**From Business Insider’s James Faris:**
Hollywood has another reason to fear YouTube.
The Google-owned streaming giant generated more advertising revenue last year than Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Skydance, and Warner Bros. Discovery — combined.
YouTube’s $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025 exceeded the $37.8 billion sum from its four closest Hollywood competitors, according to new estimates from media research firm MoffettNathanson. (With fifth-place rival Fox added in, the traditional media cohort would be ahead of YouTube at $44.8 billion.)
That’s a substantial change from 2024, when YouTube’s $36.1 billion in ad revenue fell short of the $41.8 billion total from Disney, Comcast’s NBCU, Paramount, and WBD, per MoffettNathanson.
The ads on YouTube were crazy. You’d get hit with a bunch every few minutes. Made the app completely usable imo. I switched to watching in Brave browser and haven’t seen an ad in years.
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**From Business Insider’s James Faris:**
Hollywood has another reason to fear YouTube.
The Google-owned streaming giant generated more advertising revenue last year than Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Skydance, and Warner Bros. Discovery — combined.
YouTube’s $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025 exceeded the $37.8 billion sum from its four closest Hollywood competitors, according to new estimates from media research firm MoffettNathanson. (With fifth-place rival Fox added in, the traditional media cohort would be ahead of YouTube at $44.8 billion.)
That’s a substantial change from 2024, when YouTube’s $36.1 billion in ad revenue fell short of the $41.8 billion total from Disney, Comcast’s NBCU, Paramount, and WBD, per MoffettNathanson.
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The ads on YouTube were crazy. You’d get hit with a bunch every few minutes. Made the app completely usable imo. I switched to watching in Brave browser and haven’t seen an ad in years.