Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One
Key takeaways
- Google has added another 25 million paid subscriptions to its services over the past quarter, parent company Alphabet announced during its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday.
- The earnings report didn t highlight the number of Gemini subscribers or its monthly active users.
- The lack of solid numbers may suggest that the Gemini chatbot still has more than 750 million users, the same benchmark reported in the prior quarter.
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Google has added another 25 million paid subscriptions to its services over the past quarter, parent company Alphabet announced during its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday. The company said it now has 350 million paid subscriptions across its services, up from 325 million in Q4 2025, with You Tube and Google One its cloud storage and subscription service plans driving the recent growth.
The earnings report didn t highlight the number of Gemini subscribers or its monthly active users. But access to advanced Gemini features is now bundled in with those Google One plans, which are growing.
The lack of solid numbers may suggest that the Gemini chatbot still has more than 750 million users, the same benchmark reported in the prior quarter. Google pointed to the growth of Gemini in the key enterprise market, noting a 40% quarter-over-quarter increase in paid monthly active users. It did not offer a solid number here, either.