It is useful to start with simple truths when we consider the value of users to Netflix's capital accumulation. To accumulate revenues, Netflix needs users -- either to pay a subscription fee or to be the captive audience for advertising. Moreover, if revenues per user do not increase, such as from price inflation, Netflix will … Continue reading Examining user value in the economics of Netflix: the number of subscribers
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Netflix’s Crisis of Accumulation: chart book for my SCMS2025 presentation
I will be presenting at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference on Friday, April 4 at 6PM. Here is the chart book for the presentation, which contains sources and notes on all of the figures: [ PDF of SCMS2025 Chart Book ] Here is the original abstract I wrote for the presentation: … Continue reading Netflix’s Crisis of Accumulation: chart book for my SCMS2025 presentation
The habits of Netflix’s users
Like other streaming services, Netflix does not make its user data public. To date, there are two exceptions to this privacy. Netflix released a large dataset of anonymized user activity when it offered a one million dollar prize for the best AI model that could predict user ratings with data between 1998 and 2005. Netflix … Continue reading The habits of Netflix’s users



