mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoDisney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmelwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square110linkfedilinkarrow-up1855arrow-down113
arrow-up1842arrow-down1external-linkDisney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmelwww.engadget.commesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square110linkfedilink
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours ago If my googling is right, in total there are ~207 million subscribers. This says 128M, which seems far more plausible. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-stop-reporting-subscriber-numbers-disney-plus-hulu-espn-1236480413/
minus-squareJumpyWombat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours agoYes, but I looked up Disney+, Hulu and ESPN combined.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoI don’t think those numbers are additive like that - you’d be double-counting people.
minus-squaremeliante@lemmy.ptlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·19 hours agoThey pay more than once as well?
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoTrue - I guess it depends on whether we’re defining “subscribers” as people or total paid accounts.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoTotal paid account is the number that gets counted. That’s what a subscriber is after all.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoShould cable subscribers be counted 200 times, once for each channel?
minus-squaremeliante@lemmy.ptlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoCorporate says the biggest number.
This says 128M, which seems far more plausible. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-stop-reporting-subscriber-numbers-disney-plus-hulu-espn-1236480413/
Yes, but I looked up Disney+, Hulu and ESPN combined.
I don’t think those numbers are additive like that - you’d be double-counting people.
They pay more than once as well?
True - I guess it depends on whether we’re defining “subscribers” as people or total paid accounts.
Total paid account is the number that gets counted. That’s what a subscriber is after all.
Should cable subscribers be counted 200 times, once for each channel?
Corporate says the biggest number.