Disney+ misses on Q1 subscriber estimates, reaching 103.6M subscribers vs. 109.3M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 13.8M, Hulu grew 30% YoY to 41.6M
with one worrisome difference Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Disney+ Sees Subscriber Growth Slow in Q1 2021 Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Disney+ finishes the quarter with 103.6 million subscribers as explosive growth slows Christian Zibreg / MUO : Disney+ Subscriber Growth Is Slowing After a Price Hike Tweets: Alex Sherman / @sherman4949 : Disney: Yeah, we missed on subscribers, but guess what?! Netflix did too. Netflix: ARPU scoreboard. https://www.cnbc.com/... Chris Keall / @chriskeall : Mixed first quarter results for Disney's three big streaming services (Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+). Disney+ disappointed analysts by adding “only” 8.7m subs in the three months to March 31. As with Netflix, subscriber growth is slowing as lockdowns ease https://twitter.com/... Ian Sherr / @iansherr : Shucks. It's only crazy successful instead of ludicrously successful. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer