Netflix Revenue Surges Past $200 Billion Over the Last Decade

Netflix’s marketing strategies and adjustments have kept the platform highly relevant, attracting multiple subscribers and significant earnings in the last decade. According to Stocklytics.com, Netflix’s revenue has crossed the $200 billion mark, underscoring the streaming platform’s brilliant success.

The site’s financial analyst, Edith Reads, comments:

Netflix’s introduction of new ad-paid memberships tiers and the password sharing crackdown have helped to bolster its earnings coming into 2024.

Stockltytics financial analyst, Edith Reads

Netflix Earnings in 2024

Netflix concluded 2023 with over $33 billion in revenue, and this success carried into 2024, as the streaming platform achieved significant revenue gains early in the year. 

In the first quarter of 2024, the internet streaming service added over $9.3 billion to its revenue belt, setting the pace for the corresponding quarters. Moving into Q2 2024, the platform generated nearly $9.6 billion, culminating in a 15% rise from the corresponding quarter last year.

Moreover, Netflix’s subscriber base has seen remarkable growth in Q2, with an increase of 8 million members, bringing the cumulative tally to 278 million subscribers. This growth represents a 16.5% year-over-year increase in global subscriptions, with most of the subscribers from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa surpassing the U.S. and Canadian consumer base.

Why is Netflix Seeing a Massive Rise in Revenue?

Netflix’s ad-supported memberships have significantly boosted the platform’s gains. In Q2’24, ad memberships saw astounding growth, with Netflix reporting a 34% increase in memberships compared to the same quarter last year. Ad-tier memberships now account for an impressive 45% of all Netflix market signups.

BMO Capital Markets analyst Brian Pitz projects that Netflix will cross the 50 million ad-tier member milestone by the end of 2024, hinting at continued growth for the platform’s ad business. 

With Netflix discontinuing its cheapest ad-free plan for subscribers in the U.S. and France, after the phase-out in Canada and the UK, more subscribers are likely to shift to ad-tier plans, translating into more substantial revenue gains for the streaming platform.

Moreover, Netflix has put considerable effort into augmenting its production and licensing assets. In 2023, The platform’s licensed content assets amounted to $12.72 billion, while its produced content assets settled at $18.9 billion.

However, Netflix has been questioned on its prioritization of content spending, with investors feeling that increased spending negatively affects cash flow. To address this, Netflix plans to spread the cost of its content assets in the long term while relying on other sources of revenue. 

Furthermore, the platform’s acceleration of game content investment contributed significantly to its revenue gains in the last decade. Netflix is set on increasing game content even as it plans to roll out the new multiplayer Squid game product towards the end of 2024.