Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Five way the Coronavirus pandemic has influenced Netflix

Five Aspects The Pandemic Has Influenced Netflix
  1. Demand is declining-much more than predicted by Netflix

Netflix gained only 2.2 million paying consumers in the 3 months to 30 September, as per its latest figures, as the increase in demand for its services sparked by the disease outbreak faded. The final estimation that came in July showed a decrease of 5% of the company’s share.

Paolo Pescatore, analyst at PP Foresight, announced, “The pandemic streaming gathering has reached a conclusion.”

However, Netflix still tops the list in number of followers with the total of 200 million subscribers.

  1. The Old Guard, gained 78 million views and become the hit within four weeks of its launch

The Netflix original, The Old guard, within four weeks of its launch gained 78 million viewers thereby making it the quarter’s most successful title for the company.

Attracting 76 million, 75 million and 66 million individuals during the first four weeks following their launch, Enola Holmes, Project Power and The Kissing Booth 2 were also successful.

  1. Markets overseas are utterly vital for the business.

Netflix’s number of foreign subscribers has already surpassed those in the US, and growth abroad remains critical.

The fastest growth of subscribers occurred in its Asia Pacific area in the most recent period with 1 million new subscribers and nearly half sign-ups.

In Japan and South Korea, the company boasted that it is now reporting membership in a “double-digit” share of high speed internet-connected homes.

Read more

Netflix sees soaring subscriptions during pandemic lockdown

Netflix reported increasing profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdown. “After record subscriber additions, Netflix is and will continue to be the media company least impacted by COVID-19,” said eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom. “Their business is a near perfect fit to a population that is suddenly … Read more