Google AdSense (Publisher) Revenue Share Highest Ever - Maybe

A WebmasterWorld has taken Google's first quarter earnings and has computer the revenue share of the ads sold on AdSense publishers sites. He has noted an increase in share from 77.9% share in Q1 2006 to 83.7% in Q1 2007.

In fact, 83.7% is the highest revenue share ever recorded. The lowest recorded is 77.1% in the forth quarter of 2004.

QTR	Publisher Revenue	Publisher Payouts	Revenue Share
Q1 2007	1,350,000,000	1,130,000,000	83.7%
Q4 2006	1,200,000,000	976,000,000	81.3%
Q3 2006	1,040,000,000	825,000,000	79.3%
Q2 2006	997,000,000	785,000,000	78.7%
Q1 2006	928,000,000	723,000,000	77.9%
Q4 2005	799,000,000	629,000,000	78.7%
Q3 2005	675,000,000	530,000,000	78.5%
Q2 2005	630,000,000	494,000,000	78.4%
Q1 2005	584,000,000	462,000,000	79.1%
Q4 2004	490,000,000	378,000,000	77.1%
Q3 2004	384,000,000	303,000,000	78.9%
Q2 2004	346,000,000	277,000,000	80.1%
Q1 2004	334,000,000	271,000,000	81.1%
Q4 2003	175,000,000	144,000,000	82.3%

Google Financial Release

Of course, these are not the exact numbers AdSense publishers are seeing. Some publishers have special arrangements with Google and they earn more than normal publishers.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.