Disney Reaches 196 Million Total Streaming Subscribers, Led by Disney+

The flagship streamer grew by nearly 12 million in the quarter

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Netflix’s stock took a nosedive last month after the streamer added fewer subscribers than anticipated last quarter, but its biggest rival, Disney+, isn’t seeing the same kind of slowdown in subscriber growth.

Streaming service Disney+ added 11.8 million subscribers in its first fiscal quarter of the year, and now has 129.8 million global subscribers, Disney told investors today. That’s a significant bump from the 2 million subscribers it added one quarter ago.

For the first time since the streamer expanded internationally, Disney broke out the domestic subscriber numbers for Disney+, reporting 42.9

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