
YouTube Ad Revenue Reached $11.1 Billion in Q2
Ad sales rose 13% from a year earlier. Alphabet pointed to World Cup-related strength alongside direct response, brand advertising and living-room viewing.
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Ad sales rose 13% from a year earlier. Alphabet pointed to World Cup-related strength alongside direct response, brand advertising and living-room viewing.
The upload control is starting with YouTube Partner Program channels; Ask Studio can now generate and revise thumbnails only for long-form videos.

Shows may surface in search, Recommended shows and Continue watching, giving serialized creator videos a presentation designed for bigger screens.

The 2025 U.S. report puts the ecosystem above 540,000 full-time-equivalent jobs, compared with 490,000 in YouTube's 2024 estimate.

New episodes of Good Mythical Morning, Mythical Kitchen and Last Meals will reach Netflix and YouTube on the same day starting September 7.

A 2 million-video YouTube study found 146,800 affiliate videos; 45.5% had any disclosure and 12.2% clearly told viewers about compensation and the linked relationship.