In the last quarter of 2021, Netflix gained an additional 8.3 million subscribers worldwide, down 200,000 from the 8.5 million previously estimated by the company. A small failure which however initially caused the company's share price to drop by almost 20%, the biggest drop since June 2020, specifies the CNBC site, to today reach almost 50%.
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The streaming platform still has almost 222 million subscribers at the end of the year, and estimates that it will add 2.5 million in the first quarter of 2022, a less optimistic projection than the 4 million of the same period in 2021. “While loyalty and engagement remain positive, the growth of new subscribers is still not at the level of the pre-Covid period, explains Netflix. We attribute this to several factors, such as the spread of Covid-19 and the economic difficulties in certain parts of the world such as Latin Americaâ€.
Netflix displays its optimism
However, Netflix's revenue is up 16% year-on-year, and subscriber numbers are up 9%. "Even in a world of increasing uncertainty and competition, we are optimistic about our long-term growth as streaming continues to supplant linear entertainment around the world."