• by Wayne Friedman , July 11, 2025

Netflix continues its strong results in the second quarter of this year, adding 32 million gross global subscribers -- growing approximately twice as fast as two of its main competitors, according to Parrot Analytics.

Walt Disney’s Disney+ and Warner Bros Discovery (Max, discovery+) grew around 16 million 15.5 million, respectively.

Parrot also said first-quarter estimates for Netflix gross global subscriber additions were around 29 million -- with Disney+ at 17 million, and WBD at 15 million.

This comes as Netflix has said, when reporting its first quarter 2024, that starting in the first quarter of 2025 it would no longer release global subscriber data.

At the end of 2024, Netflix reported a 16% increase to 301.6 million global subscribers -- as well as 89.6 million in North America, and 81.4 million in the U.S.

In new projections, eMarketer says Netflix will see growth in two key business metrics -- subscribers and advertising -- projected to be up 7.8% this year (to $17.1 billion) and 49% more to ($2.1 billion), respectively.

Overall global Netflix “viewers” in 2025 are projected to come in at 759.1 million. In the U.S., the estimate is 196.8 million in -- up from 190.7 million a year ago. Viewers are defined here as users who watch Netflix app/platform at least once a month.