Alphabet Misses Q3 Targets as YouTube Ad Revenue Rises 9% to $11.2 Billion Hot: Odds moved 35 points in 24 hours
YouTube ad revenue grew 9% to $11.2 billion, but parent Alphabet missed Wall Street estimates on total sales and profit, causing shares to drop.
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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 2 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The odds
Each tick is a source publishing on this story
Price data
| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 7% |
| 28 Oct, 21:22 UTC | 24% |
| 28 Oct, 20:59 UTC | 53% |
| 28 Oct, 20:17 UTC | 24% |
| 27 Oct, 19:10 UTC | 27% |
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Step through each article in the order it published and watch YouTube Shorts respond.
The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 28 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Technology published first, on 28 October at 20:06 UTC; Variety followed 3 min later. The most recent article, from All Content from Business Insider, appeared on 28 October at 20:49 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, theinformation.com, All Content from Business Insider.
2 prediction markets price this story:
- YouTube Shorts — the market puts it at 7%, with $3k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Mar 2027. The market resolves to Yes if an Alphabet representative mentions YouTube Shorts during the upcoming earnings call or Q&A session. It resolves to No if they do not mention it within that specific timeframe. Readers often mistake the linked news story about subscriber counts for the resolution criteria, but only spoken words on the earnings call count.
- Will Alphabet be the third-largest company in the world by market cap on October 31? — the market puts it at 4%, with $10k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Nov 2026. Alphabet must hold the third-highest market capitalization among all global companies at the end of trading on October 31, 2026. The outcome depends on the final closing prices reported by financial markets on that specific date. Readers often mistake the resolution source for a single news outlet or confuse the deadline with the date of the linked earnings report.
Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.
How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published, with the odds on YouTube Shorts at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.
- Bloomberg TechnologyAlphabet Reports Disappointing Revenue, Income; Shares Drop27%
- VarietyYouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Rises 9% to $11.2 Billion as Alphabet Misses Earnings Estimates27%
- The Hollywood ReporterYouTube Premium and Music Subscribers Pass 150 Million as Ad Revenue Tops $11 Billion in Q327%
- DeadlineYouTube Ad Revenue Rises 9% But Parent Alphabet Misses Wall Street’s Q3 Targets; Stock Drops24%▼3 points since the previous source
- theinformation.comGoogle Quarterly Revenue Grows 25% But Falls Short of Expectations24%
- All Content from Business InsiderYouTube missed expectations on ad revenue as growth slowed down24%
- Current odds7%
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- YouTube Premium and Music Subscribers Pass 150 Million as Ad Revenue Tops $11 Billion in Q3 The Hollywood Reporter ·
- YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Rises 9% to $11.2 Billion as Alphabet Misses Earnings Estimates Variety ·
- Alphabet Reports Disappointing Revenue, Income; Shares Drop Bloomberg Technology ·
- YouTube missed expectations on ad revenue as growth slowed down All Content from Business Insider
- Google Quarterly Revenue Grows 25% But Falls Short of Expectations theinformation.com
- YouTube Ad Revenue Rises 9% But Parent Alphabet Misses Wall Street’s Q3 Targets; Stock Drops Deadline
Related prediction markets
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- Kalshi YouTube Shorts 7% −20
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- Polymarket Will Alphabet be the third-largest company in the world by market cap on October 31? 4% −35
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