diff --git a/app/lib/widgets/item/details/item_details_reddit.dart b/app/lib/widgets/item/details/item_details_reddit.dart
index c3a4907..323db09 100644
--- a/app/lib/widgets/item/details/item_details_reddit.dart
+++ b/app/lib/widgets/item/details/item_details_reddit.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:feeddeck/models/source.dart';
 import 'package:feeddeck/widgets/item/details/utils/item_description.dart';
 import 'package:feeddeck/widgets/item/details/utils/item_subtitle.dart';
 import 'package:feeddeck/widgets/item/details/utils/item_title.dart';
+import 'package:feeddeck/widgets/item/details/utils/item_youtube/item_youtube_video.dart';
 
 class ItemDetailsReddit extends StatelessWidget {
   const ItemDetailsReddit({
@@ -16,6 +17,60 @@ class ItemDetailsReddit extends StatelessWidget {
   final FDItem item;
   final FDSource source;
 
+  /// [_getYoutubeUrl] returns a YouTube url when the provided [description]
+  /// contains a YouTube link. If the [description] does not contain a YouTube
+  /// link, the function returns `null`.
+  String? _getYoutubeUrl(String description) {
+    final exp = RegExp(r'(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)?[\w/\-?=%.]+\.[\w/\-?=%.]+');
+    final matches = exp.allMatches(description);
+
+    for (var match in matches) {
+      final url = description.substring(match.start, match.end);
+      if (url.startsWith('https://youtu.be/') ||
+          url.startsWith('https://www.youtube.com/watch?') ||
+          url.startsWith('https://m.youtube.com/watch?')) {
+        return url;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /// [_buildDescription] builds the description widget for the item. If the
+  /// description contains a YouTube link, we render the [ItemYoutubeVideo]
+  /// and the [ItemDescription] widgets. If the description does not contain a
+  /// YouTube link, we only render the [ItemDescription] widget.
+  ///
+  /// If the description containes a YouTube link we also have to disable the
+  /// rendering of images within the [ItemDescription] widget.
+  List<Widget> _buildDescription() {
+    final youtubeUrl =
+        item.description != null ? _getYoutubeUrl(item.description!) : null;
+
+    if (youtubeUrl != null) {
+      return [
+        ItemYoutubeVideo(
+          item.media,
+          youtubeUrl,
+        ),
+        ItemDescription(
+          itemDescription: item.description,
+          sourceFormat: DescriptionFormat.html,
+          tagetFormat: DescriptionFormat.markdown,
+          disableImages: true,
+        ),
+      ];
+    }
+
+    return [
+      ItemDescription(
+        itemDescription: item.description,
+        sourceFormat: DescriptionFormat.html,
+        tagetFormat: DescriptionFormat.markdown,
+      ),
+    ];
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Column(
@@ -29,11 +84,7 @@ class ItemDetailsReddit extends StatelessWidget {
           item: item,
           source: source,
         ),
-        ItemDescription(
-          itemDescription: item.description,
-          sourceFormat: DescriptionFormat.html,
-          tagetFormat: DescriptionFormat.markdown,
-        ),
+        ..._buildDescription(),
       ],
     );
   }