Netflix Now Has More Than 40 Million Members

Netflix now has more paying subscribers in the United States than HBO.

Netflix revealed in its third quarter earnings report that it had 29.9 million paid subscribers as of the end of September, up from 28.6 million at the end of June. By comparison, Bloomberg reports that HBO has 28.7 million, according to SNL Kagan, a researcher.

In total, Netflix reported having 40 million members, up from less than 30 million a year earlier. Roughly 37 million of those members are paid subscribers

Netflix's subscriber growth of 1.3 million domestically and 1.4 million abroad were significantly better than Wall Street estimates of 1.1 million and 950,000 new subscribers, respectively. Likewise, Netflix report earnings per share of $0.52 on revenue of $1.11 billion, which beat Wall Street's estimates for earnings per share of $0.49 on revenue of $1.1 billion. Read more...