
index 5e606adf..3f4c7e5e 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Search
       user = env.get? "user"
 
       begin
-        search_query, count, videos, operators = process_search_query(query, page, user, region: region)
+        search_query, videos, operators = process_search_query(query, page, user, region: region)
       rescue ex : ChannelSearchException
         return error_template(404, "Unable to find channel with id of '#{HTML.escape(ex.channel)}'. Are you sure that's an actual channel id? It should look like 'UC4QobU6STFB0P71PMvOGN5A'.")
       rescue ex
diff --git a/src/invidious/search.cr b/src/invidious/search.cr
index 0f6dc6eb..45d29059 100644
--- a/src/invidious/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/search.cr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class ChannelSearchException < InfoException
   end
 end
 
-def channel_search(query, page, channel)
+def channel_search(query, page, channel) : Array(SearchItem)
   response = YT_POOL.client &.get("/channel/#{channel}")
 
   if response.status_code == 404
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def channel_search(query, page, channel)
   continuation_items = response_json["onResponseReceivedActions"]?
     .try &.[0]["appendContinuationItemsAction"]["continuationItems"]
 
-  return 0, [] of SearchItem if !continuation_items
+  return [] of SearchItem if !continuation_items
 
   items = [] of SearchItem
   continuation_items.as_a.select(&.as_h.has_key?("itemSectionRenderer")).each { |item|
@@ -32,17 +32,16 @@ def channel_search(query, page, channel)
       .try { |t| items << t }
   }
 
-  return items.size, items
+  return items
 end
 
-def search(query, search_params = produce_search_params(content_type: "all"), region = nil)
-  return 0, [] of SearchItem if query.empty?
+def search(query, search_params = produce_search_params(content_type: "all"), region = nil) : Array(SearchItem)
+  return [] of SearchItem if query.empty?
 
   client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new(region: region)
   initial_data = YoutubeAPI.search(query, search_params, client_config: client_config)
-  items = extract_items(initial_data)
 
-  return items.size, items
+  return extract_items(initial_data)
 end
 
 def produce_search_params(page = 1, sort : String = "relevance", date : String = "", content_type : String = "",
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
   search_query = (query.split(" ") - operators).join(" ")
 
   if channel
-    count, items = channel_search(search_query, page, channel)
+    items = channel_search(search_query, page, channel)
   elsif subscriptions
     if view_name
       items = PG_DB.query_all("SELECT id,title,published,updated,ucid,author,length_seconds FROM (
@@ -227,16 +226,14 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
       as document
       FROM #{view_name}
       ) v_search WHERE v_search.document @@ plainto_tsquery($1) LIMIT 20 OFFSET $2;", search_query, (page - 1) * 20, as: ChannelVideo)
-      count = items.size
     else
       items = [] of ChannelVideo
-      count = 0
     end
   else
     search_params = produce_search_params(page: page, sort: sort, date: date, content_type: content_type,
       duration: duration, features: features)
 
-    count, items = search(search_query, search_params, region).as(Tuple)
+    items = search(search_query, search_params, region)
   end
 
   # Light processing to flatten search results out of Categories.
@@ -254,5 +251,5 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
     end
   end
 
-  {search_query, items_without_category.size, items_without_category, operators}
+  {search_query, items_without_category, operators}
 end
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/add_playlist_items.ecr b/src/invidious/views/add_playlist_items.ecr
index c62861b0..ad50909a 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/add_playlist_items.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/add_playlist_items.ecr
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-3-5"></div>
         <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-1-5" style="text-align:right">
-            <% if count >= 20 %>
+            <% if videos.size >= 20 %>
                 <a href="/add_playlist_items?list=<%= plid %>&q=<%= URI.encode_www_form(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page + 1 %>">
                     <%= translate(locale, "Next page") %>
                 </a>
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
index db374548..45bbdefc 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <% search_query_encoded = env.get?("search").try { |x| URI.encode_www_form(x.as(String), space_to_plus: true) } %>
 
 <!-- Search redirection and filtering UI -->
-<% if count == 0 %>
+<% if videos.size == 0 %>
     <h3 style="text-align: center">
         <a href="/redirect?referer=<%= env.get?("current_page") %>"><%= translate(locale, "Broken? Try another Invidious Instance!") %></a>
     </h3>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     </details>
 <% end %>
 
-<% if count == 0 %>
+<% if videos.size == 0 %>
     <hr style="margin: 0;"/>
 <% else %>
     <hr/>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-3-5"></div>
     <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-1-5" style="text-align:right">
-        <% if count >= 20 %>
+        <% if videos.size >= 20 %>
             <a href="/search?q=<%= search_query_encoded %>&page=<%= page + 1 %>">
                 <%= translate(locale, "Next page") %>
             </a>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-3-5"></div>
     <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-lg-1-5" style="text-align:right">
-        <% if count >= 20 %>
+        <% if videos.size >= 20 %>
             <a href="/search?q=<%= search_query_encoded %>&page=<%= page + 1 %>">
                 <%= translate(locale, "Next page") %>
             </a>