NFLX 2026 Q3

Ads business is running behind its aggressive internal growth target for the year due to delays in rolling out new ad products and partner integrations, even though ad revenue still grew over 80%.

“we are currently a bit behind our aggressive target for the year”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

The ARM gap between the ad-supported tier and standard non-ad tier is narrowing as ad tech, demand sources, and fill rates improve, representing a closing monetization gap versus prior periods.

“that gap is narrowing”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

U.S. engagement and view-hour growth remain below what management believes is achievable, framed as unrealized upside rather than satisfactory performance, with explicit intent to accelerate it going forward.

“We know that we can do better, and that better is our upside.”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

Q3 churn improved year-over-year both globally and in the U.S., coming in better than forecast and already industry-leading, reflecting stronger-than-expected retention following recent price changes.

“Q3 churn, both globally and in the United States, improved year-on-year.”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

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Netflix and Globo signed their largest-ever content licensing agreement, ending Globo's long-standing refusal to license content to Netflix in Brazil, opening a new stage of local content supply there.

“our largest content license agreement between the two of us ever”— Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO

Netflix will launch its ad-supported tier in 15 new countries next year, its first expansion of ad-tier geographies since the ads business originally launched.

“Super excited to do our first expansion of ads countries since we launched.”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

Early performance of the TF1 integration in France has been positive, with incremental (not cannibalistic) engagement and growing TF1 viewing each month, supporting plans to replicate this partner-integration model elsewhere.

“we are very pleased with the early performance that we've seen in that integration”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO

The new Disney licensing deal, including Ice Age films, immediately drove strong results with all five Ice Age films hitting Netflix's top 10, demonstrating the value of expanded third-party licensing.

“All five of them hit our top 10.”— Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO

Netflix's theatrical strategy has evolved to include traditional 45-day wide theatrical windows for select major franchise films like Narnia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a departure from its historical streaming-first, limited-theatrical approach.

“It's evolved to include a traditional 45-day window for a handful of films.”— Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO

Netflix reported box office grosses publicly for the first time, with La Bola Negra posting the second-highest per-screen average ever for a non-English-language film in the U.S.

“the second-highest per-screen average ever for a non-English-language film in the U.S.”— Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO

Netflix made significant headcount reductions, described as a forcing function to reallocate resources from areas it became over-invested in during rapid growth, aiming to redirect investment into higher-impact areas ahead of 2027.

“Sometimes the team needs a forcing function.”— Greg Peters, Co-CEO