YouTube
YouTube is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle YouTube was paid $12.66M across 106 client committees, of which $1.44M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$11,215,203 | 506 rows | 88.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$1,441,181 | 153 rows | 11.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 22, 2010 → Apr 28, 2026
- spans 15.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 506
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 106
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Top buyers last 1 months · top 2
Top buyers last 3 months · top 5
Top buyers last 6 months · top 10
Top buyers last 12 months · top 10
Top buyers last 18 months · top 10
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
Table = cycle-to-date totals across all buyers. The fan above filters to the time window you select.
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $18,270 | 0.14% |
| Republican | $138,235 | 1.09% |
| Non-partisan | $12,499,880 | 98.76% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data. Tables and charts crawlers + AI assistants can read directly.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
top payers (left) → top revenue categories (right)Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
quarterly · last 5 cycleseven-year cycle (election) odd-year cycle (off-cycle)
Revenue by service category
Show as table (cycle-to-date with disbursement counts)
| Category | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| Digital | $8,924,597 | 294 |
| Other / Unclassified | $1,843,437 | 87 |
| Media | $226,049 | 47 |
| Strategy & Research | $135,224 | 7 |
| Software & Tech | $82,832 | 59 |
| Legal & Compliance | $2,500 | 4 |
| Admin & Office | $534 | 6 |
| Field & Voter Contact | $30 | 2 |
Recent disbursements showing 20 of 506
| Date | Filer | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1485731 | Advertising, Alliance Against Corporate Abuse, sponsored by Consumer Attorneys … | $250 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1485731 | Advertising, Alliance Against Corporate Abuse, sponsored by Consumer Attorneys … | $750 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1485077 | Digital Ad Buy | $1,384,987 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1485077 | Digital Ad Buy | $1,806,198 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 1489372 | Video Ads | $12,000 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 1486858 | Online ads | $51,000 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD | CAMPAIGN OFFICE TV SUBSCRIPTION | $88 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD | CAMPAIGN OFFICE TV SUBSCRIPTION | $88 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE | CABLE / INTERNET SERVICES | $88 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD | CAMPAIGN OFFICE TV SUBSCRIPTION | $88 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | GROMLICH, MATTHEW | PERSONAL CANDIDATE IN-KIND - YOUTUBE PREMIUM (4 MONTHS) | $53 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 1485139 | Digital Advertising | $8,084 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD | CAMPAIGN OFFICE TV SUBSCRIPTION | $88 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC. | OUTREACH & ACTIVISM EXPENSE | $15 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | DANS, PAUL | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $90 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 1423754 | Advertising, Alliance Against Corporate Abuse, sponsored by Consumer Attorneys … | $750 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 1485731 | Advertising, Alliance Against Corporate Abuse, sponsored by Consumer Attorneys … | $750 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE | CABLE / INTERNET SERVICES | $88 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC. | OUTREACH & ACTIVISM EXPENSE | $15 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD | CAMPAIGN OFFICE TV SUBSCRIPTION | $88 |