diff --git a/components/Blocks/EmbedBlock.tsx b/components/Blocks/EmbedBlock.tsx
index 630853cf..d84e5aca 100644
--- a/components/Blocks/EmbedBlock.tsx
+++ b/components/Blocks/EmbedBlock.tsx
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ export const EmbedBlock = (props: BlockProps & { preview?: boolean }) => {
     return src.toString();
   }, [url, bgPage, primary]);
 
+  // check if URL is a YouTube link, so we can set the appropriate referrer policy
+  // to avoid YT config "Error 153" since they're strict about requiring a valid referer header
+  let isYouTube =
+    iframeSrc?.includes("youtube.com") || iframeSrc?.includes("youtu.be");
+
   if (props.preview) return null;
   if (!url) {
     if (!permissions.write) return null;
@@ -196,7 +201,9 @@ export const EmbedBlock = (props: BlockProps & { preview?: boolean }) => {
           src={iframeSrc}
           allow="fullscreen"
           loading="lazy"
-          referrerPolicy="no-referrer"
+          referrerPolicy={
+            isYouTube ? "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" : "no-referrer"
+          }
         ></iframe>
       </BlockLayout>
 
@@ -205,8 +212,6 @@ export const EmbedBlock = (props: BlockProps & { preview?: boolean }) => {
           <div
             data-draggable
             className={`resizeHandle
-
-
           cursor-ns-resize shrink-0 z-10 w-6 h-[5px]
           absolute bottom-[3px] right-1/2 translate-x-1/2
           rounded-full bg-white  border-2 border-[#8C8C8C] shadow-[0_0_0_1px_white,inset_0_0_0_1px_white]