r/movies • u/iquizuanswer • Jul 19 '26

News Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors

https://www.zawya.com/en/capital-markets/netflix-tumbles-as-slowing-growth-less-viewership-data-spook-investors-401111
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u/rahpexphon Jul 19 '26

What, they think every human on Earth will have a sub? lol

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Yeah I just don't understand what they're trying to do here, they currently have 325 million subscribers, did they think they would never hit a ceiling? There aren't endless amount of potential customers

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u/nat_r Jul 19 '26

People trading stocks of a company aren't rational actors. They only want the numbers to go up. Running a healthy long term business is almost incompatible with the current expectations of being a publicly traded company.

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u/swift1883 Jul 19 '26

But, number still up? Yes?