By taskmaster4450 on Skatehive
YouTube is now larger than Disney. Let that sink in for a moment. The revenues for YouTube topped $60 billion in 2025, surpassing Disney. This is a historic moment. YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney Co.’s media business, which generated $60.9 billion last year (excluding Disney’s lucrative experiences division). We not only see this in revenues; it is also reflected in the valuation. While YouTube's value is an estimate, it does speak to what is taking place. The firm, which declared YouTube the “new king of all media” last year, is now valued at between $500 billion-$560 billion, far above any traditional media competitors. The closest would be Netflix, which has a market cap of about $409 billion as of writing. This is evidenc