Google (GOOGL) reports $11.207 billion of YouTube ad revenue in Q3 2026

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YouTube’s ad revenue was up almost a billion dollars from its reported numbers in Q3 2025.

TJ Denzer October 28, 2026 2:17 PM YouTube 1

With Google posting its Q3 2026 earnings, it also broke out its YouTube ad revenue for the quarter, which came out to $11.207 billion.

This number could be found in a breakdown of Google’s full Q3 2026 earnings results posted on its investor relations website. This quarter's YouTube ad revenue was up substantially from Q3 2025, where the company reported revenue of $10.26 billion in the same metric. Mind you, that’s $11.207 billion of Google’s overall revenue of $127.58 billion.

With this being a midterm election year in the United States, I can personally say that YouTube ads on free use of the platform have been particularly busy (overwhelming, really). Candidates spend millions on attempting to run their messaging nonstop based on regions.

That means a busier season in ad spend for YouTube, which is likely to cross into next quarter as well. Stay tuned to the YouTube topic for more news and updates.

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TJ Denzer Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at [email protected] and also find him on BlueSky @JohnnyChugs.

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