10 MAR 2021

DISNEY+ TOPS 100 MILLION GLOBAL PAID SUBSCRIBER MILESTONE

Disney’s SVOD service has surpassed 100 million global paid subscribers in just 16 months since its launch, Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer at The Walt Disney Company, announced during the company’s virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

10 MAR 2021

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Disney+ has surpassed 100 million global paid subscribers in just 16 months since its launch, Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer at The Walt Disney Company, announced during the company’s virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

“The enormous success of Disney+ —which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers— has inspired us to be even more ambitious, and to significantly increase our investment in the development of high-quality content. In fact, we set a target of 100+ new titles per year, and this includes Disney Animation, Disney Live Action, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Our direct-to-consumer business is the company’s top priority, and our robust pipeline of content will continue to fuel its growth,”  Chapek said.

Disney+ launched in the United States on November 12, 2019, and has rolled out rapidly across Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America, and most recently, Singapore. The streaming platform is now available in 59 countries around the world. The last time the company gave an update on Disney+’s subscribers number was in February during its first quarter earnings. There, it announced that, as of January 2, there were just over 94 million.

Although executives did not specify what pushed the platform over 100 million subscribers, the recent success of “WandaVision” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” likely helped. The next big series for Disney+ is “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” to be released on March 19.

Our direct-to-consumer business is the company’s top priority, and our robust pipeline of content will continue to fuel its growth” Bob Chapek Chief Executive Officer at The Walt Disney Company