During a presentation to investors on Tuesday, Netflix reported that it had crossed 325 million subscribers globally and that new customers gained in the last quarter of 2025 had increased its operating profits by 30%.
The company informed investors that revenues had climbed by more than 15% in the last quarter of 2025 and that it intends to make significant investments in content production and asset acquisition in the upcoming year.
The company’s offer for Warner Bros. is the most notable of these objectives. Netflix is considering making an all-cash offer of almost $70 billion to acquire the expansive film and television studio Discovery.
Lawmakers and opponents of media concentration are concerned about the Netflix-Warner Bros. agreement, which must be approved by President Trump’s federal regulators.
Top executives at Warner Bros. Discovery have lobbied Trump to endorse Paramount’s aggressive bid for the firm over Netflix’s.
In an effort to differentiate itself from rival digital gaint Amazon and Google, which have also invested hundreds of millions in their direct-to-consumer streaming businesses in recent years, Netflix has made a strong push into professional sports, video podcasting, and other live events.
Netflix estimated $50.7 billion to $51.7 billion in revenue for the entire year 2026. With plans to increase expenditure by 10% to $20 billion in 2026, the corporation is making significant investments in content.
According to the business, the content drivers were Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Nobody Wants This (Season 2), Selling Sunset (Season 9), and Stranger Things, all of which contributed to growth. And the market reaction, despite the impressive, better-than-expected results, investor worries over growing content costs, competition, and weaker-than-expected projections caused shares to drop more than 4% in after-hours trading.
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