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Disney+ Reaches 50 Million Subscribers in Just Five Months
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FelixDerKater
macrumors 68040
Apple has a streaming service? I have it, but have never been motivated to open it.
The Verizon subscribers only accounted for 20% of the memberships as of February, much less than originally thought. People are willing the pay for Disney. It’s huge.
No matter how you look at this, it’s insane.
Disney itself had only forecasted between 60 million and 90 million subscribers by the end of its 2024 fiscal year. They are FAR ahead of that.
tranceking26
macrumors 65816
you shouldn’t count india, since disney plus is essentially available for $4 per month and for $20 a year
Yeah, I’m planning on watching a few Apple TV+ shows when the next season comes out. I tried my 7 day trial of Disney+, mainly to watch some of the Simpsons. I won’t be subscribing anytime soon, as I don’t cAlare for their originals & i don’t see the point paying monthly just so I can watch any Disney or Pixar film whenever I want - it’s cheaper to use iTunes for the ones I want to keep instead of paying more (in the long run) for the same access I’d have if I buy a film from iTunes.
Very limited content. Like others have said, after my free year with Verizon, can't see our family renewing.
If Disney+ wasn’t free due to my Verizon plan I wouldn’t have it. My kids would survive. lol. I also have Apple TV free due to my iPhone 11 Pro and I wouldn’t ever buy it other wise. Especially with torrent services available. 😈😈
BuddyTronic
macrumors 68000
alfonsog
macrumors 6502a
I have disney+ with my sister-in-law, niece and nephew on the account (7 and 10 year old) but I think I watch it more than them. . . always was a huge disney fan and I watch the old stuff. If I was doing it monthly I might let it lapse until 'baby yoda season 2' comes out but I did the year plan and I really like some of the original stuff too. I've let cbs lapse after Picard until the next Star Trek comes out. Apple+ I finally watched all the morning show and I really liked it after it got going and I've been watching amazing stories as they come out but they aren't that amazing this time around. I haven't watched much else but I have the free year still. I don't really do Netflix, I sign up for a month once in a while. Keep in mind between my business and my music I work every single day including weekends and now even more at my restaurant (since march 17 music has all been cancelled) so I only watch tv an hour or so late night so I don't binge watch.
Limited content? Maybe limited by what you like...which is fine, but the content isn't limited.
With that logic, Netflix has limited content. 90% of it is garbage.
geo88
macrumors member
I don't understand what people are watching on there. It's garbage. Unless you're 11 yrs old.
mdriftmeyer
macrumors 68040
Half of them are from Verizon free for a year numbers.
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Really? Every 160-200 million Verizon Wireless subscriber got a free one year Disney+ in the mail.
Plutonius
macrumors G4
I'm not sure that it's marketing although Apple's TV+ marketing seems to be very poor.
I think that Disney's growth can mostly be attributed to households with kids 🙂.
This is inaccurate, and I think you know that. 50M subscribers aren't watching "garbage" and aren't all 11 years old.
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We heard from Disney in February that only 20% of their subscribers are the Verizon variety, far fewer than many "analysts" thought.
So not half...not even a quarter.
savink
macrumors newbie
This figure can’t be right. In India Disney+ was already on Jio Network for long and they own the Hotstar service. Hotstar itself has over 300 million users. When they rebranded Hotstar as Disney+ Hotstar, they automatically gained 300m+ subscribers. Add to that 100m+ Jio sunscribers.
I think what a lot of people here are forgetting is it's Disney...it's mostly G or PG-family oriented stuff (movies, tv shows, etc.) which targets about 80% of the USA household market. If you have kids (like I do), they will watch most Disney movies 98 times before getting sick of it.
Buying a Disney movie on dvd or blu ray for $20+ was a bargain, again, because the kids will watch it a zillion times over the year(s). Now that I can spend $70/year to have access to all their back catalog to be enjoyed by us 5 family members is a BARGAIN. I hope they have the Witch Mountain movies that I adored as a kid.
If you are an adult with 0 kids, it's very likely Disney+ is not for you. Even if it's free. Got kids?...you can't go wrong with Disney+.
Lastly, although I cannot make promises, Disney Customer Service is top notch and will not be like your cable provider or Netflix. Meaning, if you aren't happy, Disney will give you what you want (free service, refund, extra months, etc.). Trust me.
Buying a Disney movie on dvd or blu ray for $20+ was a bargain, again, because the kids will watch it a zillion times over the year(s). Now that I can spend $70/year to have access to all their back catalog to be enjoyed by us 5 family members is a BARGAIN. I hope they have the Witch Mountain movies that I adored as a kid.
If you are an adult with 0 kids, it's very likely Disney+ is not for you. Even if it's free. Got kids?...you can't go wrong with Disney+.
Lastly, although I cannot make promises, Disney Customer Service is top notch and will not be like your cable provider or Netflix. Meaning, if you aren't happy, Disney will give you what you want (free service, refund, extra months, etc.). Trust me.
Swift
macrumors 68000
Well, one of the things was, they hit with a very cheap thing, and had some great stuff. Good for a family. Not much there for me. I don't like Marvel movies much. The rest of them are for the young viewers, and there are no young people in my house.
I watch Netflix, HBO, even Hulu before I watch this.
Another cool thing: they picked the perfect time to start a new service, it turns out, when everybody's stuck at home.
I watch Netflix, HBO, even Hulu before I watch this.
Another cool thing: they picked the perfect time to start a new service, it turns out, when everybody's stuck at home.
kaycrystal626
macrumors 6502
Ghost31
macrumors 68040
Sameeeee here man. I got it for free so I thought I’d try it out. Tried it, thought it was meh and won’t pay for it after they start charging me. There’s only so many Disney and marvel movies I can watch
Netflix is a much better value
RickDEGH
macrumors 6502a
I can relate. My 2-3year-old-then daughter watched Frozen nearly everyday for months. She then went around the house singing and stumping her foot like how Elsa (or however she is called) would do 😂
I have both for free and I will likely cancel both but surprisingly I’ve watched more shows on ATV+ than Disney. I didn’t get into any of the Disney original.