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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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/

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but I looked up Disney+, Hulu and ESPN combined.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think those numbers are additive like that - you'd be double-counting people.

[–] meliante@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They pay more than once as well?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

True - I guess it depends on whether we're defining "subscribers" as people or total paid accounts.

[–] meliante@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 weeks ago

Corporate says the biggest number.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Total paid account is the number that gets counted. That's what a subscriber is after all.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Should cable subscribers be counted 200 times, once for each channel?