Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph as a DVD rental service, Netflix launched the video streaming product we know today in 2007. The company, which has 213.6 million paid subscribers worldwide as of Q3 2021, has a market cap of close to $285 billion. In this article, you can find the most up-to-date revenue and subscriber statistics for Netflix, with past comparisons and future forecasts. 

Company Overview

Founded Date	1997
Founders	Reed Hastings, Marc Randolph
Headquarter	Los Gatos, CA
Number of Employees	14,000+
Crunchbase Profile	Profile Link
Stock Symbol	NASDAQ: NFLX

Key Statistics

For the first quarter of 2022, Netflix reported a revenue of $7.87 billion, up 9.8% year-over-year, with $1.97 billion in operating income. In Q1 2022, Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers. The company expected to lose another 2 million in Q2 2022.

Squid Game, released on September 17, 2021 on Netflix, has become Netflix’s biggest TV show ever, with 142 million member households watching worldwide. It has been ranked $1 Netflix program in 94 countries, including the United States. 

Netflix’s Squid Game is estimated to create an almost $900 million in value for the streaming service, according to Bloomberg. 

Netflix has also started to focus on games for mobile devices. It started testing mobile games in its Android app in Poland. As part of its gaming efforts, the Netflix acquired Night School Studio, independent game developer best known for its branching narratives like Oxenfree.

Netflix Acquisitions

+ Netflix has started to focus on games for mobile devices. It started testing mobile games in its Android app in Poland. As part of its gaming efforts, Netflix acquired Night School Studio in September 2021, independent game developer best known for its branching narratives like Oxenfree.

+ In March 2022, Netflix acquired Finnish mobile game developer Next Games, for a total equity value of approximately €65 million. 

+ In March 2022, Netflix acquired Texas-based mobile game developer Boss Fight Entertainment, for an undisclosed sum.

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Netflix Revenue Statistics

Netflix revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was nearly $7.93 billion, up 5.9% year-over-year.

For the first quarter of 2022, Netflix reported a revenue of $7.87 billion, up 9.8% year-over-year, with $1.97 billion in operating income. The company said its relatively high household penetration – when including the large number of households sharing accounts – combined with competition, created revenue growth headwinds for the quarter.

Quarter	Netflix Revenue
Q3 2022	$7.93 billion
Q2 2022	$7.97 billion
Q1 2022	$7.87 billion
Q4 2021	$7.7 billion
Q3 2021	$7.5 billion
Q2 2021	$7.34 billion
Q1 2021	$7.16 billion

Netflix Annual Revenue

Netflix reported an annual revenue of $29.5 billion in 2021, up 19% year-over-year. 

Year	Netflix Annual Revenue
2021	$29.5 billion
2020	$24.9 billion
2019	$20.1 billion
2018	$15.7 billion
2017	$11.6 billion
2016	$8.8 billion
2015	$6.7 billion
2014	$5.4 billion
2013	$4.3 billion
2012	$3.5 billion
2011	$3.1 billion

Netflix ARPU

Netflix ARPU (average revenue per paid user) rose 1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022.

Netflix ARPU (average revenue per paid user) rose 2% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022.

ARPU by Region in Q2 2021

In Q3 2022, Netflix ARPU in North America amounted to $16.37. By comparison, streaming memberships in Latin America brought in just $8.58.

In Q2 2021, Netflix revealed that its average monthly revenue per paying streaming customer in North America amounted to 14.54 U.S. dollars. By comparison, streaming memberships in Latin America brought in just 7.5 U.S. dollars per month on average.

Netflix User Statistics

In the third quarter of 2022, Netflix added 2.4 million new paid subscribers, bringing total subscribers to 223.09 million, up 4.5% year-over-year.

In Q1 2022, Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers. The company expects to lose another 2 million in Q2 2022.

Quarter	Netflix Subscribers Worldwide
Q3 2022	223.09 million
Q2 2022	220.67 million
Q1 2022	221.64 million
Q4 2021	221.84 million
Q3 2021	213.56 million
Q2 2021	209 million
Q1 2021	207.64 million

In Q4 2021, Netflix reached 221.84 million subscribers.

The streaming giant added 4.4 million paid net adds (vs. 2.2 million in Q3’20) to end the third quarter with 214 million paid Netflix memberships worldwide. The company under-forecasted paid net subscribers for the quarter (4.4 million actual vs. its 3.5 million projection), while ending paid memberships of 214 million was within 0.4% of its forecast. 

Netflix Subscribers Worldwide

At the end of 2021, number of Netflix subscribers reached 221.84 million.

At the end of 2020, Netflix reported 203.66 million subscribers worldwide.

Year	Netflix Yearly Subscribers Worldwide
2021	221.84 million
2020	203.66 million
2019	167.09 million
2018	139.26 million
2017	110.64 million
2016	89.09 million

Netflix Subscribers by region

In the third quarter of 2022, Netflix revealed that it had 73.4 million paying streaming subscribers in the United States and Canada, making North America the company’s second largest market in the world after Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Monthly Active Users of Netflix Apps

+ In Q1 2022, Netflix continued to have the most monthly active users (MAUs), with 39% market share in the United States.

+ In the first half of 2021, Netflix mobile app on both iOS and Android lost some of its monthly active users (MAU) worldwide. Between January and June 2021, Netflix mobile app on Android went from more than 112 million MAU to roughly 91 million, down by 19 percent. Monthly active users of the app on iPhone and iPad combined experienced a slower decrease, passing from 92.5 million monthly active users to roughly 90 million as of June 2021.

Most Watched Netflix Originals TV Series

Squid Game has become the most watched Netflix TV show ever, with 142 million member households watching worldwide. 

TV Series	Worldwide View
Squid Game S1	142 million
Bridgerton S1	82 million
Lupin S1	76 million
The Witcher S1	76 million
Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) S5	69 million
Sex/Life S1	67 million
Stranger Things S3	67 million
Maid	67 million
Money Heist S4	65 million
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness S1	64 million

Most Watched Netflix Movies

Movie	Worldwide View Hours
Bird Box	282 million hours
Extraction	231 million hours
The Irishman	215 million hours
Kissing Booth 2	209 million hours
6 Underground	205 million hours
Spenser Confidential	197 million hours
Enola Holmes	190 million hours
Army of the Dead	187 million hours
The Old Guard	186 million hours
Murder Mystery	170 million hours