Last quarter, Google roared out of the pandemic with a file $17.9 billion in revenue, lastly becoming a member of different tech giants that had been raking it in regardless of (or maybe due to) the rise of COVID-19. But Alphabet’s Q2 2021 earnings do it one higher — the corporate simply set an all-time file income of $61.9 billion this quarter, and set file earnings for the third quarter in a row. Many of the numbers the corporate’s posting at the moment (PDF) are almost double these it reported a yr in the past.

Google search seems to be the large driver, taking pictures up over $14 billion since this time final yr to $35.8 billion complete (that’s almost $4 billion greater than it did final quarter as properly). YouTube promoting income grew tremendously as properly, almost doubling to $7 billion, in comparison with $3.8 billion final yr. That’s $1 billion greater than YouTube pulled in final quarter.

One large query was whether or not this is able to be the quarter Alphabet’s fast-growing Google Cloud enterprise would cease hemorrhaging money, after the bleeding slowed to only beneath a billion in Q1. While the division nonetheless isn’t worthwhile, Q2 reveals it solely misplaced $591 million, because it grew income from $4 billion final quarter to $4.6 billion this one. (Cloud did $4 billion final quarter.)

Wondering how Google’s {hardware} enterprise is doing forward of a attainable new Pixel 6 Pro and possibly a brand new stab at smartwatches later this yr? Unfortunately, Google doesn’t escape {hardware} numbers but, however there’s a “Google other” class which incorporates different gadgets as properly. It’s now pulling in $6.6 billion in income, up from $5.1 billion a yr in the past.

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