YouTube's $60B revenue revealed amid paid subscriber push
3 months ago
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- YouTube generated over $60bn in revenue in 2025, surpassing Netflix's $45bn.
- Revenue comes from ads and paid subscriptions, with YouTube Premium boosting subscriptions to over 325 million.
- YouTube Shorts averages over 200 billion daily views.
- YouTube is the second most-watched media service in the UK, with 94% of adult internet users accessing it.
- Netflix and YouTube are blurring competitive lines, with both platforms expanding into each other's content territories.
- AI tools like Google's AI Overviews are impacting content creators, leading to regulatory scrutiny.
- Google plans to invest more in AI despite concerns from creators and publishers.