With the highest number of subscribers in 78 countries and over 220 million customers globally, Netflix is the most popular video streaming service in the most countries, according to data from FlixPatrol which highlights the streaming services with the most subscriptions by country in February 2023.
In many countries including the UK, Brazil, Germany, France, and Mexico, Netflix had the most subscribers of any service, surpassing Prime Video and its 200 million global subscribers. Because of its large userbase, however, Prime can claim more subscribers than Netflix in five countries: Afghanistan, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.
Other streaming services found success catering to specific regions. The French premium television channel Canal Plus, for example, had the highest subscriber count in 17 francophone countries across Central and West Africa. Likewise, the Arabic free video streaming service Shahid topped the list of 16 countries including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Yemen.
Meanwhile, despite having over 160 million global subscribers, Disney+ only made it to the top of India’s subscriber base. In a similar case, Tencent Video was the most-subscribed platform in China with 124 million customers.
Only 11 video streaming channels made it to the top of the 134 countries tracked by this data. And while many others did not make the cut, they continue to attract millions of subscribers worldwide. They include the Chinese platform iQIYI with 106 million subscribers, as well as four American streaming services: HBO Max (79.9 million), Hulu (48 million), Paramount+ (46 million), and Apple TV (40 million).
