Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix’s subscriber growth cooled in the first quarter of 2021 after record pandemic-fueled gains last year — and the streamer added about 2 million fewer customers than it previously expected.For Q1, the company reported 3.98 million in net global streaming subscribers.
That was below its previous guidance of 6 million.As of the end of March, Netflix had 207.4 million paid streaming customers worldwide, up 13.6%.Click here to sign up for Variety’s new Media Earnings newsletter.For the first quarter, Netflix had previously forecast adding a net 6.0 million new subscribers — well below the record 15.8 million it packed on in Q1 2010 after initial COVID-19 lockdowns a year earlier.
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