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Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One
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Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One

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  • The company said it now has 350 million paid subscriptions across its services, up from 325 million in Q4 2025, with YouTube and Google One — its cloud storage and subscription service — plans driving the recent growth
  • Google pointed to the growth of Gemini in the key enterprise market, noting a 40% quarter-over-quarter increase in paid monthly active users
  • 99 billion in YouTube ad revenue this quarter, but it pulled in $9
  • Last year, YouTube's annual revenue topped $60 billion across both ads and subscriptions, with Q4 2025 bringing in $11
  • 9 billion, which included healthy cloud growth

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

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