Netflix had 301.6 million paid memberships at 31 December 2024, up from 260.3 million a year earlier, according to its 10-K. That is the last count it published: Netflix stopped reporting membership numbers in 2025. Europe, Middle East and Africa is its largest region with 101.1 million members, ahead of 89.6 million in the US and Canada. Revenue, the figure Netflix now leads with, rose to $45.2 billion in 2025.
How we source: the figures in the boxes and charts on this page come from Netflix’s own annual filing, with the period stated next to each number. Data checked 4 November 2026. The original article below may quote earlier periods. Our methodology.
Key figures · 31 December 2024, the last year-end for which Netflix reported membership numbers (it stopped in 2025)
Paid memberships worldwide, 31 Dec 2024, FY2024301.6M+15.9% vs prior year
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)101.1M+13.9% vs prior year
United States and Canada (UCAN)89.6M+11.9% vs prior year
Asia-Pacific (APAC)57.5M+26.9% vs prior year
Latin America (LATAM)53.3M+15.9% vs prior year
Total revenues, fiscal 2025$45.2B (up 16% from $39.0B)Year to 31 December 2025
Membership reportingDiscontinued in 2025Fiscal 2025
Average monthly revenue per paying membership$11.70 (UCAN $17.20, APAC $7.29)Fiscal 2024
In 2023 Netflix had over 260 million paid subscribers. In 2022, Netflix had 230 million paid subscribers and almost 222 million paid subscribers in 2021.
Netflix's revenue reached $45.2B in 2025, 5.1x its 2016 level. Source: NetflixForm 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts. Analysis by The Business Engineer.Netflix's operating margin rose from 4% in 2016 to 29% in 2025. Source: NetflixForm 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts. Margins calculated. Analysis by The Business Engineer.In 2022, The Walt Disney Company’s total paid subscriber base was larger than Netlfix, with over 235 million paid members, compared with Netflix’s over 230 million members. However, Disney’s offering is fragmented among Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, compared with Netflix, which has a single offering.
Outside the US and Canada, Netflix now makes 57% of its revenue. Source: Netflix shareholder letters (Form 8-K, SEC EDGAR) (regional breakdown tables); regions sum to reported revenue. Analysis by The Business Engineer.
A 3-minute explainer of Netflix's business model and latest numbers, built from its SEC filings. Analysis by The Business Engineer.
Netflix turns $12.6B of quarterly revenue into $4.2B of operating profit. Source: Netflix Q2 2026 shareholder letter (Form 8-K, SEC). Costs calculated; cost of revenues is mainly content amortisation per Netflix's filings. Analysis by The Business Engineer.
Netflix is a subscription-based business model making money with three simple plans: basic, standard, and premium, giving access to stream series, movies, and shows. Leveraging on a streaming platform, Netflix generated over $33.7 billion in 2023, with an operating income of over $6.95 billion and a net income of over $5.4 billion. Starting in 2013, Netflix started to develop its content under the Netflix Originals brand, which today represents the most important strategic asset for the company that, in 2023, counted over 260 million paying members worldwide.
Binge-watching is the practice of watching TV series all at once. In a speech at the Edinburgh Television Festival in 2013, Kevin Spacey said: “If they want to binge then we should let them binge.” This new content format would be popularized by Netflix, launching its TV series all at once.
Coopetition describes a recently modern phenomenon where organizations both compete and cooperate, which is also known as cooperative competition. A recent example is how the Netflix streaming platform has been among the major customers of Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure, while Amazon Prime has been among the competitors of the Netflix Prime content platform.
Netflix SWOT: global scale and 29% margins, against a slowing home market and the fight for viewing time. Source: Netflix Form 10-K (SEC XBRL) and shareholder letters Q4 2025–Q2 2026 (Form 8-K, SEC); quotes from the letters. Framework: FourWeekMBA / The Business Engineer. Analysis by The Business Engineer.
Netflix’s largest individual shareholder is Reed Hastings, co-founder, and former CEO of the company, now Chairperson of Netflix, with a 1.76% stake, valued at over $4.5 billion as of January 2024. Other significant individual shareholders comprise Jay C. Hoag, the company’s directors since 1999, and Ted Sarandos, former chief content officer and now Chief Executive Officer of Netflix. Major institutional shareholders comprise The Vanguard Group (7.99% ownership), BlackRock (6.24% ownership), and FMR (5.35% ownership).
In 2023 Netflix had over 260 million paid subscribers. In 2022, Netflix had 230 million paid subscribers and almost 222 million paid subscribers in 2021.
Netflix reported an average yearly revenue per subscriber of $139.68 in 2023, compared to $141.12 in 2022. Thus, Netflix had an average revenue per subscriber of $120 in 2019 (pre-COVID) and $139.68 by 2023.
In 2023, Netflix reported an average monthly revenue per subscriber of $16.28 in the US & Canada, $10.87 in EMEA, $7.64 in APAC, and $8.66 in the LATAM region. Thus, the US & Canada reported the highest average monthly revenue per subscriber of $16.28.
In 2022, The Walt Disney Company’s total paid subscriber base was larger than Netlfix, with over 235 million paid members, compared with Netflix’s over 230 million members. However, Disney’s offering is fragmented among Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, compared with Netflix, which has a single offering.
Netflix in charts
Netflix's fastest growth is in Latin America (+21%) and Asia-Pacific (+16%). Source: Netflix shareholder letters (Form 8-K, SEC EDGAR). Analysis by The Business Engineer.Netflix at a glance: $12.6B of revenue and a 33% operating margin in one quarter. Source: Netflix shareholder letters (Form 8-K, SEC EDGAR) (Q2 2026); 2025 from Form 10-K. YoY calculated. Analysis by The Business Engineer.
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