Global streaming subscription revenue **jumped 14 percent in 2025** to reach a total of $157.1 billion. That amounts to a **tripling over the past five years** from $50 billion in 2020.
> The international expansion of global streaming services, the rollout of ad-supported tiers, and consistent price increases across major platforms have contributed to the increase.
HibbletonFan on
Fuelled by enshitification
ROBtimusPrime1995 on
Pay everyone less, charge customers more, create few content that’s actually worth watching, create shit ton of bad content, triple revenue.
Repeat.
RaisinBran21 on
And yet I’m always seeing redditors boycotting Netflix after every price hike 🤔
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Global streaming subscription revenue **jumped 14 percent in 2025** to reach a total of $157.1 billion. That amounts to a **tripling over the past five years** from $50 billion in 2020.
> The international expansion of global streaming services, the rollout of ad-supported tiers, and consistent price increases across major platforms have contributed to the increase.
Fuelled by enshitification
Pay everyone less, charge customers more, create few content that’s actually worth watching, create shit ton of bad content, triple revenue.
Repeat.
And yet I’m always seeing redditors boycotting Netflix after every price hike 🤔