Google said it now has 350 million paying subscribers across its services — another boost to what is becoming an increasingly important part of the search giant’s business.
The company’s subscriptions business grew 19% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, Google said on Wednesday. That was in line with the 19% growth that Google also saw in Search.
That jump for subscriptions was primarily driven by YouTube and Google One, the company said.
Speaking on the company’s Q1 earnings call, Google’s chief financial officer, Anat Ashkenazi, said Google One subscriptions “benefited from increased demand for AI plans.”
Google One gives paying users access to Google’s frontier models and more advanced AI features, including better image models and more creative AI tools.
Google has been drawing more attention to its subscription business in recent years. While advertising is still Google’s core moneymaker, subscriptions are becoming a bigger part of the pie.
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