diff --git a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
index bc89b2955e..85b53acf4a 100644
--- a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
+++ b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
@@ -1947,6 +1947,87 @@ def test_search_nextjs_data(self):
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
             self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data('', None, default='{}'), {})
 
+    def test_search_nuxt_json(self):
+        HTML = '''
+            <script data-ssr="true" id="__NUXT_DATA__" type="application/json">
+                [
+                    ["ShallowReactive",1],
+                    {"data":2,"state":22,"once":26},
+                    ["ShallowReactive",3],
+                    {"$abcdef123456":4},
+                    {"podcast":5,"activeEpisodeData":7},
+                    {"podcast":6,"seasons":14},
+                    {"title":10,"id":11},
+                    ["Reactive",8],
+                    {"episode":9,"creators":18,"trick_data":19,"empty_list":21},
+                    {"title":12,"id":13},
+                    "Series Title",
+                    "podcast-id-01",
+                    "Episode Title",
+                    "episode-id-99",
+                    [15,16,17],
+                    1,
+                    2,
+                    3,
+                    [20],
+                    [99,"gotcha"],
+                    "Podcast Creator",
+                    [],
+                    {"$ssite-config":23},
+                    {"env":24,"name":25},
+                    "production",
+                    "podcast-website",
+                    ["Set"]
+                ]
+            </script>'''
+        DATA = {
+            'podcast': {
+                'podcast': {
+                    'title': 'Series Title',
+                    'id': 'podcast-id-01',
+                },
+                'seasons': [1, 2, 3],
+            },
+            'activeEpisodeData': {
+                'episode': {
+                    'title': 'Episode Title',
+                    'id': 'episode-id-99',
+                },
+                'creators': ['Podcast Creator'],
+                'trick_data': [99, 'gotcha'],
+                'empty_list': [],
+            },
+        }
+        FULL = {
+            'data': {
+                '$abcdef123456': DATA,
+            },
+            'state': {
+                '$ssite-config': {
+                    'env': 'production',
+                    'name': 'podcast-website',
+                },
+            },
+            'once': ['Set'],
+        }
+        BAD_HTML = '''
+            <script data-ssr="true" id="__NUXT_DATA__" type="application/json">
+                [
+                    ["ShallowReactive",1],
+                    {"data":2},
+                    {"improper_raw_list":3},
+                    [15,16,17]
+                ]
+            </script>'''
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nuxt_json(HTML, None), DATA)
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nuxt_json(HTML, None, traverse=None), FULL)
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nuxt_json('', None, fatal=False), {})
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nuxt_json(BAD_HTML, None, fatal=False), {})
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nuxt_json(HTML, None, fatal=False, allow_recursion=1), {})
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ExtractorError, r'recursion limit reached'):
+            self.ie._search_nuxt_json(HTML, None, allow_recursion=1)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 1174bd4f5e..aeb2ec293f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1795,6 +1795,47 @@ def _search_nuxt_data(self, webpage, video_id, context_name='__NUXT__', *, fatal
         ret = self._parse_json(js, video_id, transform_source=functools.partial(js_to_json, vars=args), fatal=fatal)
         return traverse_obj(ret, traverse) or {}
 
+    def _search_nuxt_json(self, webpage, video_id, script_id='__NUXT_DATA__', *, fatal=True,
+                          traverse=('data', ..., {dict}, any), allow_recursion=100):
+        """Parses Nuxt.js metadata when it has already been rendered into a JSON array"""
+
+        ERROR_MSG = 'Unable to extract NUXT JSON data'
+        array = self._search_json(
+            fr'<script\b[^>]+\bid="{re.escape(script_id)}"[^>]*>', webpage, script_id,
+            video_id, contains_pattern=r'\[(?s:.+)\]', default=NO_DEFAULT if fatal else [{}])
+
+        def extract_element(element, allow_recursion):
+            if allow_recursion < 0:
+                msg = f'{ERROR_MSG}: recursion limit reached'
+                if fatal:
+                    raise ExtractorError(msg)
+                self.report_warning(msg, video_id=video_id, only_once=True)
+                return None
+            allow_recursion -= 1
+
+            try:
+                if isinstance(element, list) and element:
+                    if element[0] in ('ShallowReactive', 'Reactive') and isinstance(element[1], int):
+                        return extract_element(array[element[1]], allow_recursion)
+                    if all(isinstance(ele, int) for ele in element):
+                        return [extract_element(array[ele], allow_recursion) for ele in element]
+                if isinstance(element, dict):
+                    ret = {}
+                    for k, v in element.items():
+                        if isinstance(v, int):
+                            ret[k] = extract_element(array[v], allow_recursion)
+                        else:
+                            ret[k] = v
+                    return ret
+            except IndexError as e:
+                if not fatal:
+                    return None
+                raise ExtractorError(f'{ERROR_MSG}: {e}')
+
+            return element
+
+        return traverse_obj(extract_element(array[0], allow_recursion), traverse) or {}
+
     @staticmethod
     def _hidden_inputs(html):
         html = re.sub(r'<!--(?:(?!<!--).)*-->', '', html)