mesaSep 30, 2025
Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel
Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel

An independent reporter claims that more than 1.7 million paying subscribers canceled their plans to DIsney streaming services.

Engadget
Show threadJumpyWombatSep 30, 2025

The total allegedly includes subscriptions to Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. That falloff reportedly marked a 436 percent increase over the usual churn rate for the service.

So 317.000 users would have cancelled anyway and the actual protest was 1.3 million. If my googling is right, in total there are ~207 million subscribers.

Summarizing, they lost the 0,6%. Much more that what I expected, but hardly noticeable. I’d love to know how many already subscribed back.

Show threadtylerSep 30, 2025
It’s noticeable when you look at the price of the subscription. That’s almost $300 million.
Show threadJumpyWombatSep 30, 2025
Calculate the 0.6% of your wage: that’s what $300M is for them.
Show threadsexual_tomato
My wage doesn’t have a cost of goods sold line item. If I take in $5b and make $5.5b in revenue, $300m is > 1/2 of my net profit
Sep 30, 2025 at 7:31pmWeb
Show threadJumpyWombatOct 1, 2025
True, but if you stop working your income drops to 0, while if Disney stops working, it still owns billions in assets.