YouTube Revenue Soars Past $60 Billion in 2025, Driven by Subscriptions and AI

• Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced YouTube's total revenue exceeded $60 billion in 2025, including ads and subscriptions.
• Subscription revenue, particularly from YouTube Music Premium, saw strong growth, with new YouTube TV plans and genre-specific packages launching soon.
• YouTube's advertising sales grew 8.7% to $11.4 billion in Q4 2025; overall subscription services contributed $13.6 billion to Google's Q4 revenue.
• The platform has 325 million paid subscriptions across consumer services, with YouTube Premium and Music Premium reaching 125 million global subscribers.
• AI tools are transforming YouTube, with over a million channels using AI creation tools and 20 million viewers using the Gemini-powered 'Ask' tool.