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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.

6 publishers · 6 articles · first seen 28 Oct 2026 · updated 42m ago

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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 2 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

The odds

How the odds moved · YouTube Shorts
0%50%100%7%27 Oct, 19:10 UTCnowThe Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Premium and Music Subscribers Pass 150 Million as Ad Revenue Tops $11 Billion in Q3 · 28 Oct, 20:10 UTCVariety: YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Rises 9% to $11.2 Billion as Alphabet Misses Earnings Estimates · 28 Oct, 20:09 UTCBloomberg Technology: Alphabet Reports Disappointing Revenue, Income; Shares Drop · 28 Oct, 20:06 UTCAll Content from Business Insider: YouTube missed expectations on ad revenue as growth slowed down · 28 Oct, 20:49 UTCtheinformation.com: Google Quarterly Revenue Grows 25% But Falls Short of Expectations · 28 Oct, 20:39 UTCDeadline: YouTube Ad Revenue Rises 9% But Parent Alphabet Misses Wall Street’s Q3 Targets; Stock Drops · 28 Oct, 20:24 UTC

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Price data
TimeChance of yes
now7%
28 Oct, 21:22 UTC24%
28 Oct, 20:59 UTC53%
28 Oct, 20:17 UTC24%
27 Oct, 19:10 UTC27%

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.

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  1. YouTube Premium and Music Subscribers Pass 150 Million as Ad Revenue Tops $11 Billion in Q3 The Hollywood Reporter ·
  2. YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Rises 9% to $11.2 Billion as Alphabet Misses Earnings Estimates Variety ·
  3. Alphabet Reports Disappointing Revenue, Income; Shares Drop Bloomberg Technology ·
  4. YouTube missed expectations on ad revenue as growth slowed down All Content from Business Insider
  5. Google Quarterly Revenue Grows 25% But Falls Short of Expectations theinformation.com
  6. YouTube Ad Revenue Rises 9% But Parent Alphabet Misses Wall Street’s Q3 Targets; Stock Drops Deadline

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  • Kalshi YouTube Shorts 7% −20 $3k 24hends 31 Mar 2027

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  • Polymarket Will Alphabet be the third-largest company in the world by market cap on October 31? 4% −35 $10k 24hends 1 Nov 2026

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