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Fact Facts: Netflix Tops 50 Million Subscribers Worldwide, 36 Million of Them in U.S.

July 21, 2014 by Gary Price

The new Netflix subscriber numbers were shared today when the company announced Q2 2014 earnings.
Facts from Letter to Shareholders by Netflix CEO and Co-Founder, Reed Hastings and CFO, David Wells:

Overall

  • Over 50 Million Subscribers in 30 Countries
  • 36 Million Subscribers in U.S.
  • 14 Million Subscribers Internationally

DVD-by Mail

  • 6.3 Million DVD-by-mail Subscribers in U.S
  • During Q2, 2013 Netflix Lost 475K DVD Subscribers
  • During Q2, 2014 Netflix Lost 391K DVD Subscribers

Read the Complete Letter (PDF)

Video Interview/Discussion With Reed Hastings (July 21, 2014)

Interview conducted by Doug Anmuth of JP Morgan and Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson.

Filed under: Interviews, News, Profiles

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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