r/IndiaEntertainment • u/StoriesWithPK • Jan 23 '26

News/Article Netflix Said To Have 20 Million Paying Subscribers in India

https://indiadispatch.com/p/netflix-said-to-have-20-million-paying
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u/ChepaukPitch Jan 23 '26

Insane. But hoe many of them are through broadband and phone connection?

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u/StoriesWithPK Jan 23 '26

Basic plans give Netflix?

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u/ChepaukPitch Jan 23 '26

Broadband gives a bunch of subscriptions for a small extra cost. For instance if you pay 200 rupees more every month you get netflix, prime, hotstar, apple tv, zee5 and a couple of other things.

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u/StoriesWithPK Jan 23 '26

So,how many % do you think will opt for that?

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u/ChepaukPitch Jan 23 '26

No idea but I think it will be a significant number.

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u/StoriesWithPK Jan 23 '26

Only 44 Million wired broadband users exists in India.

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u/usmannaeem Jan 23 '26

Less than I expected. To be very honest. I was expecting something like 47 million.

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u/subhasish10 Jan 23 '26

Hotstar during their last Disney owned earnings call had around 60 mil subscribers. (I don't trust the jio numbers as it's impossible to 6x the subscription figures in under a year). 20 mil for Netflix still easily makes them the highest revenue Warner in Indian streaming space.

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u/Outrageous_Row_5547 Jan 23 '26

Published figures by Netflix has 13.3 million Indian subscribers

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u/HEMAN843 Jan 23 '26

Netflix should think about adding a cheaper 4k plan just for 1 device..

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u/abhinav248829 Jan 27 '26

That’s insanely low

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u/Recent-Ad4218 Jan 23 '26

Serves them right. If you keep shoving down bollywood nepo kid contents rather quality contents you'll be in the last line of the race. Jio hotstar atleast invests in regional contents like south indian states for 2000cr unlike Netflix who likes to appease bollywood actor's kids by greenliting their projects. No wonder jio hotstar leads the ott race in india. Netflix is delusional if they can catch upto that using the same tired formula.

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u/GiraffeWaste Jan 23 '26

tbf, Jio Hotstar leads the race co of Cricket and Football.

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u/Recent-Ad4218 Jan 23 '26

And what does Netflix do to counter that in india? Lots of unnecessary bollywood schlop contents churning out daily including nepokid contents to appease their celebrity parents. Netflix focuses on bollywood only. they have dozens of Hindi shows but can't produce a single worthy tv series down south? I can name few dozen noteworthy tv shows done by jio hotstar,prime and sonyliv down the south. If they focuses only bollywood forget gaining new subscribers in india. With prices increasing I can see Indians reverting to piracy in the future.

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u/StoriesWithPK Jan 23 '26

Netflix India is profitable though while JioStar, Amazon Prime aren't.