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Alphabet Shares Outstanding History (GOOGL)
Alphabet reported 12.09B shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.
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| Fiscal year | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | Growth |
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| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 12.09B | −123.0M | −1.01% |
| 2024 | 2024-12-31 | 12.21B | −249.0M | −2.00% |
| 2023 | 2023-12-31 | 12.46B | −389.0M | −3.03% |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | 12.85B | −393.0M | −2.97% |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 13.24B | −262.4M | −1.94% |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | 13.50B | −261.83B | −95.10% |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | 275.33B | −2.89B | −1.04% |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | 278.22B | 309.2M | +0.11% |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | 277.91B | 1.40B | +0.50% |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | 276.52B | 1.58B | +0.57% |
| 2015 | 2015-12-31 | 274.94B | 2.87B | +1.06% |
| 2014 | 2014-12-31 | 272.07B | — | — |
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| Fiscal quarter | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | YoY change |
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| Q2 2026 | 2026-06-30 | 12.23B | 126.0M | +1.04% |
| Q1 2026 | 2026-03-31 | 12.12B | −39.0M | −0.32% |
| Q4 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 12.09B | −123.0M | −1.01% |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-09-30 | 12.08B | −187.0M | −1.52% |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-06-30 | 12.10B | −218.0M | −1.77% |
| Q1 2025 | 2025-03-31 | 12.15B | −226.0M | −1.83% |
| Q4 2024 | 2024-12-31 | 12.21B | −249.0M | −2.00% |
| Q3 2024 | 2024-09-30 | 12.26B | −277.0M | −2.21% |
| Q2 2024 | 2024-06-30 | 12.32B | −307.0M | −2.43% |
| Q1 2024 | 2024-03-31 | 12.38B | −341.0M | −2.68% |
| Q4 2023 | 2023-12-31 | 12.46B | −389.0M | −3.03% |
| Q3 2023 | 2023-09-30 | 12.54B | −430.0M | −3.32% |
| Q2 2023 | 2023-06-30 | 12.63B | −449.0M | −3.43% |
| Q1 2023 | 2023-03-31 | 12.72B | −453.3M | −3.44% |
| Q4 2022 | 2022-12-31 | 12.85B | −393.0M | −2.97% |
| Q3 2022 | 2022-09-30 | 12.97B | −252.90B | −95.12% |
| Q2 2022 | 2022-06-30 | 13.08B | −253.98B | −95.10% |
| Q1 2022 | 2022-03-31 | 13.18B | −255.26B | −95.09% |
| Q4 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 13.24B | −262.4M | −1.94% |
| Q3 2021 | 2021-09-30 | 265.87B | −5.22B | −1.92% |
| Q2 2021 | 2021-06-30 | 267.05B | −5.43B | −1.99% |
| Q1 2021 | 2021-03-31 | 268.44B | −5.15B | −1.88% |
| Q4 2020 | 2020-12-31 | 13.50B | −261.83B | −95.10% |
| Q3 2020 | 2020-09-30 | 271.09B | −5.27B | −1.91% |
| Q2 2020 | 2020-06-30 | 272.49B | −5.13B | −1.85% |
| Q1 2020 | 2020-03-31 | 273.59B | −4.32B | −1.56% |
| Q4 2019 | 2019-12-31 | 275.33B | −2.89B | −1.04% |
| Q3 2019 | 2019-09-30 | 276.36B | −2.02B | −0.73% |
| Q2 2019 | 2019-06-30 | 277.62B | −758.4M | −0.27% |
| Q1 2019 | 2019-03-31 | 277.91B | −65.2M | −0.02% |
| Q4 2018 | 2018-12-31 | 278.22B | 309.2M | +0.11% |
| Q3 2018 | 2018-09-30 | 278.38B | 466.8M | +0.17% |
| Q2 2018 | 2018-06-30 | 278.38B | 1.23B | +0.44% |
| Q1 2018 | 2018-03-31 | 277.98B | 1.13B | +0.41% |
| Q4 2017 | 2017-12-31 | 277.91B | 1.40B | +0.50% |
| Q3 2017 | 2017-09-30 | 277.92B | 2.26B | +0.82% |
| Q2 2017 | 2017-06-30 | 277.15B | 2.44B | +0.89% |
| Q1 2017 | 2017-03-31 | 276.84B | 2.13B | +0.77% |
| Q4 2016 | 2016-12-31 | 276.52B | 1.58B | +0.57% |
| Q3 2016 | 2016-09-30 | 275.65B | — | — |
| Q2 2016 | 2016-06-30 | 274.71B | — | — |
| Q1 2016 | 2016-03-31 | 274.72B | — | — |
| Q4 2015 | 2015-12-31 | 274.94B | — | — |
Alphabet Share Buyback History
A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Alphabet share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.
Alphabet used $45.71B to repurchase common stock in fy 2025. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $279.00B. The latest reported quarter showed $0 of share repurchases.
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Share repurchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | $45.71B |
| 2024 | 2024-12-31 | $62.22B |
| 2023 | 2023-12-31 | $61.50B |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | $59.30B |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | $50.27B |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | $31.15B |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | $18.40B |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | $9.07B |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | $4.85B |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | $3.69B |
TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.
Alphabet shares outstanding trends
Over the last five fiscal years, Alphabet's shares outstanding moved from 13.50B to 12.09B, a change of −1.42B. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 12.23B.
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What shares outstanding means
Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.
Calculation and source
SEC-reported period-end shares
TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.
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