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Netflix global audience surges

Netflix is booming on the back of its subscribers outside of the United States. The Silicon Valley-based streaming service added 9.9 million paid subscribers in the first six months of 2017

2013: First original series debuts – production costs push Netflix into negative free cash flow.

2017: Stranger Things (above) earns 18 nominations in Emmy Awards

Paid subscribers U.S. (millions)
Paid subscribers International
$m Revenues
-$m Negative free cash flow*

2008 $1,365m 9.16 
2009 $1,670.3m 11.89
2010 $2,162.6m 18.27
2011 $3,204.6m 22.01 1.86 20.15
2012 $3,609.3m 30.36 4.89 25.47
2013 $4,374.6m 42.64 10.93 31.71
2014 $5,504.7m 55.89 16.78 39.11 -$53m
2015 $6,779.5m 70.84 27.44 43.40 -$841m
2016 $8,830.7m 89.10 41.19 47.91 -$1,582m
2017 $5,422.1m (Jan-Jun) 99.04 48.72 50.32 -$996m

*Financial performance calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures

Source: Netflix quarterly earnings reports 

Picture: Netflix

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