Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has disclosed its first-quarter 2025 results, which highlight a 12% year-on-year growth in revenue, reaching $99,258 million, approximately 79,585 million euros. This robust performance has been primarily driven by the Google Search segment.
Furthermore, the divisions of Google Search, YouTube Ads, Google subscriptions, platforms and devices, and Google Cloud presented double-digit growth rates. Regarding net profits, they amounted to $34,540 million, achieving a 46% increase compared to the first quarter of 2024.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, stated: «We are pleased with the strong first-quarter results, which reflect solid growth and great dynamism throughout the company. This growth is underpinned by our unique comprehensive AI approach. This quarter was extremely exciting, as we launched Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent AI model, which is making advances in performance and serves as an extraordinary foundation for our future innovation.
The search sector experienced strong continuous growth, driven by the interaction we observe with features like AI Overviews, which now has 1.5 billion monthly users. Driven by YouTube and Google One, we surpassed 270 million paid subscriptions. And Cloud grew rapidly due to significant demand for our solutions.»
During the first quarter of 2025, Google Search once again positioned itself as the main revenue driver for the company, generating $50,702 million in the first quarter of 2025, a 9.8% year-on-year increase. Additionally, this figure represents 56.2% of Google’s total revenue during this period.
The company is investing in technological improvements for Search, integrating more AI and machine learning capabilities that continue to optimize the search process for users. One of the levers highlighted by the company is the AI Overviews, which already have 1.5 billion monthly users.
Google’s revenue breakdown / Source: Google
It should be noted that almost all of the company’s lines of business have shown positive growth, with the exception of Google Network (-2%) and Other Bets (-9%). The decline of the latter contrasts with the significant growth experienced in the same period of the previous year when its revenues increased by 71.8%.
Returning to positive figures, Google Cloud has grown the most. This division has achieved a 28% year-on-year revenue increase, reaching $12,260 million (approximately 10,800 million euros). Its main products, AI infrastructure and generative AI solutions have led the growth in this area.
The revenue from subscriptions, platforms, and devices of Google increased by 18.7%, making it the second-largest area by growth level. Meanwhile, YouTube Ads grew by 10.3%.
In contrast to what is happening in other major companies, which are announcing layoffs, Google has increased its workforce. By the end of the first quarter of 2025, the technology company had 185,719 employees, which represents a 2.7% increase over the same period in 2024.
As Google continues to develop its technology and expand its services and products, it is logical to increase its workforce to drive the development of new technological solutions. This strategy allows the company to stay competitive and continue innovating in high-growth markets.
Although everything can change due to multiple factors, such as the economic landscape, it seems that Google is moving in the right direction and reaping the benefits of its focus on key areas such as AI. This positions it away from the situation faced by other companies and from darker times like the layoff wave conducted in 2023.
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