The Disney+ streaming service launched on November 12 2019 and now, just 16 months later, it has reached the impressive 100 million subscribers milestone. Looking back, the service had half has many subscribers in April last year and grew to 95 million this February. CEO Bob Chapek said that Disney will leverage its extensive IP and plans to launch over 100 new titles every year coming from Disney Animation, Disney Live Action, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic. Looking at competing streaming services, Netflix has 200 million subscribers, HBO Max announced it has reached 37.7 million in January (note: HBO Max is available only in the US, it will expand internationally later this year). Disney also wants to start running its cruise ships again, but that will likely wait until the Fall.

Source: The Nation March 10, 2021 18:08 UTC