--- title: YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue description: YouTube generated $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025, surpassing the combined ad revenue of Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery ($37.8... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-surpasses-disney-paramount-wbd-in-2025-ad-revenue-htvrtytup twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue | daily.dev og:description: YouTube generated $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025, surpassing the combined ad revenue of Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery ($37.8... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-surpasses-disney-paramount-wbd-in-2025-ad-revenue-htvrtytup og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hTvrtyTUp.png og:image:alt: YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary YouTube generated $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025, surpassing the combined ad revenue of Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery ($37.8 billion). This marks a reversal from 2024, when YouTube's $36.1 billion trailed the studios' collective $41.8 billion. YouTube's total revenue hit $60 billion when including subscriptions, exceeding Netflix's $45.2 billion. The shift reflects changing content consumption habits and advertiser strategies favoring platforms where younger audiences spend time. Meta still leads in ad revenue at $196.2 billion. YouTube also announced an expansion of its AI deepfake detection technology to politicians, government officials, and journalists. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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