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YouTube Ad Revenue

In Q2 2026, YouTube generated $11.1B in advertising revenue, up 12.9% from a year earlier — a trailing-twelve-month run rate of $43B. That is 13.5% of Google's total advertising revenue. These are Alphabet's own reported figures from its SEC filings — the only official YouTube revenue numbers that exist.

Latest quarter
$11.1B
Q2 2026
Year over year
+12.9%
Trailing 12 months
$43B
Share of Google ads
13.5%

Quarterly ad revenue since disclosure began

Mar 31, 2019Jun 30, 2026
3B7.2B11.4B2020202120222023202420252026GOOGL (Alphabet)357$11.1B
YouTube advertising revenue per quarter, $ billions, with GOOGL (top, log scale) — the stock this line reprices each earnings day. Q1 2019 – Q2 2026. Source: Alphabet 10-Q/10-K XBRL segment facts; GOOGL adjusted closes from our daily price database. Alphabet first disclosed YouTube ad revenue in February 2020, with quarterly history back to 2019.

YouTube's share of Google advertising

YouTube ads ÷ Google's total advertising line (Search & other + YouTube + Network). The slow climb is the story of video taking share inside the world's largest ad business.

Mar 31, 2019Jun 30, 2026
9.8%12.4%14.9%202020212022202320242025202613.5%
YouTube advertising as a share of Google's total advertising revenue, %, quarterly.

Why traders and investors watch this

YouTube is the growth story inside Alphabet's ad business and one of the handful of numbers GOOGL trades on at earnings — a beat or miss on this line moves one of the S&P 500's largest weights the same afternoon. It also carries a cycle read: brand video budgets are more discretionary than search spend, so YouTube decelerating faster than Google's total advertising line is a classic early sign of ad-budget cuts, while YouTube outgrowing Search signals brand demand running hot. And for anyone underwriting the streaming-ads theme — Netflix's ad tier, Roku, connected-TV pitches — this is the benchmark: the one large video ad business whose numbers appear in audited filings rather than estimates.

How this is computed — and what it can't tell you

Alphabet tags YouTube ad revenue as a distinct segment fact in its quarterly and annual SEC filings; we extract those XBRL facts directly from each filing and derive fourth quarters as the annual figure minus the nine-month total. What this line excludes matters: YouTube Premium and Music subscriptions, YouTube TV, and YouTube's share of Google's hardware bundles all sit in other revenue lines — total YouTube revenue is meaningfully larger than the advertising line shown here, and Alphabet does not disclose it. Ad revenue is also gross, before the roughly half that is paid out to creators as revenue share (a cost, not a revenue deduction).

Sources, methodology & freshnessLast updated 2026-06-30 · Open ↓
Source
Alphabet Inc. 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings, SEC EDGAR (public domain)
Methodology
goog:YouTubeAdvertisingRevenueMember revenue facts parsed from filing instances; Q4 = FY − 9M YTD
Updates
Quarterly — within a day of Alphabet's SEC filing, typically earnings dayLast: 2026-06-30
Maintained & reviewed by Yuriy Matso — methodology shown on the page.

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How YouTube Ad Revenue Works

  1. 1
    Alphabet's own segment fact
    Alphabet tags YouTube ad revenue as a distinct XBRL segment fact (YouTubeAdvertisingRevenueMember) in its 10-Qs and 10-Ks. We extract those facts directly from each filing — these are the only official YouTube revenue figures anywhere; everything else you see quoted is an estimate or is quoting these.
  2. 2
    Disclosure began in 2020, history to 2019
    Alphabet first broke out YouTube ad revenue in February 2020 and provided quarterly history back to Q1 2019. Nothing earlier exists at quarterly resolution — any older "YouTube revenue" figure is a third-party estimate.
  3. 3
    Q4 is derived
    10-Ks report the full year, so fourth quarters are computed as the annual figure minus the nine-month total — standard for segment lines.
  4. 4
    Share of Google advertising
    We divide YouTube ads by Google's total advertising line (Search & other + YouTube + Network) each quarter — the cleanest measure of video taking share inside the world's largest ad business.

Who Uses YouTube Ad Revenue

GOOGL Traders & Investors
YouTube is the growth story inside Alphabet's ad business and a fixture of every earnings call. This page keeps the full reported history, YoY rate and share-of-Google trend in one place before and after each print.
Streaming & Media Analysts
YouTube's ad line is the benchmark connected-TV ad business actually reported in audited filings — the comparison base for Netflix's ad tier, Roku, and every streaming ad pitch deck.
Ad-Market Watchers
Brand and video budgets are more cyclical than search. YouTube growing faster or slower than Google's total ad line is a quarterly read on brand-spend appetite vs performance budgets.
Creators & Creator-Economy Investors
Roughly half of YouTube's ad revenue is paid out to creators as revenue share. The reported line is the top of the creator-economy funnel — its growth rate bounds what the payout pool can do.

Pro Tips

01
Compare YouTube's YoY to Google's total
The spread between YouTube's growth and total Google advertising growth is the brand-vs-search budget read. YouTube decelerating faster than Search flags brand-budget cuts — the classic early-cycle ad warning.
02
The ad line understates YouTube
Premium and Music subscriptions, YouTube TV, and hardware bundles sit in other Alphabet revenue lines. Total YouTube revenue is meaningfully larger than the advertising line — and Alphabet does not disclose it. Never quote this line as "YouTube's revenue."
03
Gross, before creator payouts
The reported figure is gross ad revenue; the roughly half paid to creators is a cost, not a revenue deduction. Margin math on this line without that adjustment is wrong.
04
Q4 seasonality is large
Holiday brand budgets make Q4 the biggest quarter every year. Read the YoY column, not the sequential change.

Common Issues & Solutions

Why does the series start in 2019?
Alphabet first disclosed YouTube ad revenue in February 2020, with quarterly history back to Q1 2019. Earlier quarters were never reported — no official figures exist before that.
Is this all of YouTube's revenue?
No — advertising only. Premium/Music subscriptions, YouTube TV and bundle revenue are reported elsewhere in Alphabet's lines and not broken out. The true YouTube total is larger and undisclosed.
Why hasn't the latest quarter appeared yet?
Figures appear when Alphabet files with the SEC — usually earnings day. If earnings were announced hours ago, the filing (and this page) may lag by a day.
How does this relate to the Platform Ad Revenue page?
YouTube is a subset of the Google advertising line shown there. This page isolates it because "how much money does YouTube make" is its own question — with its own share-of-Google trend.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money does YouTube make from ads?
The page hero shows the latest quarter Alphabet has reported to the SEC, with the year-over-year growth rate and the trailing-12-month total. These are Alphabet's own audited segment figures — the only official YouTube numbers that exist.
Is YouTube ad revenue all of YouTube's revenue?
No. The reported line excludes YouTube Premium and Music subscriptions, YouTube TV, and YouTube's share of hardware bundles, which sit in other Alphabet revenue lines. Total YouTube revenue is meaningfully larger, and Alphabet does not disclose it.
What share of Google's ad business is YouTube?
The page computes YouTube ads as a share of Google's total advertising line every quarter. The slow climb of that share is the story of video taking budget inside the world's largest ad business — the current figure is in the stat cards.
How much of YouTube ad revenue goes to creators?
YouTube's standard partner split pays creators 55% of ad revenue on long-form video (less on Shorts). The reported line is gross, before those payouts — they are booked as content costs, not netted from revenue.
Why does YouTube ad revenue matter for GOOGL stock?
YouTube is the growth engine inside Alphabet's ad business and one of the numbers the stock trades on at earnings. Because brand video budgets are more cyclical than search, YouTube's growth rate relative to Search is also read as an early signal on overall ad-market health.

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Last updated: 2026-06-30