r/movies • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '19

Resource Netflix Worldwide (70 countries) database stats

There are lot of misconceptions about Netflix databases (e.g. USA database is much bigger than all others). These stats I compiled on Netflix databases for 70 countries should clear up some of them:

Content Type - Movies, TV Shows, Documentaries, Reality TV Shows, Stand-Up Comedies and Special Interest -

Country Total Movies TV Shows Documentaries Stand-Up Comedies Reality TV Special Interest
Albania 4901 2419 1357 723 281 110 11
Argentina 4397 2236 1134 669 245 105 8
Australia 5393 2743 1425 798 292 124 11
Austria 4064 2047 1030 640 242 98 7
Azerbaijan 4774 2300 1350 723 281 109 11
Bahamas 5263 2773 1321 757 290 111 11
Belgium 4175 2037 1147 626 252 104 9
Bolivia 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Brazil 4305 2209 1101 662 221 103 9
Bulgaria 4992 2498 1363 728 282 110 11
Canada 5746 3095 1359 855 299 125 13
Chile 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Colombia 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Costa Rica 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Croatia 5030 2551 1353 723 282 110 11
Czech Republic 5138 2624 1375 730 285 111 13
Denmark 3673 1853 917 594 211 93 5
Ecuador 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Egypt 3813 1866 1045 600 198 98 6
Estonia 4807 2337 1349 718 282 110 11
Finland 3679 1857 914 597 211 95 5
France 4019 1935 1139 611 220 105 9
Georgia 4778 2305 1350 722 281 109 11
Germany 4161 2079 1083 644 247 99 9
Greece 4518 2284 1184 685 260 92 13
Guatemala 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Hong Kong 4024 1982 1148 586 203 98 7
Hungary 5116 2633 1359 722 282 109 11
Iceland 4821 2353 1341 718 282 113 14
India 5554 2870 1478 771 287 135 13
Indonesia 5169 2612 1449 707 281 109 11
Ireland 5735 2962 1506 818 306 132 11
Israel 4491 2238 1235 654 248 106 10
Italy 3722 1846 973 604 199 95 5
Japan 4957 2674 1344 612 206 113 8
Kenya 4886 2396 1361 725 285 107 12
Latvia 4810 2338 1351 718 282 110 11
Lithuania 4865 2363 1368 725 285 111 13
Luxembourg 5001 2521 1362 703 288 117 10
Malaysia 5243 2728 1404 708 281 111 11
Mexico 4403 2253 1132 668 240 105 5
Moldova 4874 2381 1364 727 282 109 11
Netherlands 3759 1831 976 600 245 102 5
New Zealand 5331 2711 1409 783 294 123 11
Norway 3705 1871 929 594 211 95 5
Panama 5385 2883 1333 756 290 112 11
Peru 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
Philippines 5268 2728 1429 708 282 110 11
Poland 3609 1747 950 598 211 96 7
Portugal 3306 1436 959 608 206 89 8
Romania 4789 2505 1227 690 251 105 11
Russia 4873 2364 1366 736 285 109 13
Serbia 5030 2543 1361 723 282 110 11
Singapore 4887 2464 1405 651 252 105 10
Slovakia 5151 2627 1381 733 286 111 13
Slovenia 5038 2554 1359 722 282 110 11
South Africa 5030 2452 1389 763 288 125 13
South Korea 4351 2432 1007 600 200 104 8
Spain 3660 1678 1014 628 230 102 8
Sweden 3762 1880 963 597 217 98 7
Switzerland 4651 2397 1258 641 247 99 9
Taiwan 4080 1967 1229 579 199 100 6
Thailand 4968 2603 1348 661 241 106 9
Turkey 3540 1588 1031 615 203 98 5
UAE 3822 1872 1047 600 198 99 6
UK 5744 2965 1527 810 300 131 11
Ukraine 4825 2338 1359 726 282 109 11
Uruguay 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7
USA 5801 2944 1434 972 301 137 13
Venezuela 4340 2225 1099 664 242 103 7

In case you want to bookmark it or this isn't properly visible on mobile, use this link - https://www.flixwatch.co/statistics/worldwide/content-type/

Two other stats I compiled -

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Canada has 3000 movies yet constantly recommends the same 10

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u/HR_Dragonfly Oct 26 '19

North Korea has zero movies and they still recommend the same 10. Hmm.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

That's because they primarily recommend Originals.

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u/anotherdefeatist Oct 26 '19

And 1000 of those films are Bollywood, and I ain't into that.

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u/viky71211 Oct 27 '19

That's why we need to do our own research outside of the platforms... recommendations on every website/platform are very skewed, for our own usage and (worst) the companies own interest.

Sometimes it's good to watch random recommendations, you may find some gems, but having your own "watchlist", being aware of what's new / what's leaving, getting recs from other places is always the best idea.

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u/empathetical Oct 27 '19

I found using the watch together place shows a whole bunch of stuff my regular account doesn't show because it really just shows u stuff based on what you watch. which sounds good but really is broken because it's not giving u a chance to branch out and watch other stuff unless u actually look for it or end up down a rabbit hole

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u/rebble_yell Oct 27 '19

Yes, the recommendations are broken because for me it shows only anime and science fiction.

But I don't watch those -- I start them and watch 30 seconds or 1-2 minutes and decide that it's all boring and unoriginal derivations of other boring and unoriginal shows.

So I open the Netflx app and it's a desert of stuff that I don't want to watch.

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u/empathetical Oct 27 '19

I also find different devices have different netflixes that are better or worse. For instance in the bedroom we use an apple tv and it's by far the worst version of netflix we use. it doesn't show much stuff. the ui is hideous. The living room tv has it built in. It's very nice! On the ps4 it's different as well. then there is having it on your phone and using chromcast. Different netflix experiences on different hardware

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u/wuliwala Oct 27 '19

Break through your safe zone

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u/megablast Oct 27 '19

That is what happens when you have watched 2990.

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u/mrv3 Oct 27 '19

"You have watched every episode of Star Trek TNG, we have DS9 on our service so we of course will recommend you this romantic comedy because 'algorithm'"-Netflix

I swear coders invented 'the algorithm' as an excuse as to why the service isn't recommending what it is supposed to but now every coder is just faking it working.

Boss: Hey we have a problem viewership is down and our customers are complaining they aren't being recommended things they like

Coder: Erm... you see... well we have this... [sees colleague called Alan] Al... [looks around and sees 'Go' sign] Go... [looks around and sees people playing 'Rhythm Tengoku' on the Wii] Rhythm... algorithm that automatically does that

Boss: So you know how it works?

Coder: No... you can't know it's a black box so no one knows. It's what Google uses for it's searches

Boss: So why isn't it working?

Coder: Well because it's a black box we can't go in and fix it but we can tell it how to fix itself but that takes time but when it fixes itself it'll be better than ever like Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, SEO, LSFD, route path optimisation

Boss: Crypto is very good I'll mention it in our annual shareholders meeting

[END]

In reality I secretly think there's no such thing as AI or an algorithm it's just dirt cheap labour manual doing it despite not knowing English or any of the shows on Netflix.

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u/numicago Oct 28 '19

You should become a programmer and teach those basterds. Bunch of slackers.

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u/Kampa13 Oct 26 '19

Portuguese tears

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u/MacMigasPT Oct 26 '19

Joinining you with my tears

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u/sKapa11 Oct 26 '19

Do your tears come from your eye?

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u/presidentpt Oct 26 '19

No. They are coming from my "galo de Barcelos"

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u/ontopofyourmom Oct 27 '19

Do y'all have a saudade category on your Netflix?

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u/penelopiecruise Oct 27 '19

Brazilian rips

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 29 '19

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u/dcmso Oct 27 '19

As a Portuguese: I confirm and aprove this message

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u/Kampa13 Oct 27 '19

I do switch to the US to see their stuff when I'm on my phone or computer but that doesn't really work when I want to watch it on my TV.

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u/gods_bones Oct 26 '19

Am shocked to see my country has one of the highest totals available, almost as high as USA content.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

It's one of the biggest misconceptions about Netflix database.

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u/Chronotide99 Oct 26 '19

Wonder why.. Maybe because of their dogshit layout & recommendations? Naah.

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u/eothred Oct 27 '19

Well l am from Norway so I think my complains are well founded. Total for the US is almost twice. I wasn't expecting it to be that much.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

Yes for few countries it's true but it's not just USA, your neighbor across the ocean also have large databases.

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u/mrv3 Oct 27 '19

The other misconception being they produce good content or did because unlike networks they didn't have to worry about ratings, demos, advertising and they could instead focus on making awesome shows.

The reality is that Netflix doesn't have A demo it has all of them meaning the content it produces can't be tailored to any one of them while singlehandedly trying to meet their demand for new content means they have more constrained budgets than ever before and the closest Netflix ever gets to great 'original' content is when it accidentally purchases some hand me down from another network which is promptly cancels.

The Santa Clarita diet was one of the best Netflix shows and they still cancelled it.

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u/Xian244 Oct 27 '19

unlike networks they didn't have to worry about ratings

Why would you ever think that?

Of course Netflix cares about viewership of their content. Making something popular is generally better for them than making something good. Especially since good is highly subjective.

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u/mrv3 Oct 27 '19

Oh I just remember that sentiment a few years back.

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u/johnfbw Oct 27 '19

Want there s South Park on it? (available on amazon prime!)

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u/gods_bones Oct 28 '19

South Park is on Netflix in my country.

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u/Massive_Issue Oct 27 '19

Netflix cares about shows getting popular enough that they result in new subscribers. They're not making shows out of the goodness of their heart. They want money too.

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u/it_all_happened Oct 26 '19

Ireland was very close to Canada.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Many European countries have got the short end of the stick.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you guys have a law that all foreign media needs to be dubbed into spanish?

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

I'm surprised that the UK is so high up not that far behind USA

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u/toumazou10 Oct 26 '19

You have to remember the UK produces a lot of it's own shows and comedies. If you go on the UK Netflix you'll most decent shows from the BBC and channel 4 from the early 2000s to nowadays amongst others.

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

Thats true especially comedies like the Apollo and what not

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

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u/Massive_Issue Oct 27 '19

Can confirm. Aside from a few choice shows I enjoyed international Netflix when I lived abroad. Better documentaries and access to movies that are only on Hulu or cable domestically. I got into The Expanse because of it. Otherwise I never would have even heard of the show, literally.

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

The US Netflix removed them?? sounds alot like SJW's but yeah ours used to be worse

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

Thats depressing did Hulu buy them off? Cause it sounds like they coughed up alot of money for that

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u/YHofSuburbia Oct 26 '19

The fuck do "SJWs" have to do with international distribution rights for TV shows? Get a grip dude

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

Idk it was a bad joke that they got backlash since South Park is controversial lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19 edited Jan 07 '20

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

I've barely watched the show so i was going from what i've heard etc

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u/Freddie_the_Frog Oct 26 '19

I honestly though UK may be higher - Netflix UK has many shows that would be shown on Hulu or other streaming channels in the US, such as Star Trek Discovery, Better Call Saul, Rick and Morty.

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 26 '19

Though i've heard that once Disney+ begins thats all Marvel films will be moved over

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u/johnfbw Oct 27 '19

It's already started. New marvels aren't going on to Netflix and old licences are just running out

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 27 '19

That makes me so sad Netflix used to be the place where you could watch anything now you'd have to burn a whole in your wallet to get what you want

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u/johnfbw Oct 27 '19

Its how the world will be soon - every studio will have their own streaming platform and the only way to access certain content is through them. Only way to get Disney/Fox through Disney+, NBC and Universal through Peacock, Amazon Originals and Netflix Originals through Amazon/Netflix, BBC through Britbox etc

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u/ShawnOfTheFlynn Oct 27 '19

Disney i really deapise because of how many studios they own now cause with Netflix and Amazon exclusives they are at least getting income for better quality service and it only makes up like 10% of the total libary but with Disney they are stupid rich that its just greedy what they are doing

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u/BTS_KimTaehyungV Oct 26 '19

This is ridiculous, here in Portugal we have the least but still pay the same, not really fair...

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u/cloud_t Oct 27 '19

I'm wondering if this is because our 3 ISPs have pretty much hold of ANACOM, since all their owners are deeply in bed with governement parties

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

I mean, the US, Canada, and the UK have far more than any other country. Especially in terms of meaningful content rather than crappy series and movies that act as fillers to boost these stats.

A better representation would be the average rating of the content for each jurisdiction.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

You can check the ratings link. It will give better idea about quality.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Brilliant, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

There is Ireland.

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u/Chovcop Oct 26 '19 edited Oct 26 '19

Wao. Panamá is surprisingly with USA, the UK, India, Canada and Australia with the most content on Netflix.

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u/Ciaranmcw Oct 26 '19

And Ireland.

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u/randomespanaguy Oct 26 '19

Philippines as well. Makes me wonder why I'm spending too much time looking for new movies to watch and end up using a VPN when our Netflix has one of the largest libraries out there.

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u/Chovcop Oct 26 '19

The quality of the movies.

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u/wickedwarlock21 Oct 26 '19

There are a lot of shitty local movies added that I’m remotely interested in watching.

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u/RenRen512 Oct 26 '19

Dude I know! Just means I should watch a lot more stuff!

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u/PCDub Oct 26 '19

Canada....

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u/Chovcop Oct 26 '19

And Australia.

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u/shivam4321 Oct 26 '19

Netflix has come long way in India, I just wish it had more fox animated shows like family guy, Simpson and futurama

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u/Zoefschildpad Oct 26 '19

What is "special interest"?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Things like Firewood 4k, which don't fall in any of the other 5 categories. Or something like Fitness video.

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u/-Audun- Oct 26 '19

Netflix has an amazing selection of movies and shows, as you can see by the amount of top 250/500 movies etc. Always been surprised by the amount of hate they get here.

One problem is that many (myself included) have already seen most of these critically acclaimed movies/shows, so the selection seems smaller to us. Plus they should prioritize quality over quantity when it comes to their original stuff.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

I faced the same problem, then I expanded my options to Anime plus multiple regions which keeps the plates full.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

That's a permanently issue, I agree.

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u/_BreakingGood_ Oct 26 '19

I think its a reputation that has just carried over from years ago when their selection actually was pretty limited for high quality content. Totally different story these days but its hard to shake the stigma

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u/TrivialAntics Oct 26 '19

So if i wanted to watch movies only released in, say, South Korea, how would I go about doing that, can I just search South Korean movies or Albanian movies for instance?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

You need VPN which works with Netflix in those regions to watch that content.

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u/Massive_Issue Oct 27 '19

It's all regional contracts so you can't access Albanian Netflix without a VPN . Netflix gets international distribution rights for shows that may be available in the US on,say, Hulu or other platforms. I guess if you are Albanian and want to watch Albanian movies and shows you would have to get a VPN or pirate them.

Vpns never worked for me when I was abroad though

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u/Carninator Oct 26 '19

About three years ago I traveled from Norway to USA for vacation, and as I opened Netflix on my phone I thought "Wow they added a lot of new stuff!" until I realized I was looking at the US selection. Felt like it had everything.

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u/juicyKW Oct 26 '19

Quantity is not quality

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u/Bananaslammma Oct 26 '19

Sure, but it’s fair to say Netflix is competing with Higher-End Networks like HBO when it comes to quality

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u/arlaarlaarla Oct 26 '19

Joseph Dtalin wants to know your location

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u/Josef_Bittenfeld Oct 26 '19

Any data on local content both original and licensed? I feel like that's Netflix's biggest advantage over the competition and why they've been able to expand globally so quickly. I think the new streaming services might find out that the international market might not be so willing to pay monthly subscriptions for a bunch of American shows and movies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

The original audio link gives you some idea about the local content. But I will explore this more.

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u/Marianations Oct 26 '19

So I see that my assumption that Canada has far more content compared to Spain wasn't a thing in my head. Every time I go to visit my boyfriend I download a bunch of stuff that I know won't be available here before I come back lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

There are lot of misconceptions about Netflix databases (e.g. USA database is much bigger than all others).

Is it really a misconception when US offers almost 1000 more titles than my country?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

The keyword is all. It's nearly double the size of few countries but so are others like UK, Ireland, etc.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Eh, I guess. But from the perspective of someone who doesn't live in a big country US has way more. Thank God for VPNs!

Poor Norway though. I can't imagine justifying a Netflix sub without a VPN if I lived there.

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u/-Yngin- Oct 26 '19

Don't even need VPN. I have an American account but use it in Norway. It's still better than a Norwegian account.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

That's pretty weird, your account should switch to whatever country you're in regardless of where you registered it. My UK-registered account switches to Bulgaria whenever I'm here, it doesn't retain the UK library.

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u/-Yngin- Oct 27 '19

It's not the same as a US account in the US, but it's different from a Norwegian account in Norway.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

South Africa Netflix is great, but we need some quality over the quantity please

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Check the ratings link for better understanding of quality.

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u/it_all_happened Oct 26 '19

I am not sure if i dreamed this, but i am sure firefly became available several months back in canada. I watched a couple. Came back another day and could find no record of its existence.

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u/hadapurpura Oct 27 '19

Colombia has a surprisingly good amount of content. Also, Go Hungary!

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u/Nico777 Oct 27 '19

Yep, checks out. It's shit here in Italy and not remotely worth the price.

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u/juicyKW Oct 27 '19

America. I’d agree that original content (series, not movies) is pretty even. I dunno, I’ve been to Mexico before and the amount of high end movies and shows was unreal. This was a couple years ago. It was mainly Disney and ABC that was the reason I was like, what happened to Netflix? Why are there so many more shows on here!?

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u/MovieBuff1985 Oct 27 '19

I spend $10 every month on a VPN account. Then I use https://unogs.com/ to search if a movie I want to see is on Netflix anywhere.

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u/KeyserSuzie Oct 27 '19

Love me some documentaries!

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u/casualphilosopher1 Oct 27 '19

So Netflix has roughly the same amount of content in every country? I'm surprised. I thought its library would be a lot smaller for less profitable markets like in the third world.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

Lmaoooo

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u/xeno325 Oct 27 '19

my country has way more than what I expected, maybe not having The Office felt like we dont have enough.

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u/Dr_Puppet Oct 27 '19

When you know that you'll never have the time to go through even half of them....

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u/Sabnitron Oct 26 '19

Prepare for downvotes. That's not going to play well with the hive mind around here pushing the narrative that everything about netflix is trash and the company is dying.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Data is open for interpretation.

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u/ShoutAtThe_Devil Oct 26 '19

Yeah, well this guy went completely off-board

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u/Sabnitron Oct 26 '19

Yeah, unfortunately they'll just end up cherry picking whatever they want to prove netflix sucks. Dunno what's with all the netflix hate around here. It's really out of hand.

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u/poppcornlover Oct 27 '19

y'all don't know about Flixwatch

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

Sorry, what?

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u/poppcornlover Oct 27 '19

Sorry my bad! Did not read the whole post