YouTube’s revenue in 2013 was $3.5 billion, according to reports.

The Information cites two unnamed sources, stating that YouTube made $3.5 billion in advertising revenue last year; this comes to about $1.5 billion in net revenue after sharing with content providers - and the platform is said to have been profitable off that figure.

Google has never released revenue figures for the video streaming service, but the reported numbers fall below analyst predictions. Research firm eMarketer estimated in December that ...