diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 9e306d0d8..ef195a891 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
         uploader_id = self._search_regex(
             r'ownerid:"([\d]+)', webpage,
             'uploader_id', default=None) or self._search_regex(
-            r'\"ownerid\":"(\d+)"', tahoe_secondary_data,
+            r'[\'\"]ownerid[\'\"]\s*:\s*[\'\"](\d+)[\'\"]', tahoe_secondary_data,
             'uploader_id', fatal=False)
 
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
@@ -474,11 +474,11 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
         view_count = parse_count(self._search_regex(
             r'\bpostViewCount\s*:\s*["\']([\d,.]+)', webpage, 'view count',
             default=None) or self._search_regex(
-            r'\"postViewCount\"\s*:\s*(\d+)', tahoe_secondary_data, 'view count',
+            r'[\'\"]postViewCount[\'\"]\s*:\s*(\d+)', tahoe_secondary_data, 'view count',
             default=None) or self._search_regex(
             r'\bviewCount\s*:\s*["\']([\d,.]+)', webpage, 'view count',
             default=None) or self._search_regex(
-            r'\"viewCount\"\s*:\s*(\d+)', tahoe_secondary_data, 'view count',
+            r'[\'\"]viewCount[\'\"]\s*:\s*(\d+)', tahoe_secondary_data, 'view count',
             default=None)
         )