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Google Reports $81.6B Search Ad Revenue in Q2 2026, Up 14.5% Year-Over-Year

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Google's Q2 2026 search ad revenue grew 14.5% to $81.6 billion, driven by AI Overviews and AI Mode adoption.

SERoundtable reports on Alphabet's Q2 2026 earnings, highlighting Google Search's 17% revenue growth to $63.3 billion and overall ad revenue of $81.6 billion, up 14.5% year-over-year. CEO Sundar Pichai attributed the momentum to AI features, noting that AI Mode has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users since expanding globally last October and is now driving incremental increases in overall Search queries, with billions of clicks flowing to websites weekly through AI-powered features.
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