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  "claim": "YouTube's revenue across ads and subscriptions exceeded $60 billion in 2025",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How much revenue does YouTube make a year?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Alphabet",
    "title": "Alphabet Q4 and Fiscal Year 2025 Results",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "YouTube revenue across ads and subscriptions exceeded $60 billion for the full year 2025.",
  "method": "Alphabet earnings release.",
  "drift": [
    "Includes subscriptions (Premium, Music, YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket), not ads alone"
  ],
  "interest": "The company reporting its own results.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Alphabet said YouTube's 2025 revenue across ads and subscriptions exceeded $60 billion.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Alphabet Q4 2025 earnings release (PDF)",
      "url": "https://s206.q4cdn.com/479360582/files/doc_financials/2025/q4/2025q4-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "as_of": "Full year 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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