US EditionNetflix Says 'More Than Half' of Its Subscribers Watch Anime
LOS ANGELES, JUL 7 – Netflix reports over 150 million households watch anime, with viewership tripling in five years and 33 titles in 2024's Global Top 10 non-English rankings.
- At Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Netflix announced that over half of its 300 million global users watch anime, indicating a major milestone in its worldwide viewership.
- Over five years, Netflix's global anime viewership tripled, driven by strategic investments and expanded content offerings, leading to over 150 million households watching anime worldwide.
- Netflix's anime was streamed over 1 billion times in 2024, with 80–90% preferring dubbed audio in 33 supported languages.
- Following the Anime Expo reveal, Netflix plans to release new titles, including My Melody & Kuromi on July 24, and new episodes start July 14.
- Dentsu calls anime a global phenomenon, reflecting Netflix’s over 50% user engagement and signaling a shift in worldwide media consumption trends.
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Anime has officially crossed over from niche fandom to global mainstream, with Netflix revealing that more than 50 percent of its global subscribers watched anime content in the past year. The streaming giant announced the numbers during the recently concluded Anime Expo 2025, showcasing an exponential rise in global fandom and cementing the genre’s influence […]
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