Google benefited massively from the growing online activity of internet users and businesses in the past quarter.

The turnover of parent company Alphabet rose by 62 percent year-on-year to around 61.9 billion dollars (52.4 billion euros).

In terms of profit, there was a jump from just under $ 7 billion a year earlier to a good $ 18.5 billion, as Alphabet announced after the US market closed on Tuesday.

Online advertising in Google's search engine and other areas is still the mainstay of the business.

Google's advertising revenues rose in the second quarter by around 69 percent to a good 50.4 billion dollars.

The video platform Youtube brought in 7 billion dollars - after 3.8 billion dollars a year ago.

Google's cloud service revenue increased by more than half to $ 4.6 billion.

The quarterly figures exceeded the expectations of the analysts, the share price rose at times by two percent in after-hours trading.