Amazon's ad Business jumps 22% year over year, making $15.7B

The company lowered projections for operating income in Q3

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Amazon’s ad business continued its double-digit growth in the second quarter of 2025, proving that the ecommerce giant’s dominance in retail media is going strong while further expanding into streaming, live sports, gaming, and adtech.

The numbers

$15.7 billion: How much Amazon made from advertising in the second quarter, up 22% year-over-year.

13%: The amount that Amazon’s net sales increased compared to last year’s Q2 earnings, putting it at $167.7 billion.

$30.9 billion: How much the company made on its cloud-computing business, AWS. That’s a 17.5% increase year-over-year.

$12.2 billion: The amount Amazon made on subscription services in Q2, up 11% year over year.

$40.3 billion: How much Amazon made on third-party seller services in the second quarter, an increase of 10% year over year.

$15.5-$20.5 billion: The operating income that Amazon expects for Q3. This was lower than the average of analyst projections, which was $19.4 billion, according to Bloomberg, leading to a 2.5% dip in shares during after-market trading.

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