YouTube Pumps Up Ad Sales 10.7% to $9.9 Billion in Q1

Home Digital News Apr 29, 2026 1:07pm PT YouTube Pumps Up Ad Sales 10.7% to $9.9 Billion in Q1 By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest YouTube Pumps Up Ad Sales 10.7% to $9.9 Billion in Q1 8 minutes ago Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: ‘It Is Not Government’s Job to Censor Speech’ 6 hours ago Jane Fonda Slams FCC’s Review of ABC Licenses as ‘Naked Attempt to Weaponize Government Power Against Dissent’ 21 hours ago See All Getty Images Time spent viewing on YouTube, the internet’s most massive video platform, keeps growing at a healthy clip — and with it, YouTube continues to see a double-digit uptick in ad revenue. YouTube generated ad sales of $9.88 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 10.7% year over year. The growth is especially impressive off an already large top-line number. That came in shy of Wall Street analysts expectations for YouTube advertising revenue in the quarter to be $9.99 billion, according to StreetAccount. The results were part of the Q1 earnings report from Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube. Related Stories Ally Simpson Promoted to President of Television at North Road’s Kinetic Content