Netflix

This article is about the streaming service. For the company, see Netflix, Inc. For other uses, see Netflix (disambiguation).

Netflix
Logo for the Netflix service.
Logo used since 2014
Screenshot
Screenshot of Netflix's English website in December 2023
Type of site
OTT streaming platform
Available in45 languages
List of languages
  • Arabic (Egyptian and Modern Standard)
  • Basque (content only)
  • Catalan (content only)
  • Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi[1]
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian[2]
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Kannada
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Marathi (content only)
  • Norwegian (Bokmål)
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian (content only)
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu (content only)
  • Vietnamese
HeadquartersLos Gatos, California, U.S.
Country of originUnited States
Area servedWorldwide (except China, Crimea, North Korea, Russia, and Syria)[3][4]
Industry
Products
Services
  • Film production
  • film distribution
  • television production
  • television distribution
ParentNetflix, Inc.
URLnetflix.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
UsersIncrease 282.7 million (as of October 17, 2024)[5]
LaunchedJanuary 16, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01-16)
Current statusActive
ASN

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages.[6]

Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media services, with 282.7 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2024.[5][7] By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2023, Netflix is the 23rd most-visited website in the world, with 23.66% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 5.84%, and Brazil at 5.64%.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Netflix is now available in Hindi". Netflix (Press release). August 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 5, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "APA KABAR INDONESIA? NETFLIX CAN NOW SPEAK BAHASA INDONESIA". Netflix (Press release). October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Where is Netflix available?". Netflix. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Russia suspension was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Netflix third-quarter subscribers barely beat estimates as ad-tier members jump 35%". CNBC. October 17, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Netflix - Overview - Profile". ir.netflix.net. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  7. ^ Lauren Forristal (July 19, 2023). "Netflix gains nearly 6M subscribers as paid sharing soars". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "Top Websites Ranking". Similarweb. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "netflix.com". similarweb.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.