US EditionNetflix Says 'More Than Half' of Its Subscribers Watch Anime
- Netflix revealed at Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles that over half of its global users watch anime, reaching more than 150 million households.
- This surge resulted from anime viewership tripling on Netflix over the past five years, as the medium expanded from niche to global powerhouse.
- Netflix showcased a robust new anime lineup featuring titles like Sakamoto Days, premiering weekly from July 14, along with teased series such as Record of Ragnarok III and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.
- In 2024, anime content on Netflix was streamed over 1 billion times, with 33 anime titles landing in the Global Top 10 rankings, and 80 to 90 percent of viewers preferring dubbed versions in up to 33 languages.
- These developments suggest Netflix will continue investing in anime, reinforcing it as a core genre vital to its global content strategy and cultural reach.
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Netflix Says 'More Than Half' of Its Subscribers Watch Anime
Netflix made a splash at Anime Expo 2025 with a slew of announcements, but the biggest surprise might be that half of all of its subscribers are anime fans.The streaming mega company touched on the numbers in a post that was shared as part of Anime Expo during the weekend. Included in the list of upcoming shows fans can look forward to, such as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, Sakamoto Days, and Dan Da Dan, Netflix shared that “more than half of Netfli…
"Sakamoto Days", "Spy x Family" or "Cyberpunk Edgerunners" : Netflix likes to offer animations to its subscribers and is not ready to stop.
Anime are for children or nerds – aren't they? No, say Netflix's new business figures. They suggest that Japanese animation series have arrived in the mainstream.
An estimated 300 million viewers watch anime, and the number of views of this content has tripled in the last five years
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