That number was quite a bit lower a few months ago, too, and Netflix can also boast that the fourth quarter of 2016 brought in 7.05 million new subscribers, making it the biggest quarter of growth in the company’s history.
2016 was Netflix’s most successful year as a whole, as well, which was certainly aided by that big Q4 boost.
Nothing to complain about for Reed Hastings of anyone else at Netflix, which now has a customer base that makes up more than a fourth of the U.S. population, and is closing in on the total number of people with cable and satellite subscriptions.