Report: Global SVOD Subs To Increase 86% Through 2024

June 3, 2019

Erik Gruenwedel

The global number of SVOD subscriptions will increase 86%, or 439 million subs from 2018 to 2024 to 947 million. SVOD sub growth will climb by 119 million members in 2019, according to new data from Digital TV Research.

As the gross subscription total races towards 1 billion, the net sub count will rise by 175 million through 2024 to reach 531 million. This means that the average SVOD sub will pay for 1.78 subscriptions by 2024 – up from 1.43 in 2018.

Fifteen countries — led by United States and China — will have more than 10 million SVOD subscribers each by 2024 – collectively providing 86% of the global total.

By 2024, Netflix will contribute 203 million subs (21% of the global total), Amazon Prime Video 125 million (13%), China 289 million (31%), Disney+ 75 million and 255 million other SVOD subs. Netflix and Prime Video do not operate independently in China.

“China overtook the U.S. in 2018 to become the gross SVOD subscription leader,” analyst Simon Murray said in a statement. “These two countries will continue to dominate the world stage. China and the U.S. will together account for 59% of the global total by 2024. However, this proportion is down from 63% in 2018; indicating that other countries are growing faster.”