Google celebrated its 25th birthday on September 27, 2023. The company celebrated the milestone with a special Google Doodle that honored the evolution of the Google logo, and some surprises in Search. The Doodle morphed from past Google logos into the current logo and then into a doodle that incorporated the number 25, with confetti on the top of the Google results page. Google also created a "Google surprise spinner" – a virtual wheel that spins and selects a game at random. The short video games were created by Google and the spinner was accessed by Googling.

Googles search engine and products have revolutionized the ways we find information, communicate, and even drive. The company has come a long way since its launch in 1998, and it has become more than a search engine. Today, Google maps the world, brings AI into everyday tools, and helps people gain skills in digital careers, among other things. For its 25th birthday, Google took a look at itself by the numbers (25 of em, to be exact) to reflect on its origins and see how far it has come. Some of the fun facts include:

• A googol: A one with 100 zeroes — and also, the inspiration for Googles name.
• 0: The 100-trillionth digit of pi, which a Google researcher discovered in 2022.
• 70 billion: How many generative AI unicorns are Google Cloud customers.
• 12 billion: The number of visual searches conducted using Google Lens every month.
• 5,000+: How many Google Doodles have been created.

Googles success is due to its employees, partners, and most importantly, all the people who use its products. As Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote, "it’s an enormous privilege to reach this milestone — and we haven’t done it alone".