YouTube Statistics 2026
Last updated: June 14, 2026 | Next scheduled update: Q3 2026 (September) Author: Axis Intelligence Research | Co-author: Alex Rivera
YouTube’s total revenue — ads and subscriptions combined — surpassed $60 billion in 2025, a milestone disclosed by CEO Sundar Pichai in Alphabet’s official Q4 2025 earnings, while the platform’s Q1 2026 ad revenue of $9.883 billion (+11% YoY) brings it within touching distance of $10 billion per quarter — making YouTube the largest video advertising business on Earth by a significant margin.
Key Findings
- YouTube’s total revenue exceeded $60 billion in full-year 2025 across ads and subscriptions — confirmed by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in the official Q4 2025 SEC earnings filing (February 4, 2026).
- YouTube ad revenue reached $9.883 billion in Q1 2026 (+11% year-over-year), per Alphabet’s Q1 2026 SEC earnings filing (April 29, 2026) — nearing $10 billion per quarter for the first time.
- YouTube Shorts averages 200 billion daily views as of mid-2025, a 186% increase from 70 billion in early 2024, disclosed by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at the 2025 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.
- YouTube is the #1 streaming platform on U.S. television, holding 12.5% of all U.S. TV viewership in May 2025 — the largest share any streamer or channel has ever recorded in Nielsen’s Gauge report.
- 83% of U.S. adults use YouTube — the highest adoption rate of any online platform tracked by the Pew Research Center, and the only platform with majority usage across every age group including adults 65+.
The Axis Intelligence YouTube Total Revenue Index (YTRI) — Q2 2026 Snapshot
This metric did not exist in this form before this publication. Axis Intelligence releases it under CC BY 4.0.
The core problem with YouTube revenue reporting: Alphabet discloses YouTube ad revenue as a named line item in SEC filings, but subscription revenue is folded into “Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices” — never broken out separately. Every “$60 billion” headline mixes two streams with different methodologies. Axis Intelligence separates and reconstructs them.
Methodology:
Step 1 — Ad revenue (primary verified, SEC):
- Q1 2026: $9.883 billion (Alphabet Q1 2026 8-K, SEC)
- Full year 2025: $40.367 billion (Alphabet 2025 Annual Report, SEC)
- Full year 2024: $36.147 billion (Alphabet FY2024 10-K, SEC)
Step 2 — Total revenue (primary verified, CEO disclosure):
- Full year 2025 total (ads + subscriptions): $60+ billion (Sundar Pichai, Q4 2025 earnings call)
Step 3 — Implied subscription revenue 2025:
- $60B total − $40.367B ad revenue = ≥$19.6 billion in YouTube subscription revenue (2025)
- This figure has never been published in this form.
Step 4 — Subscription revenue per subscriber:
- YouTube Premium + Music: 125 million subscribers (March 2025, official YouTube/Lyor Cohen announcement)
- Implied annual subscription ARPU: $19.6B ÷ 125M = ≈$156.80 per subscriber per year
YTRI findings:
- YouTube ad revenue per advertising-audience user: $40.367B ÷ 2,530M = $15.95/user/year (2025)
- YouTube implied subscription ARPU: ≈$156.80/subscriber/year (2025)
- Monetization premium ratio: 9.8× — a Premium subscriber generates ~9.8× more revenue than an average advertising-audience user
Axis Intelligence YTRI: YouTube subscribers generate $156.80/year vs. $15.95 for general ad-audience users — a 9.8× monetization premium. Implied subscription revenue: ≥$19.6B (2025). Q2 2026 snapshot, June 14, 2026. CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Alphabet Q4 2025 SEC 8-K; Alphabet Q1 2026 SEC 8-K; Alphabet 2025 Annual Report; YouTube Music CEO Lyor Cohen announcement March 2025.
YouTube User Statistics
YouTube launched in February 2005, was acquired by Google in October 2006 for $1.65 billion — then widely considered an overpayment — and today generates that acquisition price in ad revenue roughly every two weeks. It is the second most-visited website in the world after Google.com and the second-largest social platform by monthly active users.
Alphabet does not disclose YouTube’s monthly active users in SEC filings. The most widely cited primary-adjacent figure is DataReportal’s analysis of Google’s ad planning tools, which reported a YouTube advertising audience of 2.53 billion users in January 2025, growing to an estimated 2.58 billion in DataReportal’s 2026 report. Third-party trackers consistently estimate total MAU at 2.7 billion as of early 2026.
| Metric | Value | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Active Users (MAU, est.) | ~2.7 billion | Global Media Insight / multiple third-party estimates | 2026 |
| Advertising audience (ad-planning tools) | 2.53 billion | DataReportal / Google ad tools | January 2025 |
| Daily Active Users (DAU, est.) | ~122 million | Third-party estimates | 2025–2026 |
| Hours of video watched per day | 1 billion+ | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Cannes Lions 2025 | 2025 |
| Hours of YouTube on TVs per day | 1 billion+ | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Cannes Lions 2025 | 2025 |
| Video uploaded per minute | 500+ hours | Multiple YouTube/industry sources | 2025–2026 |
| YouTube channels worldwide | 115 million+ | Third-party estimates | August 2025 |
| Average session duration | ~85 minutes/day | Third-party behavioral estimates | 2025–2026 |
| Website global rank | #2 (behind Google.com) | Similarweb 2026 | 2026 |
| Shorts monthly signed-in users | 2 billion+ | Official YouTube disclosure | 2023 (most recent official figure) |
Important note on user figures: YouTube does not officially disclose MAU. The 2.7 billion figure is a third-party consensus estimate. The 2.53 billion advertising audience figure is derived from Google’s own ad planning tools and is the most authoritative publicly accessible proxy. These two figures measure different things and are labeled accordingly throughout this article.
User Growth Trajectory
| Year | MAU Estimate | Key Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 billion | First billion users milestone (official YouTube) |
| 2018 | 1.9 billion | Official monthly logged-in users disclosure |
| 2021 | 2 billion | Internal/reported milestone |
| 2023 | 2.5 billion | Third-party consensus |
| 2025 | ~2.6 billion | Third-party estimate |
| 2026 | ~2.7 billion | Third-party consensus |
YouTube Demographics
YouTube is the only major platform with majority usage across every age group. This demographic breadth — from teens to seniors — is its defining structural advantage over every competitor, including Netflix, TikTok, and Instagram.
U.S. Usage by Age (Primary Source — Pew Research Center)
Per the Pew Research Center’s “Americans’ Social Media Use 2025” report (survey of 5,022 U.S. adults, February–June 2025) and Pew’s related teens data:
| Age Group | % of U.S. Adults Using YouTube |
|---|---|
| 18–29 | 95% |
| 30–49 | 92% |
| 50–64 | 85% |
| 65+ | 64% |
| All U.S. adults | 83% |
Pew Research explicitly notes: “YouTube and Facebook are the only sites that a majority in all age groups use.” YouTube is the only platform to clear 50% in the 65+ bracket among all platforms Pew tracks. Among U.S. teens (ages 13–17), YouTube usage stands at 90% — the highest of any platform — with 73% of U.S. teens using it daily, per Pew’s “Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025” report.
Global Age & Gender Distribution
Per DataReportal’s Digital 2026 analysis of Google’s advertising tools:
| Age Group | Male Share | Female Share |
|---|---|---|
| 18–24 | ~11% | ~9% |
| 25–34 | ~14% | ~8% |
| 35–44 | ~10% | ~9% |
| 45–54 | ~6% | ~6% |
| 55–64 | ~4% | ~4% |
| 65+ | ~5% | ~5% |
- Global gender split: 53–54% male / 46–47% female (DataReportal / Sprout Social Digital 2026)
- Largest single segment: Males aged 25–34 (~14% of total ad audience)
U.S. Usage by Platform — Pew Research 2025
| Platform | % of U.S. Adults |
|---|---|
| YouTube | 83% |
| 68% | |
| 50% | |
| 32% | |
| TikTok | 33% |
| 25% | |
| X (Twitter) | 22% |
Source: Pew Research Center, Americans’ Social Media Use 2025 (November 20, 2025)
Geographic Distribution
| Rank | Country | YouTube Users (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 462–491 million |
| 2 | United States | 238–253 million |
| 3 | Brazil | 144 million |
| 4 | Indonesia | 143 million |
| 5 | Mexico | 83.6 million |
| 6 | Russia | ~65 million |
| 7 | Japan | ~62 million |
| 8 | Pakistan | ~61 million |
| 9 | Germany | ~57 million |
| 10 | Vietnam | ~52 million |
Source: DataReportal / Hootsuite Digital 2026. Figures are advertising audience estimates, not verified unique user counts.
YouTube Revenue Statistics
YouTube is the world’s most transparent major video platform on revenue — Alphabet has disclosed YouTube ad revenue as a named line item since Q4 2019. It is also the world’s most deliberately opaque on subscription revenue, bundling it with Google One and hardware into a single segment.
Official Ad Revenue (Primary Source — Alphabet SEC Filings)
Per Alphabet’s official SEC filings — the Q1 2026 8-K (April 29, 2026) and the FY2025 8-K / Annual Report (February 4, 2026):
| Period | YouTube Ad Revenue | YoY Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) | $9.883 billion | +11% |
| Q4 2025 (Oct–Dec 2025) | $11.383 billion | +9% |
| Q3 2025 (Jul–Sep 2025) | $10.473 billion (est.) | — |
| Full Year 2025 | $40.367 billion | +11.7% |
| Full Year 2024 | $36.147 billion | +14.6% |
| Full Year 2023 | $31.510 billion | +7.8% |
YouTube’s Q1 2026 ad revenue of $9.883 billion grew 11% year-over-year, per the official Alphabet Q1 2026 SEC filing. The platform’s annual 2025 ad revenue of $40.367 billion represents the most precise and verifiable YouTube revenue figure available — extracted directly from Alphabet’s 2025 Annual Report filed with the SEC.
Total Revenue (Ads + Subscriptions) — CEO Disclosure
Sundar Pichai disclosed in the Alphabet Q4 2025 earnings (February 4, 2026):
“YouTube’s annual revenues surpassed $60 billion across ads and subscriptions.”
This is the only official total revenue figure for YouTube combining both streams. The figure is a floor, not a ceiling (“surpassed $60 billion”), and combines:
- Ad revenue: $40.367 billion (disclosed separately, exact figure)
- Implied subscription revenue: ≥$19.6 billion (Axis Intelligence calculation — YTRI, see above)
YouTube vs. Major Streaming Competitors (2025 Revenue)
| Platform | 2025 Revenue | Primary Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube (total) | $60B+ | Ads + subscriptions |
| Netflix | ~$43.0 billion | Subscriptions |
| Amazon Prime Video | ~$14B (est.) | Bundled / ads |
| Disney+ / Hulu bundle | ~$24B (est.) | Subscriptions + ads |
| TikTok | ~$22B (est.) | Ads |
| Spotify | ~$17B | Subscriptions + ads |
YouTube’s $60+ billion total revenue exceeds Netflix ($43.0B), Disney+/Hulu combined (~$24B), and TikTok (~$22B) — making it the largest video media business globally by revenue, ahead of every traditional broadcaster and streaming competitor.
Google Subscriptions Segment (Context)
Alphabet’s “Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices” segment — which includes YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, Google One, Play Store, and hardware — generated:
- Q1 2026: $12.384 billion (+19% YoY) — per Alphabet Q1 2026 SEC filing
- Full Year 2025: $48.030 billion (+19% YoY) — per Alphabet 2025 Annual Report
CFO Anat Ashkenazi attributed Q1 2026 segment growth to “strong growth in both YouTube subscriptions, particularly in YouTube Music and Premium, and Google One subscriptions.”
YouTube Shorts Statistics
YouTube Shorts launched globally in July 2021 as a direct competitive response to TikTok. In four years, it has become the largest short-form video format by daily views on Earth — and the most important new revenue surface YouTube has built since ads.
The 200 billion daily views figure was disclosed by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (June 2025). YouTube’s prior official Shorts milestone was 70 billion daily views (March 2024) — making the 200 billion figure a 186% increase in approximately 15 months.
Critical note on Shorts view counting: YouTube changed its Shorts view counting methodology on March 31, 2025. Since then, a Short view is counted whenever a Short starts to play or replay, with no minimum watch time requirement. Prior figures used engaged views (minimum watch time required). This makes direct pre/post comparison directional rather than exact. YouTube’s monetization and Partner Program eligibility continue to use the original “engaged views” metric.
| Metric | Value | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Shorts views | 200 billion+ | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Cannes Lions 2025 | June 2025 |
| Daily Shorts views (prior milestone) | 70 billion | Official YouTube disclosure | March 2024 |
| YoY views growth | +186% | Derived from official milestones | Mar 2024 → Jun 2025 |
| Shorts monthly signed-in users | 2 billion+ | Official YouTube disclosure | 2023 (most recent official) |
| U.S. Shorts viewers (2025) | 175.1 million | eMarketer estimate | 2025 |
| Average Shorts length (optimal for engagement) | 50–60 seconds | Creator benchmarks | 2025–2026 |
| Shorts revenue sharing | Per engaged view, RPM $0.03–$0.06 | Industry estimates | 2025–2026 |
YouTube TV & Streaming Statistics
YouTube’s conquest of the television screen is the most significant strategic development in its recent history — and the least covered by statistics articles that still frame YouTube as a mobile-phone platform.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan disclosed at Cannes Lions 2025 that viewers now watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TVs every day. In the same month, YouTube held Nielsen’s #1 streaming position for the fourth consecutive month with 12.5% of all U.S. TV viewership — the largest share any streaming service or broadcast channel had ever recorded in Nielsen’s Gauge tracking history.
| Metric | Value | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV watch time per day (global) | 1 billion+ hours | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Cannes Lions 2025 | June 2025 |
| U.S. TV viewership share (Nielsen Gauge) | 12.5% | Nielsen The Gauge, May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Nielsen Gauge #1 rank consecutive months | 4+ months | Nielsen / multiple reporting | Through May 2025 |
| Nielsen lead over #2 Disney (in share points) | 4.0 points | Nielsen April 2025 Gauge | April 2025 |
| YouTube TV subscribers | Undisclosed | Alphabet does not disclose separately | — |
| U.S. paid subscriptions total (YouTube + Google One) | 350 million | Sundar Pichai, Q1 2026 earnings call | April 2026 |
The 12.5% Nielsen Gauge figure is the most significant competitive data point in this section: it means YouTube commanded more U.S. TV viewership in May 2025 than Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and every major cable network — individually and, in most cases, combined.
YouTube Creator & Content Statistics
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Videos uploaded per minute | 500+ hours | YouTube / industry consensus |
| Total videos on platform | 900 million+ | Third-party estimates, August 2025 |
| YouTube channels worldwide | 115 million+ | Third-party estimates |
| Channels with 1M+ subscribers | ~25,000 | Third-party estimates |
| YouTube Partner Program creators paid (past 3 years) | More than ever disclosed | YouTube / Alphabet |
| Shopping content hours watched (2025) | 35 billion+ hours | YouTube / Alphabet-cited |
| Podcast content monthly viewers | 1 billion+ | YouTube official disclosure |
| YouTube #1 podcast platform (U.S.) | Yes | Nielsen / Infinite Dial 2026 |
| U.S. adults 12+ who have watched a video podcast | 51% | Edison Research Infinite Dial 2026 |
YouTube’s podcast positioning is a structural shift that has received insufficient attention in competitor stats articles. The platform now claims over 1 billion monthly viewers of podcast content — and Edison Research’s 2026 Infinite Dial report shows 51% of Americans 12+ have watched a video podcast, primarily on YouTube.
YouTube vs. Competing Platforms
| Metric | YouTube | TikTok | Netflix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAU (est.) | ~2.7 billion | ~2.21 billion | 3 billion | 301 million paid |
| Daily views (short-form) | 200B+ (Shorts) | — | 200B+ (Reels) | — |
| 2025 total revenue | $60B+ | ~$22B | ~$83.6B (est.) | $43.0B |
| 2025 ad revenue (verified) | $40.367B | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | ~$2.5B |
| U.S. TV viewership share | 12.5% (#1) | Low | Low | ~8% |
| U.S. adult adoption | 83% | 33% | 50% | 61% (service awareness) |
| U.S. teen adoption | 90% | ~60% | ~60% | — |
| Average session | ~85 min/day | ~60 min/day | ~33 min/day | ~2h/day (TV) |
| Primary content format | Long-form + Shorts | Short-form | Reels + Stories | Long-form scripted |
| Subscription revenue | $19.6B+ implied | None meaningful | None | $40.5B |
| Largest age group | 25–34 (universal) | 18–24 | 25–34 | 25–34 |
YouTube’s unique structural advantage is the combination of long-form engagement + short-form scale + TV dominance + subscription revenue. No other platform operates successfully across all four simultaneously.
Methodology
Data Collection
Axis Intelligence Research compiled this dataset through a multi-source verification process conducted in June 2026:
- Primary financial data: All YouTube ad revenue figures ($9.883B Q1 2026; $40.367B FY2025; $36.147B FY2024) were extracted directly from Alphabet’s SEC filings — the highest confidence source available. The total revenue figure ($60B+) is a CEO disclosure from the same SEC filing (8-K).
- User data: Alphabet does not disclose YouTube MAU. The 2.7 billion MAU estimate is third-party consensus; the 2.53 billion advertising audience from DataReportal is the most authoritative proxy. Both are labeled explicitly.
- YTRI metric: Fully disclosed cross-source calculation combining SEC-reported ad revenue, CEO-disclosed total revenue, and YouTube’s official 125 million Premium/Music subscriber announcement. The ≥$19.6B implied subscription revenue figure has not been published in this form before.
- Shorts data: The 200 billion daily views figure is a CEO-level disclosure made at Cannes Lions 2025, verified via multiple credible secondary sources. View methodology change (March 2025) is disclosed explicitly.
- TV/Nielsen data: The 12.5% U.S. TV viewership figure is from Nielsen’s Gauge report (May 2025), cited by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at Cannes Lions 2025.
Limitations
- YouTube MAU is not officially disclosed. Third-party estimates vary between 2.5 and 2.74 billion.
- Subscription revenue (≥$19.6B implied) is an Axis Intelligence calculation, not a disclosed figure. The $60B total revenue is a floor (“surpassed”), not a precise figure.
- Country-level user figures are ad-audience estimates from DataReportal, not verified unique user counts.
- Shorts view counts changed methodology in March 2025; pre- and post-change figures are not perfectly comparable.
- The 125 million YouTube Premium/Music figure dates to March 2025. Post-Q1 2026 subscriber growth is referenced qualitatively (“largest quarterly increase in non-trial subscribers since launch”) but no updated subscriber count has been officially disclosed.
Confidence Tiers
| Tier | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Primary verified | SEC filing or official investor disclosure | YouTube ad revenue by quarter/year; $60B+ total; Q1 2026 $9.883B |
| Primary — CEO disclosure | Named executive statement in earnings call or official event | 200B Shorts views (Mohan, Cannes 2025); $60B+ total (Pichai, Q4 2025) |
| Primary — survey | Pew Research Center primary survey | U.S. adult usage 83%; U.S. teen usage 90% |
| Directional-institutional | DataReportal ad tool analysis; Nielsen Gauge | Ad audience 2.53B; 12.5% TV share |
| Directional-calculated | Axis Intelligence original metric | YTRI: $156.80 sub ARPU; $19.6B+ implied sub revenue |
About This Dataset
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many users does YouTube have in 2026?
YouTube has an estimated 2.7 billion monthly active users in 2026, based on third-party consensus estimates. Alphabet does not officially disclose YouTube’s MAU. The most authoritative publicly accessible figure is DataReportal’s analysis of Google’s ad planning tools, which shows a YouTube advertising audience of 2.53 billion users as of January 2025. These are distinct metrics: the MAU estimate is a third-party calculation, while the advertising audience is derived from Google’s own tools.
How much revenue does YouTube make?
YouTube’s total revenue surpassed $60 billion in 2025, combining advertising ($40.367 billion, per Alphabet’s SEC Annual Report) and subscriptions (≥$19.6 billion, Axis Intelligence calculation). In Q1 2026, YouTube ad revenue reached $9.883 billion (+11% YoY), per Alphabet’s official SEC 8-K filing. Alphabet does not separately disclose YouTube subscription revenue.
How many views does YouTube Shorts get?
YouTube Shorts averages over 200 billion daily views as of mid-2025 — a 186% increase from 70 billion in early 2024 — disclosed by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at the Cannes Lions 2025 festival. Note that YouTube changed its Shorts view counting methodology in March 2025: views now count whenever a Short starts to play with no minimum watch time, making direct comparison to earlier figures directional rather than exact.
Is YouTube the most-watched streaming platform?
Yes, in the United States. YouTube held the #1 position in Nielsen’s Gauge streaming report for four consecutive months through May 2025, capturing 12.5% of all U.S. TV viewership — the largest share any streaming service or broadcast channel has ever recorded in Nielsen’s tracking history. This exceeds Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and all major cable networks individually.
What percentage of U.S. adults use YouTube?
83% of U.S. adults use YouTube, making it the most widely adopted online platform tracked by the Pew Research Center (Americans’ Social Media Use 2025, survey of 5,022 U.S. adults, February–June 2025). YouTube is the only platform with majority usage across all age groups, including 64% of adults 65+ — a demographic where most platforms see sharp drop-off.
How many YouTube Premium subscribers are there?
YouTube Music and Premium surpassed 125 million combined subscribers globally as of March 2025, announced by YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen. Q1 2026 saw the “largest quarterly increase in non-trial subscribers since the service launched in 2018,” per Sundar Pichai during the Q1 2026 earnings call, though no updated subscriber count was disclosed. Total Alphabet paid subscriptions (YouTube + Google One) reached 350 million in Q1 2026.
What is the Axis Intelligence YTRI?
The YouTube Total Revenue Index (YTRI) is an original Axis Intelligence Research metric published June 14, 2026. It reconstructs YouTube’s implied subscription revenue by subtracting SEC-verified ad revenue ($40.367B) from CEO-disclosed total revenue ($60B+), yielding ≥$19.6B in implied subscription revenue for 2025. Dividing by the 125M subscriber count produces an implied subscription ARPU of ~$156.80/year — compared to $15.95 in ad revenue per average advertising-audience user. The 9.8× premium ratio reveals the extreme monetization difference between subscribers and general users. Released CC BY 4.0.
How does YouTube compare to Netflix?
YouTube’s 2025 total revenue ($60B+) significantly exceeds Netflix’s 2025 revenue (~$43B). YouTube’s U.S. TV viewership share (12.5%, Nielsen May 2025) also surpasses Netflix’s (~8%). However, Netflix’s model is primarily subscription-based with over 300 million paid subscribers, while YouTube’s revenue is more diversified across advertising, Premium subscriptions, YouTube TV, and creator monetization tools.
Which country has the most YouTube users?
India is the largest YouTube market, with an estimated 462–491 million users, followed by the United States (238–253 million), Brazil (144 million), Indonesia (143 million), and Mexico (83.6 million). These figures are advertising audience estimates from DataReportal and Google’s ad planning tools, not officially published user counts.
How much content is uploaded to YouTube per minute?
Over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, building a library of more than 900 million videos across more than 115 million channels worldwide as of 2025. Users collectively watch more than 1 billion hours of YouTube video per day, with an additional 1 billion hours specifically on television screens.
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<tr><td style="padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #f3f4f6;">Total Revenue 2025 (ads + subs)</td><td style="padding:8px;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;">$60B+ (official)</td></tr>
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Article published June 14, 2026. This page is part of Axis Intelligence’s living statistics library — updated quarterly. All financial figures are sourced directly from Alphabet’s SEC filings except where explicitly noted as third-party estimates or CEO disclosures.