Alphabet continues to leverage its full-stack approach to grow its advertising and cloud businesses. Google Services recorded slower growth that failed to meet Wall Street expectations, resulting in a sell-down of its shares. Nevertheless, Google Cloud continued to record significant business growth.
| Segmental Revenue | Q3 2025 (US$ million) | Q3 2026 (US$ million) | Percentage change |
| Google Services | 87,052 | 96,302 | +10.6% |
| -Google Search & other | 56,567 | 63,350 | +12.0% |
| -YouTube ads | 10,261 | 11,207 | +9.2% |
| -Google Network | 7,354 | 7,455 | +1.4% |
| -Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices | 12,870 | 14,290 | +11.0% |
| Google Cloud | 15,157 | 30,709 | +102.6% |
| Other Bets | 344 | 372 | +8.1% |
| Hedging gains (losses) | (207) | 194 | n.m. |
| Total | 102,346 | 127,577 | 24.7% |
Alphabet recorded double-digit revenue growth for 13 consecutive quarters. This was partially offset by a foreign exchange headwind that had a more significant negative impact sequentially on Google Search. The company’s annual revenue run rate exceeded half a trillion dollars. Operating income increased 29.9% year-on-year to US$40.6 billion while operating margin improved from 30.5% to 31.8% year-on-year in Q3 2026.
The company recorded advertising growth across all major verticals, led by retail and followed by finance in Google Search. Meanwhile, brand contributed to
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