{"id":19819,"date":"2020-04-15T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=19819"},"modified":"2020-04-15T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:50:42","slug":"disney-hit-50-million-subs-in-just-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/disney-hit-50-million-subs-in-just-five-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ hit 50 million subs in just five months"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">After launching last November in limited markets, video streaming service Disney+ has since expanded to over fifteen territories and signed up 50m subscribers.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Disney+ announced they had 26.5 million subscribers at the end of 2019. In 2020 they continued their roll out to eight European countries and have had a massive impact in India with 8m subscribers. In India Disney+ is merged with the already popular Hotstar streaming service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are very impressive numbers, considering they aren&#8217;t padded out with extended free trials. Disney+ only offer 7-day free trials. For comparison, Netflix currently hold 169m subscribers. It will be interesting to see Disney&#8217;s numbers grown as they expand into more parts of Europe, Latin America, Asia and Pacific over the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cWe\u2019re truly humbled that Disney+ is resonating with millions around the globe, and believe this bodes well for our continued expansion throughout Western Europe and into Japan and all of Latin America later this year.\u201d<\/p><cite>Kevin Mayer, Chairman, Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer &amp; International<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After launching last November in limited markets, video streaming service Disney+ has since expanded to over fifteen territories and signed up 50m subscribers. Disney+ announced they had 26.5 million subscribers at the end of 2019. In 2020 they continued their roll out to eight European countries and have had a massive impact in India with 8m subscribers. In India Disney+ is merged with the already popular Hotstar streaming service. These are very impressive numbers, considering they aren&#8217;t padded out with extended free trials. Disney+ only offer 7-day free trials. For comparison, Netflix currently hold 169m subscribers. 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