![Infographic: The Incredible Size of Google's Advertising Business | Statista](https://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_10416_google_s_ad_revenue_in_perspective_n.jpg)
source:
Statista.com
"[T]he lion’s share of the company’s [Alphabet's] revenue still stems from the core Google segment and its advertising business in particular. Ad revenue amounted to $22.67 billion in the three months ending June 30, accounting for 87 percent of the company’s total revenue. Google’s advertising business is safely on track to surpass $90 billion this year, making it the largest ad-selling company in the world by far. "--Statista.com
Net digital ad revenues of Google as percentage of
total digital advertising revenues worldwide from 2016 and projected through 2019 are
in the range of 32-33%. Competitors to Google are Amazon (in both search and advertising) and Facebook (in advertising). See also
Google and Facebook Are the New Media Barons | Bloomberg.com.
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Change in advertising revenue, 2010-2016. Source: Magna Global, Bloomberg Intelligence and Google filings. |
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source: $GOOGL / $GOOG Q2 2017 Earnings Release |
The above list of 10 largest internet companies from
Wikipedia.org:
"This is a list of the world's largest internet companies by revenue and market capitalization. The list is restricted to dotcom
companies, defined as a company that does the majority of its business on the Internet, with annual revenues
exceeding 1 billion USD. It excludes Internet service providers or other information technology companies. For a more
general list of IT companies, see list of the largest information technology companies." [
Editor's note:
Alphabet / Google is listed as a "Search" company and
Facebook as a "Social" company but actually both are giant
advertising companies.]
See also the
NASDAQ: GOOGL and
NASDAQ: GOOG (stock charts).
![Infographic: The Numbers Behind Google's Online Empire | Statista](https://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_9467_usage_of_google_services_n.jpg)
source:
Statista.com