Editing Netflix (section)

{{Short description|American video streaming service}}
{{About|the streaming service|the company|Netflix, Inc.|other uses}}
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{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Netflix
| logo = Netflix 2015 logo.svg
| logo_size = 240px
| logo_alt = Logo for the Netflix service.
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2014.
| screenshot = Netflix UI for Web.png
| collapsible = yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| caption = Screenshot of Netflix's English website in December 2023, including ''[[Stranger Things]]'' as its featured media
| type = [[Over-the-top media service|OTT streaming platform]]
| language = {{plainlist|
* Arabic (Egyptian and Modern Standard)
* Basque (content only)
* Catalan (content only)
* Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* English
* Filipino
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Greek
* Hebrew
* Hindi<ref>{{cite press release |title=Netflix is now available in Hindi |url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-is-now-available-in-hindi |website=Netflix |date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305141424/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-is-now-available-in-hindi |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Hungarian
* Indonesian<ref>{{cite press release |title=APA KABAR INDONESIA? NETFLIX CAN NOW SPEAK BAHASA INDONESIA |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/apa-kabar-indonesia-netflix-can-now-speak-bahasa-indonesia |website=Netflix |date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411123546/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/apa-kabar-indonesia-netflix-can-now-speak-bahasa-indonesia |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Italian
* Japanese
* Kannada
* Korean
* Malay
* Malayalam
* Marathi (content only)
* Norwegian (Bokmål)
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Romanian
* Russian
* Serbian (content only)
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Thai
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Urdu (content only)
* Vietnamese}}
| language_count = 50
| location = [[Los Gatos, California]], U.S.
| country_of_origin = United States
| area_served = Worldwide (except [[China]], [[Crimea]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], and [[Syria]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Where is Netflix available? |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 |publisher=Netflix |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707184542/https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 |archive-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Russia suspension" />
| industry = {{hlist|[[Entertainment]]|[[mass media]]}}
| products = {{flatlist|
* [[Streaming media]] 
* [[video on demand]]
* [[digital distribution]]
}}
| services = {{flatlist|
* Film production
* film distribution
* television production
* television distribution
}}
| parent = [[Netflix, Inc.]]
| url = {{URL|https://www.netflix.com/|netflix.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| registration = Required
| num_users = {{increase}} 301.6 million ({{As of|2025|1|21|lc=y|df=US}})<ref name="300million"/>
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1997|08|29}} (as a DVD e-commerce)<br/>{{start date and age|2007|01|16}} (as a streaming service)
| current_status = Active
| module = {{Infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=2906}}
}}

'''Netflix''' is an American [[Video on demand#Subscription models|subscription video on-demand]] [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] [[Streaming media|streaming]] service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix - Overview - Profile |url=https://ir.netflix.net/ir-overview/profile/default.aspx |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=ir.netflix.net |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203211052/https://ir.netflix.net/ir-overview/profile/default.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after [[Netflix, Inc.]] began its pioneering [[DVD-by-mail]] [[movie rental]] service, Netflix is the [[List of streaming media services#Streaming video on demand|most-subscribed video on demand]] [[streaming media]] service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025.<ref name="300million"/><ref name=whitten>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/netflix-nflx-earnings-q3-2024.html |title=Netflix third-quarter subscribers barely beat estimates as ad-tier members jump 35% |website=[[CNBC]] |date=October 17, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2024 }}</ref> By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as [[video game publishing]] of [[mobile game]]s through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the [[list of most-visited websites|18th most-visited website in the world]], with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the [[United States]], followed by the [[United Kingdom]] at 6.01%, [[Canada]] at 4.94%, and [[Brazil]] at 4.24%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Websites Ranking |url=https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/ |website=Similarweb |access-date=2021-12-01 |archive-date=2022-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210041116/https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/netflix.com/#geography |title=netflix.com |website=[[Similarweb|similarweb.com]] |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002203350/https://www.similarweb.com/website/netflix.com/#geography |url-status=live}}</ref>