Google released its financial report for the second quarter of 2026 today. In the report, the company shared that YouTube saw ad sales of $11.06 billion for the quarter, a nearly 13% increase year over year.
Google Services as a whole, which includes everything from Google Chrome to Maps to YouTube TV, saw a revenue increase of 15% to $94.5 billion, led by 17% growth in Google Search & other, 15% in Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices, and 13% in YouTube ads.
In a statement included in the report, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said “We have exciting momentum across the board. Our popular AI features are driving Search query growth. Gemini models now process 22 billion API tokens per minute and the Gemini App has 950 million monthly active users. We are seeing strong demand for our security solutions, and our new Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber delivers highly cost efficient performance at the frontier. And month over month, people turn to YouTube for major world events, with over 1.7 billion unique viewers watching World Cup-related videos during the FIFA World Cup 2026.”
In a blog post this week, YouTube shared that more than 1.7 billion unique viewers globally watched videos about the World Cup on the platform during the tournament, with 550 million of those watching on TVs. The official YouTube channel of FIFA saw over 4 billion views and drew in over 7.5 million new subscribers during that time.
